May 5, 2023

May 5, 2023, was a Friday. It was exactly 2 years ago. The zodiac star sign for this date is Taurus.

On this day

What happened on May 5, 2023?

The film "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3" is released.
The WHO officially declares an end to Covid-19 global health emergency.
Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin threatens to pull his troops out of Bakhmut due to ammo shortages.

Music charts

Songs that were on top of the charts in the USA and the United Kingdom on May 5, 2023:

United States: "Kill Bill" by SZA
United Kingdom: "Miracle" by Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding

Top movie at the box office

The movie "The Super Mario Bros. Movie" was at the top of the box office on May 5, 2023.

Facts

This date occurred 731 days ago. Approximately 24 months have passed. It was the 125th day of 2023, in week 18. The decade was the 2020s. A baby that was born on this day is now one year old. The Earth has experienced 8 seasons of weather since then.

Take me back to May 5, 2023

Let's take a stroll down memory lane.

The date is May 5, 2023, and it's a Friday. Anyone born today will have the star sign Taurus. Many people have "that Friday feeling" and are looking forward to the weekend.

The summer of 2023 has finally arrived. The weather has warmed up, and the evenings are brighter than usual. The school year is nearly finished. In America, the song "Kill Bill" by SZA is at the top of the singles charts, while "Miracle" by Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding is the number-one song in the UK. Joe Biden is the President of the United States, and the movie The Super Mario Bros. Movie is at the top of the box office.

Rishi Sunak is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. On television, people are watching popular shows such as "Barry", "Ted Lasso", "Only Murders in the Building", and "Severance". If you were to travel back to this day, notable figures such as Tina Turner, Sinéad O'Connor, Paul Reubens, and Angus Cloud would all still be alive.

People are playing video games such as "A Plague Tale: Requiem", "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II", "God of War Ragnarök", and "Dead Space (Remake)". Kids and teenagers are watching TV shows such as "Danger Force", "The Villains of Valley View", "Face's Music Party", and "Transformers: EarthSpark". Children are playing with toys such as the Xbox Series X and the PlayStation 5.

Zodiac

Zodiac, birthstone, and birth flower information.

Personality summary image

Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on May 5, 2023, will have the star sign Taurus.
Zodiac Element: Earth.
Chinese Zodiac Animal: In the Chinese Zodiac, 2023 was the year of the Rabbit (Yin Fire).
The Life Path Number for this date is 8.
Native American Zodiac: May 5, 2023 falls under the Beaver.
Birthstone: A person during the month of May will have the birthstone Emerald.
Birth flower (May): The Lily of the Valley and the Hawthorn.

Personality traits

Check out our personality summary for people who were born on May 5, 2023.

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What happened around this time?

News stories, pop culture trends, and other events that happened around May 5, 2023.

April 6, 2023:
• Soccer: Frank Lampard is named as the caretaker manager of Chelsea.
• Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is diagnosed with leukemia.
• Robert De Niro (79) and his girlfriend, Tiffany Chen (45), have a daughter.
April 7, 2023:
• The computer-animated film "The Super Mario Bros. Movie" is released.
• Former S Club 7 member Paul Cattermole is found dead at his home at the age of 46.
• It is revealed that the death of Coolio was caused by drugs.
• Access to the abortion pill mifepristone is plunged into uncertainty in the US after two federal judges make conflicting rulings.
April 8, 2023: UFC 287: Israel Adesanya knocks out Alex Pereira.
April 9, 2023: Jon Rahm wins the 2023 Masters Tournament.
April 10, 2023: A bank employee shoots and kills five people at his workplace in Louisville, Kentucky.
April 11, 2023: Taiwan's Foreign Minister Joseph Wu claims that China is getting ready to wage a war against his country.
April 12, 2023:
• Warner Bros Discovery announces that it is creating a Harry Potter TV series.
• NPR quits Twitter after its account is labelled as "government-funded".
April 13, 2023:
• American airman Jack Teixeira is arrested at his home on suspicion of leaking classified documents.
• 16-year-old Ralph Yarl is shot dead after ringing the wrong doorbell in Kansas City, Missouri.
April 14, 2023: The film "The Pope's Exorcist" is released.
April 15, 2023:
• Germany switches off its last three nuclear reactors.
• Four people are killed in a mass shooting at a birthday party in Dadeville, Alabama.
• 19-year-old Blake Walsh is shot dead after pulling into the wrong driveway in Hebron, New York.
• An armed conflict between rival factions breaks out in Sudan.
April 18, 2023: Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems agree a last-minute settlement for $787.5m in a "vote-rigging" defamation case.
April 19, 2023:
• Ukraine receives Patriot missiles from the United States.
• Oklahoma county commissioner Mark Jennings resigns after being recorded talking about lynching Black residents.
• At least 85 people are killed after a stampede occurs at a charity event in Yemen.
• K-pop singer Moon Bin commits suicide at the age of 25.
• Microsoft announces that it will be dropping Twitter from its advertising platform.
• Elon Musk threatens to sue Microsoft for allegedly training their ChatGPT AI with Twitter data.
April 20, 2023:
• Twitter begins to remove legacy blue ticks from accounts.
• Involuntary manslaughter charges against actor Alec Baldwin are dropped.
• SpaceX's Starship explodes shortly after taking off.
• MillerKnoll CEO Andi Owen apologizes for her "leave pity city" speech.
• BuzzFeed announces that it is closing its news department.
April 21, 2023: The horror film "Evil Dead Rise" is released.
April 22, 2023: Football: Wrexham win promotion to the Football League after 15 years.
April 23, 2023:
• Bed Bath & Beyond files for bankruptcy protection.
• UK politics: Diane Abbott is suspended as a Labour MP after claiming that Jewish people do not face racism.
April 24, 2023:
• It is announced that Tucker Carlson is leaving Fox News.
• Don Lemon announces that he has been fired by CNN.
• An arrest warrant is issued for Jackass star Bam Margera following a physical confrontation in Pennsylvania.
April 25, 2023:
• US President Joe Biden confirms that he is running for reelection in 2024.
• Singer and activist, Harry Belafonte, dies at the age of 96.
• The Taliban kills the ISIS leader that orchestrated the 2021 Afghanistan airport attack.
April 26, 2023: Microsoft's takeover of Activision is blocked by a British regulator.
April 27, 2023: Talk show host Jerry Springer dies at the age of 79.
April 28, 2023:
• Five people, including an 8-year-old boy, are shot dead at a house in Cleveland, Texas.
• It is reported that 110 members of the Malindi cult have been found dead in Kenya following a mass starvation incident.
April 29, 2023: Ukrainian drones strike a Russian fuel depot in Crimea.
May 1, 2023:
• The White House estimates that 100,000 Russian soldiers have died in Ukraine.
• The police find seven bodies on the land of a registered sex offender in Henryetta, Oklahoma.
• First Republic Bank is seized by financial regulators and sold to JPMorgan.
• A video of a cockroach on the red carpet at the 2023 Met Gala goes viral.
• Luca Brecel wins the 2023 World Snooker Championship after defeating Mark Selby.
May 2, 2023:
• The 2023 Writers Guild of America strike begins.
• The first-person shooter game "Redfall" is released.
May 3, 2023:
• The Kremlin claims that it was attacked by two drones overnight.
• A student shoots nine people dead at the Vladislav Ribnikar Elementary School in Belgrade, Serbia.
May 4, 2023:
• Eight people are killed in Serbia's second mass shooting in one week.
• A court rules that Ed Sheeran's song "Thinking Out Loud" did not copy Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On".
• GameStop announces that it is pulling out of Ireland.
• UK politics: The Conservative Party loses more than 1,000 council seats in the 2023 United Kingdom local elections.
This date: May 5, 2023
May 6, 2023:
• The coronation of King Charles III takes place.
• Eight people are killed in a mass shooting at a mall in Allen, Texas.
May 8, 2023: Sum 41 announce that they are splitting up after 27 years together.
May 9, 2023: A civil trial jury in New York finds that Donald Trump sexually abused writer E. Jean Carroll.
May 10, 2023:
• US congressman George Santos is charged with fraud and money laundering.
• Former US President Donald Trump appears on CNN Town Hall.
May 11, 2023:
• Ukrainian forces make gains around the city of Bakhmut.
• Elon Musk announces that he will be stepping down as the CEO of Twitter.
• The United States accuses South Africa of supplying Russia with weapons.
May 12, 2023:
• Lori Vallow Daybell is found guilty of murdering her two children and her husband's former wife.
• Elon Musk announces that Linda Yaccarino will become the new CEO of Twitter.
May 13, 2023: Sweden win the 2023 Eurovision with the song "Tattoo" by Loreen.
May 14, 2023: Famous American poker player Doyle Brunson dies at the age of 89.
May 15, 2023:
• Vice Media files for bankruptcy.
• Argentina raises interest rates to 97% in an effort to tackle inflation.
May 16, 2023:
• US Congresswoman Lauren Boebert files for divorce from her husband.
• Hungary blocks a payment from the EU that provides off-budget military support for Ukraine.
• At least six people are killed after a fire breaks out at a hostel in Wellington, New Zealand.
• Ukraine claims that it shot down two Russian hypersonic missiles.
May 17, 2023:
• Researchers say that there is a 66% chance that the earth will pass the 1.5 C global warming threshold by 2027.
• A spokesperson for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle says that the couple were involved in a "near catastrophic car chase" involving paparazzi.
• Montana bans the app TikTok.
• A judge orders biotechnology entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes to surrender to custody to serve an 11-year prison sentence for wire fraud and defrauding investors.
• 95-year-old Clare Nowland is tasered by New South Wales police in Cooma, Australia.
• The reality series "The Family Stallone" makes its debut on Paramount+.
May 18, 2023:
• A man is arrested after driving his car through a gate in the Vatican.
• Legendary NFL running back Jim Brown dies at the age of 87.
May 19, 2023:
• The film "Fast X", starring Vin Diesel and Jason Statham, is released in movie theaters.
• The brother of TV presenter Phillip Schofield is jailed for 12 years for sexually abusing a child.
May 20, 2023:
• British presenter Phillip Schofield steps down from ITV's "This Morning" show with "immediate effect".
• Manchester City win the Premier League title after Arsenal are beaten 1-0 by Nottingham Forest.
• The US says it will allow its Western allies to supply Ukraine with fighter jets such as the F-16.
• Russia claims that it has captured the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut.
• Boxing: Katie Taylor's unbeaten run comes to an end after she is defeated by Chantelle Cameron.
May 21, 2023:
• 10 people are killed during a shootout at a car rally in Baja California, Mexico.
• Vinicius Junior is racially abused during a La Liga game between Real Madrid and Valencia.
May 22, 2023:
• Facebook's parent company, Meta, is fined €1.2 billion by Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) for transferring European user data to the United States.
• Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong tests positive for COVID-19.
• The Portuguese police announce plans to search a reservoir as part of the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.
• Bryan Kohberger refuses to enter a plea over the University of Idaho murders.
• A group of anti-Putin Russian nationals called the "Freedom of Russia Legion" launches an incursion in the Belgorod border region of Russia.
• A 19-year-old man named Sai Varshith Kandula is arrested on multiple charges after crashing a U-Haul van into barriers near the White House.
May 23, 2023:
• It is announced that entertainer and convicted sex offender Rolf Harris has died at the age of 93.
• The police search for the remains of Madeleine McCann at the Barragem do Arade reservoir in the Algarve, Portugal.
• Target removes some of its LGBTQ+ merchandise from stores following threats to workers.
May 24, 2023:
• Singer Tina Turner dies at the age of 83.
• Rapper Fetty Wap is sentenced to six years in prison for drug trafficking.
• Florida Governor Ron DeSantis launches his 2024 presidential campaign.
May 25, 2023:
• The video game "The Lord of the Rings: Gollum" is released.
• Dua Lipa releases the song "Dance the Night".
May 26, 2023:
• Disney's fantasy film "The Little Mermaid" is released.
• Former "This Morning" host Phillip Schofield resigns from ITV after admitting that he had a "legal but unwise" relationship with a younger man.
• Singer Celine Dion cancels the rest of her tour due to her ongoing battle with a neurological disorder called Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS).
• A man is arrested for opening the emergency door of an Asiana Airlines flight during a landing in South Korea.
• Britney Spears tells fans that she has reconnected with her estranged mother.
May 27, 2023:
• The Texas House of Representatives impeaches state Attorney General Ken Paxton over allegations of bribery and abuse of public trust.
• Twitter exits the European Union's voluntary Code of Practice on Disinformation.
• Soccer: Borussia Dortmund loses the Bundesliga title on the final day of the season after only managing a 2-2 draw against Mainz 05.
• The comedy talk show "Soccer AM" comes to an end after 28 years.
May 28, 2023:
• The series finale of Succession is aired.
• Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan secures another five years in power after defeating challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu in a run-off election.
• Soccer: Leicester City are relegated from the Premier League on the final day of the season, just seven years after they lifted the title.
May 29, 2023:
• Soccer: Mauricio Pochettino is appointed as the new manager of Chelsea.
• Moscow is attacked by two dozen drones.
May 31, 2023:
• That '70s Show actor Danny Masterson is found guilty on two counts of rape.
• Sevilla win the Europa League after beating Roma on penalties.
• Canada says that it will start printing health warnings directly on cigarettes.
June 1, 2023:
• Australian soldier Ben Roberts-Smith loses a historic defamation case against newspapers that had accused him of war crimes in Afghanistan.
• The US Senate approves a debt ceiling deal just days before the deadline.
• US President Joe Biden trips after delivering a speech at a military academy in Colorado.
June 2, 2023:
• The computer-animated superhero film "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse" is released.
• At least 280 people die when three trains collide in the Indian state of Odisha.
• Wildfires begin in the Central Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec.
June 3, 2023:
• Soccer: Manchester City win the FA Cup after defeating Manchester United 2-1.
• Soccer: Real Madrid and Eden Hazard reach a mutual agreement to terminate his contract.
• Soccer: PSG confirm that Lionel Messi is leaving the club.
June 4, 2023:
• Saudia Arabia pledges to cut production in oil in an effort to keep prices afloat.
• A huge anti-government protest takes place in Poland.
• Fighter jets intercept an unresponsive Cessna Citation jet that flew over Washington, D.C., and then crashed in Virginia.
• Zlatan Ibrahimović announces his retirement from football.

Television shows in May 2023

Television shows that people were watching in May 2023:

The Night Agent

The Last of Us

House of the Dragon

The Bear

The Kardashians

Severance

The Wheel of Time

Only Murders in the Building

The White Lotus

Cobra Kai

Bridgerton

Emily in Paris

Cartoons and children's TV shows in May 2023

Children and teenagers were watching the following cartoons and TV series:

Transformers: EarthSpark

Monster High

The Tiny Chef Show

Chibiverse

Face's Music Party

The Villains of Valley View

The Ghost and Molly McGee

Baby Shark's Big Show!

Danger Force

Tyler Perry's Young Dylan

The Adventures of Paddington

Toys in 2023

Children were playing with the following toys and games:

The PlayStation 5

The Xbox Series X

Video games

Popular video games that people were playing in May 2023.

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor

Resident Evil 4 (Remake)

Sons of the Forest

Dead Space (Remake)

Marvel's Midnight Suns

God of War Ragnarök

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II

A Plague Tale: Requiem

FIFA 23

Neon White

Celebrity birthdays

Celebrities, historical figures, and other notable people who were born on May 5.

Karl Marx

Philosopher Deceased
Born on May 5, 1818
He was not alive on this date.

Adele

Singer
Born on May 5, 1988
She turned 35 on this day in 2023.

Chris Brown

Singer
Born on May 5, 1989
He turned 34 on this day in 2023.

Holidays

National holidays and famous events that fall on May 5:

Liberation Day (Denmark)
Children's Day (Japan)
Cinco de Mayo

US President

Joe Biden was the President of the United States on May 5, 2023.

UK Prime Minister

Rishi Sunak was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Irish Taoiseach

Leo Varadkar was the Taoiseach of Ireland.

Conception dates

Conception estimates for this date.

Note: These conception dates are based on broad estimates.

A baby that was born on May 5, 2023 was most likely conceived around August 12, 2022.
The due date for a baby that was conceived on May 5, 2023 is close to January 26, 2024.

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Statistics

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731 days have passed since this date.
104 weeks have passed.
63,158,400 seconds have passed since May 5, 2023.
If you were born on this day, your heart has beat approximately 73,684,800 times.
Since then, the Earth has traveled approximately 32,589,734,400 miles through space.
If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 10,526,400 times.
You have taken approximately 5,431,622 steps. That's roughly 2,414 miles.
757,901 meteors have entered the Earth's atmosphere.
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