WHAT HAPPENED ON 5. MAY
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Pitching against the Philadelphia Athletics at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, Cy Young of the Boston Americans throws the first perfect game in the modern era of baseball. (5. May 1904)

The trial in the Stratton Brothers case begins in London, England; it marks the first time that fingerprint evidence is used to gain a conviction for murder. (5. May 1905)

Authorities arrest Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti for alleged robbery and murder. (5. May 1920)

Scopes Trial: serving of an arrest warrant on John T. Scopes for teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act. (5. May 1925)

The government of South Africa declares Afrikaans an official language. (5. May 1925)

The first Three Stooges short, Woman Haters, is released. (5. May 1934)

Italian troops occupy Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. (5. May 1936)

World War II: Norwegian refugees form a government-in-exile in London (5. May 1940)

World War II: Norwegian Campaign – Norwegian squads in Hegra Fortress and Vinjesvingen capitulate to German forces after all other Norwegian forces in southern Norway had laid down their arms. (5. May 1940)

Emperor Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; the country commemorates the date as Liberation Day or Patriots' Victory Day. (5. May 1941)

German troops execute 216 civilians in the village of Kleisoura in Greece (5. May 1944)

World War II: Canadian and British troops liberate the Netherlands and Denmark from German occupation when Wehrmacht troops capitulate. (5. May 1945)

World War II: The Prague Uprising begins as an attempt by the Czech resistance to free the city from German occupation. (5. May 1945)

The International Military Tribunal for the Far East begins in Tokyo with twenty-eight Japanese military and government officials accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity. (5. May 1946)

The Treaty of London establishes the Council of Europe in Strasbourg as the first European institution working for European integration. (5. May 1949)

Bhumibol Adulyadej crowns himself King Rama IX of Thailand. (5. May 1950)

West Germany gains full sovereignty. (5. May 1955)

The Mercury program: Mercury-Redstone 3 – Alan Shepard becomes the first American to travel into outer space, on a sub-orbital flight. (5. May 1961)

The Council of Europe declares May 5 as Europe Day. (5. May 1964)

Alitalia Flight 112 crashes into Mount Longa near Palermo, Sicily, killing all 115 aboard, making it the deadliest single-aircraft disaster in Italy. (5. May 1972)