Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/May 5
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May 5: Ascension Day in Western Christianity (2005); Liberation Day in Denmark, Ethiopia, and the Netherlands; Children's Day in Japan and South Korea.
- 1862 - Cinco de Mayo in Mexico: Troops led by Ignacio Zaragoza halted a French invasion in the Battle of Puebla.
- 1864 - American Civil War: Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign began with the Battle of the Wilderness.
- 1904 - Cy Young of the Boston Americans pitched the first perfect game in the modern era of baseball.
- 1949 - The Council of Europe was formed.
- 1950 - Prince Bhumibol Adulyadej was crowned in Bangkok as King Rama IX of Thailand, currently the world's longest-serving head of state.
- 1992 - After pending before America's state legislatures for 202 years, the 27th Amendment to the United States Constitution was finally ratified when the Alabama State Legislature furnished the pivotal 38th approval vote.