A bit of May 5th history…
1260 - Kublai Khan, grandson of Ghengis Khan, becomes ruler of Mongol Empire
1862 - Cinco de Mayo: Mexicans defeat French forces of Napolean III
1877 - Sitting Bull leads his Lakota Tribe to Canada
1893 - ‘Panic of 1893′ causes a large crash in the NY Stock Exchange
1941 - 1st modern perfume, Chanel No.5, released by Coco Chanel
1961 - Alan Shepard becomes 1st American in space
2000 - Conjunction of Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and the Moon (pictured)
May 05, 2021 at 05:01AM