Famous Birthdays
- (Thaman) "Pete" Daily, American swing and dixieland jazz cornetist and valve trombonist (The Chicagoans), born in Portland, Indiana (d. 1981)
- Gilles Grangier, French film director (Archimède le clochard), born in Paris (d. 1996)
- Norman Oldfield, English cricketer (Engl batsman one Test v WI 1939, 80 & 19), born in Dukinfield, Cheshire, England (d. 1996)
- Philip Manson-Bahr, English zoologist and specialist in tropical medicine, born in Wavertree, Liverpool, England (d. 1996)
About May 5, 1911
Day of the Week: Friday
How Long Ago? 112 years, 11 months and 21 days
Leap Year: No
Generation: Greatest Generation
Chinese Zodiac: Pig
Star Sign: Taurus
