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Notable anniversaries in history for today: May 5
- 150th: 1874 - Dutch second Chamber passes child labor law.
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Leopoldo Torre Nilsson in Buenos Aires, Argentina; director (Monday's Child).
- 90th: 1934 - The 1932 non-aggression pact betwen the Soviet Union and Poland is extended to the end of 1945.
- 90th: 1934 - 60th Kentucky Derby: Mack Garner aboard Cavalcade wins in 2:04.
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Jean-Pierre Leaud in Paris, France; actor (Detective).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of John Rhys-Davies in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England; actor (Sir Edward - The Quest, Sliders, Lord of the Rings, The Untouchables).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Roger Raised; English actor (Nicholas Nickleby).
- 80th: 1944 - Gandhi freed from prison.
- 80th: 1944 - Russian offensive against Sebastopol Krim.
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Roger Rees; actor (The West Wing, Boston Common, Cheers).
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Angelo Kimball in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; rock guitarist (Face To Face).
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Dagmar Wöhrl in the German Federal Republic; Miss Germany (1977).
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of John Greg Adams in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA; PGA golfer (1982 Hall of Fame-second).
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Peter Erskine; jazz drummer (Weather Report).
- 70th: 1954 - Military coup by General Alfredo Stroessner in Paraguay.
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Heike Henkel in German Federal Republic; world record indoor high jumper (1992).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Lorraine McIntosh; British pop singer (Deacon Blue - "Fellow Hoodlums").
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Ulrich Wilson; soccer player (FC Volendam).
- 60th: 1964 - Separatists riot in Québec, Canada.
- 50th: 1974 - Sandra Spuzich wins LPGA Lady Tara Golf Classic.
- 40th: 1984 - 110th Kentucky Derby: Laffit Pincay Junior aboard Swale wins in 2:02.4.
- 40th: 1984 - The Herreys win the Eurovision Song Contest 1984 for Sweden, with the song "Diggi-Loo, Diggi-Ley".
- 30th: 1994 - Joe Layton, director (Richard Pryor Live on Sunset Strip), dies at age 63.
- 30th: 1994 - Labour beats Conservatives in British local elections.
- 30th: 1994 - North-Yemen air force bombs Aden, South Yemen.
- 20th: 2004 - Mike Piazza of the New York Mets hits his 352nd home run, passing Carlton Fisk for most home runs hit by a catcher.
- 20th: 2004 - After pitching his 4136th strikeout, Roger Clemens moves ahead of Steve Carlton into second place on the career strikeouts list.
- 15th: 2009 - Masked attackers wielding automatic rifles and grenades raid a wedding party in south-eastern Turkey, killing 44 people.
- 10th: 2014 - The World Health Organization identifies the spread of poliomyelitis in at least 10 countries as a major worldwide health emergency.
- 10th: 2014 - Boko Haram militants kill approximately 300 people in a night attack on Gamboru Ngala.
- 5th: 2019 - Aeroflot Flight 1492 crash-lands and bursts into flames at Sheremetyevo International Airport, Moscow, killing 41 of the 78 people on board.
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