On This Day in History May 5, 2019

Historical Events 1260  Kublai Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan, becomes ruler of the Mongol Empire 1941  Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa 1955  West Germany is granted full sovereignty by its three occupying powers 1965  First large-scale US Army ground units arrive in South Vietnam 1980  Siege at Iranian Embassy in London ends as the SAS and police storm the building 1981  After 66 days on hunger strike, 26 year old Provisional IRA member and British MP Bobby Sands dies in the Maze Prision. Nine more hunger strikers die in the next 3 months. More Historical Events Famous Birthdays Adele 30th Birthday Arthur Leonard Schawlow (1921 - 1999) Leopold II (1747 - 1792) Tammy Wynette (1942 - 1998) More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths Carlos Saavedra Lamas (1878 - 1959) Napoléon Bonaparte (1769 - 1821) More Famous Deaths