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May 5th
1807 ~ Death of P. D. Q. Bach, fictitious Composer.
1813 ~ Birthday of Søren Kierkegaard, Philosopher.
1818 ~ Birthday of Karl Marx, Political Philosopher.
1821 ~ Death of Napoleon Bonaparte, Ruler of France.
1891 ~ Carnegie Hall had its grand opening and first public performance, with Pyotr Tchaikovsky as the guest conductor.
1904 ~ Pitching against the Philadelphia Athletics at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, Cy Young of the Boston Americans threw the first perfect game in the modern era of baseball.
1925 ~ Dayton, Tennessee biology teacher John Scopes is arrested for teaching Charles Darwin's Theory of Evolution.
1980 ~ Operation Nimrod: The Special Air Service stormed the Iranian embassy in London after a six day siege.
1992 ~ Wolfenstein 3D was released, the first-ever first-person shooter computer game.
1995 ~ Death of Mikhail Botvinnik, world chess champion.
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