This site was created to easily navigate collection of various events in history. History is the study of the past, particularly the written record of the human race, but more generally including scientific and archaeological discoveries about the past. It is important to know dates and events in the past.

Read about how to open files in Open File Database.

May 5th, 2008	Death	Irv Robbins, Canadian-American entrepreneur (born in 1917)
May 5th, 2007	Event	Kenya Airways Flight KQ 507 crashes in Cameroon.
May 5th, 2007	Death	Theodore Harold Maiman, Inventor (born in 1927)
May 5th, 2006	Event	The government of Sudan signs an accord with the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA).
May 5th, 2006	Death	Naushad Ali, Indian composer (born in 1919)
May 5th, 2005	Event	The United Kingdom general election takes place, in which Tony Blair s Labour Party is re-elected for a third, consecutive term.
May 5th, 2004	Death	Ritsuko Okazaki, Japanese singer-songwriter (born in 1959)
May 5th, 2003	Death	Walter Sisulu, South African activist (born in 1912)
May 5th, 2002	Death	Hugo Banzer, Bolivian dictator (born in 1926)
May 5th, 2002	Death	Paul Klipsch, American engineer, noted for his loudspeaker designs. (born in 1904)

Copyright © www.inhistorytoday.com.