May 5

May 5 is the 125th day of the year (126th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. It is preceded by May 4, and succeeded by May 6. Following May 5, there are 240 days in the year.

Blavatsky's Gem of the Day

"Better it would be that a man should eat a lump of flaming iron than that one should break his vows."

Events

• 1881 – Col. Olcott finishes the first draft of his book The Buddhist Catechism, which he compiled on a trip to Ceylon (Sri Lanka).

Births

• 1855 – William Kingsland, London. He was an engineer, writer, and student of Mme. Blavatsky, and co-founded the Blavatsky Association (d. 1936)

Deaths

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Holidays and observances

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External links

• This Date in Wikipedia