What happened on May 5 ?

867 - Uda, Emperor of Japan (d. 931)

1210 - King Afonso III of Portugal (d. 1279)

1546 - Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English politician (d. 1623)

1747 - Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1792)

1764 - Robert Craufurd, British general (d. 1812)

1813 - Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher (d. 1855)

1818 - Karl Marx, German political philosopher (d. 1883)

1826 - Empress Eugenie of France, wife of Napoleon III (d. 1920)

1832 - H.H. Bancroft, American historian and publisher (d. 1918)

1833 - Ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer (d. 1905)

1834 - Viktor Hartmann, Russian architect and painter (d. 1873)

1846 - Henryk Sienkiewicz, Polish author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1916)

1865 - Elizabeth Jane Cochran, American journalist and writer (d. 1922)

1866 - Thomas B. Thrige, Danish industrialist (d. 1938)

1869 - Hans Pfitzner, Russian-born composer (d. 1949)

1883 - Archibald Wavell, British general (d. 1950)

1887 - Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1972)

1890 - Christopher Morley, American writer (d. 1957)

1899 - Freeman Gosden, American radio comedian (Amos-Amos 'n' Andy) (d. 1982)

1901 - Blind Willie McTell, American singer (d. 1959)

1903 - James Beard, American chef and cookbook writer (d. 1985)

1908 - Kurt Böhme, German bass (d. 1989)

1914 - Tyrone Power, American actor (d. 1958)

1915 - Alice Faye, American actress (d. 1998)

1916 - Zail Singh, President of India (d. 1994)

1921 - Arthur Leonard Schawlow, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999)

1923 - Richard Wollheim, British philosopher (d. 2003)

1926 - Ann B. Davis, American actress

1935 - Douglas Marland, American television writer (d. 1993)

1936 - Patrick Gowers, British composer

1941 - Alexander Ragulin, Russian hockey player (d. 2004)

1942 - Marc Alaimo, American actor

1942 - Tammy Wynette, American musician (d. 1998)

1943 - Raphael, Spanish singer

1943 - Michael Palin, British writer, actor, and comedian

1944 - Roger Rees, Welsh actor

1944 - John Rhys-Davies, Welsh actor

1948 - Bill Ward, British drummer (Black Sabbath)

1952 - Campbell McComas, Australian impersonator and broadcaster (d. 2005)

1954 - Dave Spector, American television personality and commentator

1955 - Wil Harris, American drummer

1957 - Richard E. Grant, British actor

1958 - Ron Arad, Israeli aircraft navigator missing in action.

1963 - James LaBrie, Canadian singer (Dream Theater)

1966 - Shawn Drover, Canadian drummer (Megadeth)

1967 - Takehito Koyasu, Japanese seiyu (voice actor)

1970 - Kyan Douglas, American TV-personality, see Queer Eye for the Straight Guy

1971 - David Reilly, American singer (God Lives Underwater) (d. 2005)

1972 - Devin Townsend, Canadian musician (Strapping Young Lad)

1972 - James Cracknell, British Rowing Champion, Double Olymipic Gold Medalist

1976 - Juan Pablo Sorín, Argentine footballer

1979 - Vincent Kartheiser, American actor

1981 - Craig David, British R&B singer

1981 - Danielle Fishel, American actress

1981 - Marcelle Bittar, Brazilian supermodel

1982 - Jay Bothroyd, English footballer

1984 - Wade MacNeil, Canadian guitarist (Alexisonfire)

1987 - John Gotti Agnello, son of columnist and author Victoria Gotti and grandson of mobster John Gotti

1989 - Chris Brown, American singer