[[05-06]] [[Revenge of the Fifth]] [[Cinco de Mayo]] ## Events - [[1.1260-05-05 - Kublai Khan becomes ruler of Mongol Empire]] - [[1.1494-05-05 - Columbus sights Jamaica, lands at Discovery Bay, declares Jamaica property of Spain]] - [[1.1818-05-05 - Karl Marx born]] - [[1.1821-05-05 - Napoleon Bonaparte dies in exile on St. Helena]] - [[1.1821-05-05 - First edition of The Guardian published]] - [[1.1862-05-05 - Battle of Puebla in Mexico]] - [[1.1865-05-05 - Confederate government declared dissolved]] - [[1.1877-05-05 - Sitting Bull leads Lakota into Canada to avoid U.S. Army]] - [[1.1886-05-05 - Bay View Massacre]] - [[1.1891-05-05 - Carnegie Hall opens, Tchaikovsky guest conductor]] - [[1.1936-05-05 - Italian troops occupy Addis Ababa]] - [[1.1941-05-05 - Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa]] - [[1.1944-05-05 - John Rhys-Davies born]] - [[1.1955-05-05 - General Treaty goes into effect, recognizing sovereignty of West Germany]] - [[1.1957-05-05 - Richard E. Grant born]] - [[1.1963-05-05 - James LaBrie born]] - [[1.1983-05-05 - Henry Cavill born]] - [[1.1988-05-05 - Adele born]] - [[1.1989-05-05 - Chris Brown born]] - [[1.1987-05-05 - Iran-Contra hearings begin]] - [[1.2010-05-05 - Protests in Greece in response to austerity measures]]