About the day » Thursday May 5, 1921Calender converter

• Burgmeijer, Hattem, Nederland († 2004)
• Adrianus Cornelis Tol, Edam († 2005)
• Anna Tabak, Harkema Opeinde († 2013)
• Andrew Leonard WITHOUCK († 1978)
• Adriaan (Adrie) de Feijter, Axel, Zeeland, Nederland († 2009)
• "Jan" Schepen, Vlaardingen († 2001)
• Afina Miedema, Middelstum, Westerwijtwerd († 2005)
• Adrianus Leonardus van Gastel, Den Haag († 1995)
• Anna Aafje Schouten, Scharwoude († 2018)
• André Albert Marie Désiré PLUMEREL, Ruisbroek (-Bij-Brussel), 23069, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgique († 1994)

• Aartje van 't Lam- (54), Haarlemmermeer, Nederland
• Abraham Redert (83), Bergen op Zoom
• Aaltje Jans Oosterhuis (54), Pesse, Ruinen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Arnoldus Stronks (70)
• Andries van Maren (82), Delft
• Aartje LAM, van 't (54), Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Swartjes (78), Schoten
• Anna Christina Verhoop (58), Amsterdam
• Arnoldus Johannes Egberts (56), Bodegraven
• Antonie van Ierland (85), Tilburg

• 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. Jacoba
12. Grietje
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 8 » Spanish Prime Minister Eduardo Dato Iradier is assassinated while exiting the parliament building in Madrid.
• March 19 » Irish War of Independence: One of the biggest engagements of the war takes place at Crossbarry, County Cork. About 100 Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteers escape an attempt by over 1,300 British forces to encircle them.
• April 2 » The Autonomous Government of Khorasan, a military government encompassing the modern state of Iran, is established.
• August 3 » Major League Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis confirms the ban of the eight Chicago Black Sox, the day after they were acquitted by a Chicago court.
• August 28 » The Red Army dissolved the Free Territory, after driving the Black Army out of Ukraine.
• October 18 » The Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic is formed as part of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.

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.