On this day: 5 May

Selected events and births on 5 May, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 1891 – Carnegie Hall (interior pictured) in New York City, built by the philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, officially opened with a concert conducted by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Read more: Carnegie Hall Andrew Carnegie Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
• 1904 – Pitching for the Boston Americans, Cy Young threw the first perfect game in modern professional baseball. Read more: Pitcher Boston Red Sox Cy Young
• 1961 – Project Mercury: American astronaut Alan Shepard made a sub-orbital spaceflight on board Freedom 7, becoming the second person to travel into outer space. Read more: Project Mercury Alan Shepard Sub-orbital spaceflight
• 1992 – The Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, 202 years after it was first proposed. Read more: Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution
• 2020 – Philippine broadcast network ABS-CBN was forced to go off-air by the National Telecommunications Commission after Congress failed to renew its franchise granted in 1995. Read more: ABS-CBN Shutdown of ABS-CBN broadcasting National Telecommunications Commission

Born on this day

• 1966 – Sergei Stanishev, Bulgarian politician, 46th Prime Minister of Bulgaria Read more: Sergey Stanishev Prime Minister of Bulgaria
• 1996 – Christopher Eubanks, American tennis player Read more: Christopher Eubanks
• 1997 – Logan Gilbert, American baseball player Read more: Logan Gilbert
• 1997 – Mitch Marner, Canadian hockey player Read more: Mitch Marner
• 1998 – Aryna Sabalenka, Belarusian tennis player Read more: Aryna Sabalenka
• 1999 – Nathan Chen, American figure skater Read more: Nathan Chen
• 1999 – Justin Kluivert, Dutch footballer Read more: Justin Kluivert
• 2001 – Olly, Italian singer-songwriter and rapper Read more: Olly (singer)
• 2003 – Angelica Bove, Italian singer-songwriter Read more: Angelica Bove
• 2003 – Carlos Alcaraz, Spanish tennis player Read more: Carlos Alcaraz
• 2004 – Jenna Davis, American actress and YouTuber Read more: Jenna Davis
• 2004 – Kirsty Muir, Scottish freestyle skier Read more: Kirsty Muir

Text from Wikipedia: Selected anniversaries / May 5 and the linked articles, via the Wikimedia “On this day” feed, under CC BY-SA 4.0. We leave out entries about wars, violence and disasters to keep this page family-friendly.