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5 May 2024
Holidays, observances, history and sky information for this date.
Holidays
No listed India public holiday for this date.
Observances
No UN observance in the current list for this date.
Selected anniversaries
Anniversary
2023 - The World Health Organization declared the end of COVID-19 as a global health emergency.Specialized agency of the United Nations
Anniversary
2020 - Philippine broadcast network ABS-CBN was forced to go off-air by the National Telecommunications Commission after Congress failed to renew its franchise granted in 1995.Philippine media network
Anniversary
2007 - Kenya Airways Flight 507 crashed immediately after takeoff from Douala International Airport in Cameroon, resulting in the deaths of all 114 people aboard.2007 aviation accident in Cameroon
Anniversary
1994 - American teenager Michael P. Fay was caned in Singapore for theft and vandalism, a punishment that the United States deemed to be excessive for a teenager committing a non-violent crime.1993–1994 Singaporean judicial sentence of an American teenager
Anniversary
1992 - The Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, 202 years after it was first proposed.1992 amendment delaying congressional salary changes
Historical events
No items available.
Notable births
No items available.
Notable deaths
Died
2026 - Chris Phelan, Irish-Australian rugby league player (born 1955)Australian rugby league player (1955–2026)
Died
2024 - Jeannie Epper, American stuntwoman and actress (born 1941)American stuntwoman and actress (1941–2024)
Died
2024 - César Luis Menotti, Argentine footballer and manager (born 1938)Argentine footballer and manager (1938–2024)
Died
2020 - Millie Small, Jamaican singer-songwriter (born 1947)Jamaican singer (1947–2020)
Died
2017 - Binyamin Elon, Israeli Orthodox rabbi and politician (born 1954)Israeli rabbi and politician (1954–2017)
Died
2017 - Ely Ould Mohamed Vall, Mauritanian politician (born 1953)Head of State of Mauritania from 2005 to 2007
Died
2015 - Jobst Brandt, American cyclist, engineer, and author (born 1935)American bicycle racer (1935–2015)
Sky
Moon phase
Waning Crescent
9.6% illuminated
Lunar age: 26.6 days
Sun zodiac
Taurus
15.48 degrees
Constellation: Aries
Moon zodiac
Aries
9.36 degrees
Constellation: Pisces
Astronomy events
Moon
Moon at ApogeeThe Moon reaches a relatively distant point in its orbit around Earth.