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Significance of 5th May:



1809- Mary Kies becomes the first woman awarded a U.S. patent, for a technique of weaving straw with silk and thread.

1821- The first edition of The Manchester Guardian, now The Guardian, is published.
 
1883- Surendra Nath Banerjee became the first journalist to go to jail. He was also given the title of Rashtra Guru.

1955- Indian parliament accepts Hindu divorce.

2010- The Supreme Court of India rejected the use of polygraph tests, along with narco-analysis and brain mapping, on suspects without their consent.

2023- The World Health Organization declares the end of the COVID-19 pandemic.



Famous people who had responded birthdays on this day:

1905- Pandit Raghunath Murmu was an Indian Santali writer and educator.

1911- Pritilata Waddedar was an East Bengali revolutionary nationalist from the Indian subcontinent who was influential in the Indian independence movement.

1916- Giani Zail Singh was an Indian politician from Punjab who served as the seventh president of India from 1982 to 1987. He was the first Sikh to become president.

1928- Basanta Choudhury was an Indian actor in Bengali and Hindi films.

1938- Dr Ananda Deb Mukhopadhyay was an Indian Bengali oceanographer and prominent educationist.

1956- Gulshan Kumar Dua was an Indian film and music producer and businessman who started the T-Series music label in 1983.



Famous people who have death anniversaries on this day:

1821- Napoleon Bonaparte was a  French military commander and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led successful campaigns during the Revolutionary Wars.

1930- Monoranjan Sen was one of the martyred Bengali revolutionaries of the Indian independence movement in British India.

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