On This Day, May 5
- 2023: The World Health Organization declares the end of the COVID-19 pandemic as a global health emergency.
- 2010: Mass protests in Greece erupt in response to austerity measures imposed by the government as a result of the Greek government-debt crisis.
- 2007: Kenya Airways Flight 507 crashes after takeoff from Douala International Airport in Douala, Cameroon, killing all 114 aboard, making it the deadliest aircraft disaster in Cameroon.
- 2006: The government of Sudan signs an accord with the Sudan Liberation Army.
- 1994: The signing of the Bishkek Protocol between Armenia and Azerbaijan effectively freezes the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.