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May 5 is the 125th day of the year (126th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 240 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
[edit]Pre-1600
[edit]- 553 The Second Council of Constantinople begins.[1]
- 1192 Queen Isabella I of Jerusalem marries Henry II, Count of Champagne.[2]
- 1215 Rebel barons renounce their allegiance to King John of England part of a chain of events leading to the signing of the Magna Carta.
- 1260 Kublai Khan becomes ruler of the Mongol Empire.[3]
- 1292 Election of Count Adolf of Nassau as King of the Romans in the Dominican monastery of Frankfurt.[4]
- 1494 On his second voyage to the New World, Christopher Columbus sights Jamaica, landing at Discovery Bay and declares Jamaica the property of the Spanish crown.[5]
16011900
[edit]- 1609 Daimyō (Lord) Shimazu Tadatsune of the Satsuma Domain in southern Kyūshū, Japan, completes his successful invasion of the Ryūkyū Kingdom in Okinawa.[6]
- 1640 King Charles I of England dissolves the Short Parliament.[7]
- 1654 Cromwell's Act of Grace, aimed at reconciliation with the Scots, proclaimed in Edinburgh.
- 1762 Russia and Prussia sign the Treaty of St. Petersburg.
- 1789 In France, the Estates-General convenes for the first time since 1614.
- 1809 Mary Kies becomes the first woman awarded a U.S. patent, for a technique of weaving straw with silk and thread.
- 1821 Emperor Napoleon dies in exile on the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean.
- 1821 The first edition of The Manchester Guardian, now The Guardian, is published.[8]
- 1835 The first railway in continental Europe opens between Brussels and Mechelen.
- 1862 Cinco de Mayo: Troops led by Ignacio Zaragoza halt a French invasion in the Battle of Puebla in Mexico.
- 1864 American Civil War: The Battle of the Wilderness begins in Spotsylvania County.
- 1865 American Civil War: The Confederate government was declared dissolved at Washington, Georgia.
- 1866 Memorial Day first celebrated in United States at Waterloo, New York.
- 1877 American Indian Wars: Sitting Bull leads his band of Lakota into Canada to avoid harassment by the United States Army under Colonel Nelson Miles.
- 1886 Workers marching for the Eight-hour day in Milwaukee, Wisconsin were shot at by Wisconsin National Guardsmen in what became known as the Bay View Massacre.[9]
- 1887 The Peruvian Academy of Language is founded.[10]
- 1891 The Music Hall in New York City (later known as Carnegie Hall) has its grand opening and first public performance, with Tchaikovsky as the guest conductor.
1901present
[edit]- 1904 Pitching against the Philadelphia Athletics at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, Cy Young of the Boston Americans throws the first perfect game in the modern era of baseball.
- 1905 The trial in the Stratton Brothers case begins in London, England; it marks the first time that fingerprint evidence is used to gain a conviction for murder.
- 1912 The first issue of the Bolshevik newspaper Pravda was published.[11]
- 1920 Authorities arrest Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti for alleged robbery and murder.
- 1930 The 1930 Bago earthquake, the former of two major earthquakes in southern Burma kills as many as 7,000 in Yangon and Bago.[12]
- 1936 Italian troops occupy Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
- 1940 World War II: Norwegian campaign: Norwegian squads in Hegra Fortress and Vinjesvingen capitulate to German forces after all other Norwegian forces in southern Norway had laid down their arms.
- 1941 Emperor Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa; the country commemorates the date as Liberation Day or Patriots' Victory Day.
- 1945 World War II: The Prague uprising begins as an attempt by the Czech resistance to free the city from German occupation.
- 1945 World War II: A Fu-Go balloon bomb launched by the Japanese Army kills six people near Bly, Oregon.
- 1945 World War II: Battle of Castle Itter, one of only two battles in that war in which American and German troops fought cooperatively.
- 1946 The International Military Tribunal for the Far East begins in Tokyo with twenty-eight Japanese military and government officials accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
- 1955 The General Treaty, by which France, Britain and the United States recognize the sovereignty of West Germany, comes into effect.
- 1961 Project Mercury: Alan Shepard becomes the first American to travel into outer space, on a sub-orbital flight.
- 1964 The Council of Europe declares May 5 as Europe Day.
- 1972 Alitalia Flight 112 crashes into Mount Longa near Palermo, Sicily, killing all 115 aboard, making it the deadliest single-aircraft disaster in Italy.
- 1973 Secretariat wins the 1973 Kentucky Derby in 1:59.4, an as-yet-unbeaten record.
- 1980 Operation Nimrod: The British Special Air Service storms the Iranian embassy in London after a six-day siege.
- 1981 Bobby Sands dies in the Long Kesh prison hospital after 66 days of hunger-striking, aged 27.
- 1985 Ronald Reagan visits the military cemetery at Bitburg and the site of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where he makes a speech.
- 1987 IranContra affair: Start of Congressional televised hearings in the United States.
- 1991 A riot breaks out in the Mt. Pleasant section of Washington, D.C. after police shoot a Salvadoran man.
- 1994 The signing of the Bishkek Protocol between Armenia and Azerbaijan effectively freezes the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
- 1994 American teenager Michael P. Fay is caned in Singapore for theft and vandalism.
- 2006 The government of Sudan signs an accord with the Sudan Liberation Army.[13]
- 2007 Kenya Airways Flight 507 crashes after takeoff from Douala International Airport in Douala, Cameroon, killing all 114 aboard, making it the deadliest aircraft disaster in Cameroon.[14]
- 2010 Mass protests in Greece erupt in response to austerity measures imposed by the government as a result of the Greek government-debt crisis.
- 2023 The World Health Organization declares the end of the COVID-19 pandemic as a global health emergency.[15]
Births
[edit]Pre-1600
[edit]- 1210 Afonso III of Portugal (died 1279)[16]
- 1282 Juan Manuel, Prince of Villena (died 1348)[17]
- 1310 Preczlaw of Pogarell, Cardinal and Bishop of Wrocław (died 1376)
- 1352 Rupert of Germany, Count Palatine of the Rhine (died 1410)
- 1479 Guru Amar Das, Indian 3rd Sikh Guru (died 1574)
- 1504 Stanislaus Hosius, Polish cardinal (died 1579)
- 1530 Gabriel, comte de Montgomery, French nobleman (died 1574)
- 1542 Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire (died 1623)
- 1582 John Frederick, Duke of Wόrttemberg (died 1628)
16011900
[edit]- 1684 Franηoise Charlotte d'Aubignι, French wife of Adrien Maurice de Noailles (died 1739)
- 1747 Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1792)
- 1749 Jean-Frιdιric Edelmann, French pianist and composer (died 1794)
- 1764 Robert Craufurd, Scottish general and politician (died 1812)
- 1800 Louis Christophe Franηois Hachette, French publisher (died 1864)
- 1813 Sψren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher and author (died 1855)
- 1818 Karl Marx, German philosopher, sociologist, and journalist (died 1883)
- 1826 Eugιnie de Montijo, French wife of Napoleon III (died 1920)[18]
- 1830 John Batterson Stetson, American businessman, founded the John B. Stetson Company (died 1906)
- 1832 Hubert Howe Bancroft, American ethnologist and historian (died 1918)
- 1833 Ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer and academic (died 1905)
- 1834 Viktor Hartmann, Russian painter and architect (died 1873)
- 1843 William George Beers, Canadian dentist and patriot (died 1900)
- 1846 Henryk Sienkiewicz, Polish journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1916)[19]
- 1858 John L. Leal, American physician (died 1914)
- 1859 Charles B. Hanford, American Shakespearean actor (died 1926)[20]
- 1864 Nellie Bly, American journalist and author (died 1922)[21]
- 1865 Helen Maud Merrill, American litterateur and poet (died 1943)
- 1866 Thomas B. Thrige, Danish businessman (died 1938)
- 1869 Fabiαn de la Rosa, Filipino painter and educator (died 1937)
- 1869 Hans Pfitzner, German composer and conductor (died 1949)
- 1873 Leon Czolgosz, American assassin of William McKinley (died 1901)[22]
- 1874 Thomas Bavin, New Zealand-Australian politician, 24th Premier of New South Wales (died 1941)
- 1882 Sylvia Pankhurst, English women's suffrage movement leader and socialist activist (died 1960)
- 1883 Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, English general and politician, 43rd Governor-General of India (died 1950)
- 1883 Anna Johnson Pell Wheeler, American mathematician (died 1966)[23]
- 1884 Chief Bender, American baseball player and coach (died 1954)
- 1885 Kingsley Fairbridge, South African-Australian scholar and politician (died 1924)
- 1887 Mervyn S. Bennion, American captain, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1941)
- 1889 Herbie Taylor, South African cricketer and soldier (died 1973)
- 1890 Christopher Morley, American journalist and author (died 1957)
- 1892 Dorothy Garrod, British archaeologist (died 1968)[24]
- 1898 Elsie Eaves, American engineer (died 1983)[25]
- 1898 Blind Willie McTell, American Piedmont blues singer and guitar player (died 1959)
- 1899 Freeman Gosden, American actor and screenwriter (died 1982)
- 1900 Helen Redfield, American geneticist (died 1988)[26]
1901present
[edit]- 1901 Janne Mustonen, Finnish politician (died 1964)[27]
- 1903 James Beard, American chef and author (died 1985)
- 1905 Floyd Gottfredson, American author and illustrator (died 1986)
- 1907 Daryna Dmytrivna Polotniuk, Bukovinian (Ukrainian) journalist and author (died 1982)[28]
- 1910 Leo Lionni, American author and illustrator (died 1999)
- 1911 Andor Lilienthal, Russian-Hungarian chess player (died 2010)
- 1911 Pritilata Waddedar, Indian educator and activist (died 1932)[29]
- 1913 Duane Carter, American race car driver (died 1993)
- 1914 Tyrone Power, American actor (died 1958)
- 1915 Alice Faye, American actress and singer (died 1998)
- 1916 Zail Singh, Indian politician, 7th President of India (died 1994)
- 1919 Georgios Papadopoulos, Greek colonel and politician, 169th Prime Minister of Greece (died 1999)
- 1921 Arthur Leonard Schawlow, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1999)
- 1922 Irene Gut Opdyke, Polish nurse and humanitarian (died 2003)
- 1923 William C. Campbell, American golfer (died 2013)
- 1923 Cathleen Synge Morawetz, Canadian mathematician (died 2017)[30]
- 1925 Leo Ryan, American soldier, educator, and politician (died 1978)
- 1927 Pat Carroll, American actress (died 2022)
- 1929 Ilene Woods, American actress (died 2010)
- 1932 Stan Goldberg, American illustrator (died 2014)
- 1933 Collie Smith, Jamaican cricketer (died 1959)
- 1934 Henri Konan Bιdiι, Ivorian politician, 2nd President of Cτte d'Ivoire (died 2023)[31]
- 1934 Victor Garland, Australian accountant and politician, 26th Australian Minister for Veterans' Affairs (died 2022)
- 1935 Eddie Linden, Scottish poet and magazine editor (died 2023)
- 1935 Bernard Pivot, French journalist, talk show host, and producer (died 2024)[32]
- 1936 Sandy Baron, American actor and comedian (died 2001)
- 1937 Beryl Burton, English racing cyclist (died 1996) [33]
- 1937 Delia Derbyshire, English musician, arranger and composer (died 2001)[34]
- 1938 Michael Murphy, American actor
- 1939 Ray Gosling, English journalist, author, and activist (died 2013)
- 1940 Lance Henriksen, American actor
- 1942 Jean Corston, Baroness Corston, English lawyer and politician
- 1942 Tammy Wynette, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1998)
- 1943 Michael Palin, English actor and screenwriter
- 1943 Ignacio Ramonet, Spanish journalist and author
- 1944 Bo Larsson, Swedish footballer (died 2023)
- 1944 John Rhys-Davies, Welsh actor and screenwriter
- 1944 Roger Rees, Welsh-American actor and director (died 2015)
- 1945 Kurt Loder, American journalist, author, and critic
- 1946 Jim Kelly, American actor, athlete, and martial artist (died 2013)[35]
- 1948 Bill Ward, English drummer and songwriter
- 1950 Maggie MacNeal, Dutch singer
- 1952 Ed Lee, American politician and attorney, 43rd Mayor of San Francisco (died 2017)
- 1955 Jon Butcher, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and freelance multimedia producer
- 1956 Steve Scott, American runner and coach
- 1957 Richard E. Grant, Swazi-English actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1958 Robert DiPierdomenico, Australian footballer and sportscaster
- 1959 Bobby Ellsworth, American singer and bass player
- 1959 Ian McCulloch, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1959 Brian Williams, American journalist
- 1960 Doug Hawkins, Australian footballer and sportscaster
- 1961 Marg Downey, Australian actress
- 1961 Hiroshi Hase, Japanese wrestler and politician
- 1963 James LaBrie, Canadian singer-songwriter
- 1963 Simon Rimmer, English chef and author
- 1963 Scott Westerfeld, American author and composer
- 1964 Jean-Franηois Copι, French politician, French Minister of Budget
- 1964 Heike Henkel, German high jumper
- 1964 Don Payne, American screenwriter and producer (died 2013)
- 1964 Minami Takayama, Japanese voice actress and singer
- 1966 Shawn Drover, Canadian drummer
- 1966 Sergei Stanishev, Bulgarian politician, 46th Prime Minister of Bulgaria[36]
- 1966 Josh Weinstein, American screenwriter and producer
- 1967 Adam Hughes, American author and illustrator
- 1967 Charles Nagy, American baseball player[37]
- 1967 Alexis Sinduhije, Burundian journalist and politician
- 1971 Harold Miner, American basketball player
- 1972 James Cracknell, English rower
- 1972 igmund Pαlffy, Slovak ice hockey player
- 1972 Mikael Renberg, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1975 Meb Keflezighi, American runner
- 1976 Dieter Brummer, Australian actor (died 2021)
- 1976 Juan Pablo Sorνn, Argentinian footballer and sportscaster
- 1977 Tiffany Roberts, American footballer[38]
- 1979 Vincent Kartheiser, American actor
- 1980 Yossi Benayoun, Israeli footballer
- 1980 Hank Green, American entrepreneur, educator, and vlogger
- 1981 Craig David, English singer-songwriter, musician and producer
- 1981 Danielle Fishel, American actress
- 1982 Vanessa Bryant, American philanthropist and model[39]
- 1982 Corey Parker, Australian rugby league footballer
- 1983 Henry Cavill, English actor
- 1985 Shoko Nakagawa, Japanese actress and singer
- 1985 Emanuele Giaccherini, Italian footballer
- 1985 P. J. Tucker, American basketball player[40]
- 1987 Graham Dorrans, Scottish footballer
- 1988 Adele, English singer-songwriter
- 1989 Chris Brown, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
- 1989 Agnes Knochenhauer, Swedish curler[41]
- 1991 Raϊl Jimιnez, Mexican footballer
- 1994 Celeste, British singer[42]
- 1995 James Conner, American football player[43]
- 1996 Christopher Eubanks, American tennis player[44]
- 1996 Mayar Sherif, Egyptian tennis player[45]
- 1997 Logan Gilbert, American baseball player[46]
- 1997 Mitch Marner, Canadian hockey player[47]
- 1998 Aryna Sabalenka, Belarusian tennis player[48]
- 1999 Nathan Chen, American figure skater
- 1999 Justin Kluivert, Dutch footballer
- 2003 Carlos Alcaraz, Spanish tennis player[49]
- 2004 Jenna Davis, American actress and YouTuber[50]
- 2004 Kirsty Muir, Scottish freestyle skier[51]
Deaths
[edit]Pre-1600
[edit]- 465 Gerontius, Archbishop of Milan
- 1194 Casimir II the Just, Polish son of Bolesław III Wrymouth (born 1138)
- 1243 Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent, English justiciar (born c. 1160)
- 1306 Constantine Palaiologos, Byzantine general (born 1261)
- 1309 Charles II of Naples (born 1254)
- 1316 Elizabeth of Rhuddlan, daughter of King Edward I of England (born 1282)
- 1338 Prince Tsunenaga, son of the Japanese Emperor (born 1324)
- 1380 Saint Philotheos, Coptic martyr[52]
- 1432 Francesco Bussone da Carmagnola, Italian adventurer
- 1525 Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (born 1463)
- 1582 Charlotte of Bourbon, Princess consort of Orange, married to William I of Orange (born 1547)
- 1586 Henry Sidney, Irish politician, Lord Deputy of Ireland (born 1529)
16011900
[edit]- 1671 Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester, English general and politician, Lord Chamberlain of the United Kingdom (born 1602)
- 1672 Samuel Cooper, English painter and linguist (born 1609)
- 1700 Angelo Italia, Italian architect (born 1628)
- 1705 Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1640)
- 1714 Nathaniel Lawrence, English politician (born c. 1627)[53]
- 1760 Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers, English politician (born 1720)
- 1766 Jean Astruc, French physician and scholar (born 1684)
- 1808 Pierre Jean George Cabanis, French physiologist and philosopher (born 1757)
- 1821 Napoleon, French general and emperor (born 1769)[54]
- 1827 Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (born 1750)
- 1833 Sophia Campbell, English-Australian painter (born 1777)
- 1855 Sir Robert Inglis, 2nd Baronet, English politician (born 1786)
- 1859 Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet, German mathematician and academic (born 1805)
- 1860 Jean-Charles Prince, Canadian bishop (born 1804)
- 1883 John O'Shanassy, Irish-Australian politician, 2nd Premier of Victoria (born 1818)
- 1892 August Wilhelm von Hofmann, German chemist and academic (born 1818)
- 1896 Silas Adams, American lawyer and politician (born 1839)
1901present
[edit]- 1901 Mariano Ignacio Prado, Peruvian general, twice President of Peru (born 1825)[55]
- 1902 Bret Harte, American short story writer and poet (born 1836)[56]
- 1907 Şeker Ahmed Pasha, Turkish soldier and painter (born 1841)
- 1913 Henry Moret, French painter (born 1856)
- 1916 John MacBride, Irish soldier and rebel (born 1865)
- 1916 Maurice Raoul-Duval, French polo player (born 1866)
- 1921 Alfred Hermann Fried, Austrian journalist and publicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1864)
- 1924 A. Sabapathy, Sri Lankan journalist and politician (born 1853)
- 1931 Glen Kidston, English pilot and race car driver (born 1899)
- 1941 Platon of Banja Luka, Serbian Orthodox bishop (born 1874)[57]
- 1942 Qemal Stafa, Albanian politician (born 1920)
- 1947 Ty LaForest, Canadian-American baseball player (born 1917)
- 1957 Leopold Lφwenheim, German mathematician and logician (born 1878)
- 1959 Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentinian academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1878)
- 1962 Ernest Tyldesley, English cricketer (born 1889)
- 1965 Nikos Gounaris, Greek tenor and composer (born 1915)
- 1965 John Waters, American director and screenwriter (born 1893)
- 1971 Violet Jessop, Argentinean-English nurse (born 1887)
- 1973 Zekai Φzger, Turkish poet and academic (born 1948)
- 1977 Ludwig Erhard, German economist and politician, Chancellor of Germany (born 1897)
- 1981 Bobby Sands, PIRA volunteer and hunger striker (born 1954)[58]
- 1983 Horst Schumann, German physician (born 1901)
- 1983 John Williams, English-American actor (born 1903)
- 1985 Donald Bailey, English engineer, designed the Bailey bridge (born 1901)
- 1988 Michael Shaara, American author and academic (born 1928)
- 1993 Irving Howe, American literary and social critic (born 1920)
- 1994 Mαrio Quintana, Brazilian poet and translator (born 1906)
- 1995 Mikhail Botvinnik, Russian chess player and coach (born 1911)
- 1999 Vasilis Diamantopoulos, Greek actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1920)
- 2000 Gino Bartali, Italian cyclist (born 1914)
- 2000 Bill Musselman, American basketball player and coach (born 1940)
- 2001 Morris Graves, American painter and educator (born 1910)
- 2001 Clifton Hillegass, American publisher, created CliffsNotes (born 1918)
- 2002 Hugo Banzer, Bolivian general and politician, 62nd President of Bolivia (born 1926)
- 2002 Paul Wilbur Klipsch, American engineer, founded Klipsch Audio Technologies (born 1904)[59]
- 2002 George Sidney, American director and producer (born 1916)
- 2002 Louis C. Wyman, American lawyer and politician (born 1917)[60]
- 2003 Sam Bockarie, Sierra Leonean commander (born 1964)
- 2003 Walter Sisulu, South African activist and politician (born 1912)
- 2006 Naushad Ali, Indian composer and producer (born 1919)
- 2006 Atıf Yılmaz, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1925)
- 2007 Theodore Harold Maiman, American-Canadian physicist and engineer, created the laser (born 1927)
- 2008 Irv Robbins, Canadian-American businessman, co-founded Baskin-Robbins (born 1917)
- 2008 Jerry Wallace, American singer and guitarist (born 1928)
- 2010 Giulietta Simionato, Italian soprano (born 1910)
- 2010 Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, Nigerian academic and politician, 13th President of Nigeria (born 1951)
- 2011 Claude Choules, English-Australian soldier (born 1901)
- 2011 Yosef Merimovich, Israeli footballer and manager (born 1924)
- 2011 Dana Wynter, British actress (born 1931)
- 2012 Surendranath, Indian cricketer (born 1937)
- 2012 Carl Johan Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg (born 1916)
- 2012 Aatos Erkko, Finnish journalist and publisher (born 1932)
- 2012 George Knobel, Dutch footballer, coach, and manager (born 1922)
- 2012 Roy Padayachie, South African lawyer and politician, South African Minister of Communications (born 1950)
- 2013 Sarah Kirsch, German poet and author (born 1935)
- 2013 Robert Ressler, American FBI agent and author (born 1937)
- 2014 Michael Otedola, Nigerian journalist and politician, 9th Governor of Lagos State (born 1926)
- 2015 Jobst Brandt, American cyclist, engineer, and author (born 1935)
- 2015 Hans Jansen, Dutch linguist, academic, and politician (born 1942)
- 2017 Binyamin Elon, Israeli Orthodox rabbi and politician (born 1954)
- 2017 Ely Ould Mohamed Vall, Mauritanian politician (born 1953)
- 2020 Millie Small, Jamaican singer-songwriter (born 1947)[61]
- 2024 Jeannie Epper, American stuntwoman and actress (born 1941)[62]
- 2024 Bernard Hill, English actor (born 1944)[63]
- 2024 Cιsar Luis Menotti, Argentine footballer and manager (born 1938)[64]
Holidays and observances
[edit]- Children's Day (Japan, South Korea)[65][66]
- Christian feast day:
- Angelus of Jerusalem[67]
- Aventinus of Tours[67]
- Blessed Caterina Cittadini[67]
- Blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice
- Frederick the Wise (Lutheran ChurchMissouri Synod)
- Gotthard of Hildesheim[67]
- Blessed Grzegorz Bolesław Frąckowiak[67]
- Hilary of Arles[67]
- Jutta of Kulmsee
- Stanisław Kazimierczyk
- May 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Cinco de Mayo (Mexico, United States)
- Constitution Day (Kyrgyzstan)
- Europe Day (Council of Europe)
- Feast of al-Khadr or Saint George (Palestinian)
- Indian Arrival Day (Guyana)
- International Midwives' Day (International)
- Liberation Day (Denmark, Netherlands)
- Lusophone Culture Day (Community of Portuguese Language Countries)
- World Portuguese Language Day (International)[68]
- Martyrs' Day (Albania)
- Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Awareness Day (Canada and United States)
- National Cartoonist Day[69]
- Patriots' Victory Day (Ethiopia)[65]
- Revenge of the Fifth (see Star Wars Day)
- Senior Citizens Day (Palau)[70]
- Soviet Press Day (Soviet Union)[71]
- Tango no sekku (Japan)
- Uyghur Doppa Cultural Festival (Doppa Day)


