About the day » Thursday May 5, 1921Calender converter

• Anna Maria Weijtmans, Zwolle († 2007)
• Adrianus Donders, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2010)
• Adrianus Leonardus van Gastel, Den Haag († 1995)
• Ariaantje Blokland, Haarlem († 2012)
• Anthonie Schotel († 2002)
• Anna Margaretha Maria Nijkamp, Slagharen († 2001)
• Afina Miedema, Middelstum,, Groningen, Nederland († 2005)
• Albert M Kubicek, Prague Linco, Oklahoma († 1981)
• Adrianus Josephus Donders, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2010)
• Anna Maria Vries de, Nijmegen († 1999)

• Anna Fuchs (69), Dresden, Sachsen, Germany
• Anje Hilje Vogelzang (0), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Akke Seekles (0), Idsegahuizum, Friesland, Nederland
• Antonius Cornelis Wilhelmus van Laarhoven (0), Goirle
• Andries van Maren (82), Delft
• Adriana Kortlever (38), schoonhoven (zuid holland)
• Anna Frederica RINGELING (67), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aartje van 't Lam (54), Haarlemmermeer, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Arnoldus Stronks (70)
• Aart De RUITER (70), Ridderkerk

• 1917 » Pío Leyva, Cuban singer-songwriter († 2006)
• 1918 » Egidio Galea, Maltese Roman Catholic priest († 2005)
• 1919 » Georgios Papadopoulos, Greek colonel and politician, 169th Prime Minister of Greece († 1999)
• 1921 » Arthur Leonard Schawlow, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1999)
• 1922 » Irene Gut Opdyke, Polish nurse and humanitarian († 2003)
• 1923 » Cathleen Synge Morawetz, Canadian mathematician († 2017)
• 1923 » James Gilbert, Scottish television producer and director († 2016)
• 1923 » Richard Wollheim, English philosopher and academic († 2003)
• 1923 » William C. Campbell, American golfer († 2013)
• 1925 » Leo Ryan, American soldier, educator, and politician († 1978)

• 1896 » Silas Adams, American lawyer and politician (b. 1839)
• 1902 » Bret Harte, American short story writer and poet (b. 1836)
• 1907 » Şeker Ahmed Pasha, Turkish soldier and painter (b. 1841)
• 1913 » Henry Moret, French painter (b. 1856)
• 1916 » John MacBride, Irish soldier and rebel (b. 1865)
• 1916 » Maurice Raoul-Duval, French polo player (b. 1866)
• 1921 » Alfred Hermann Fried, Austrian journalist and publicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1924 » A. Sabapathy, Sri Lankan journalist and politician (b. 1853)
• 1931 » Glen Kidston, English pilot and race car driver (b. 1899)
• 1942 » Qemal Stafa, Albanian politician (b. 1920)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Adrianus
9. Petrus
10. Jacob
11. Jacobus
12. Wilhelmus
13. Gerardus
14. Antonius
15. Hendrikus
16. Arie

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Adriana
8. Hendrika
9. Catharina
10. Petronella
11. Grietje
12. Jacoba
13. Aaltje
14. Geertruida
15. Jantje
16. Helena

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
• March 18 » The Kronstadt rebellion is suppressed by the Red Army.
• March 31 » The Royal Australian Air Force is formed.
• May 31 » The Tulsa race massacre kills at least 39, but other estimates of black fatalities vary from 55 to about 300.
• July 10 » Belfast's Bloody Sunday: Sixteen people are killed and 161 houses destroyed during rioting and gun battles in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
• September 8 » Margaret Gorman, a 16-year-old, wins the Atlantic City Pageant's Golden Mermaid trophy; pageant officials later dubbed her the first Miss America.
• October 29 » United States: Second trial of Sacco and Vanzetti in Boston, Massachusetts.

The temperature on May 5, 1921 was between 0.6 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.