May 5th Events

Auctions, Pop Ups and Marketplaces See All

Netflix Bites MGM Grand Las Vegas
Pop Ups and Vendor Markets | Feb 11, 2025 - Feb 20, 2026
United States > Nevada > Las Vegas > > 89109

Contests and Giveaways See All

Enter the My Nintendo Universal Epic Universe Super Nintendo World Sweepstakes
Gaming Contests | Mar 4 - Jun 30, 2025
United States > Florida > Orlando > > 32819

Conventions, Live Shows and Fairs See All

Gene Simmons Band
Concerts | May 5, 2025
United States > New Jersey > Red Bank > > 07701
Universal Fan Fest Nights
Experiences | Apr 25 - May 18, 2025
United States > California > Los Angeles > > 91608

Firsts, Starts and Openings See All

Universal Fan Fest Nights
Experiences | Apr 25 - May 18, 2025
United States > California > Los Angeles > > 91608

Fundraisers See All

Social and Cultural Events See All

Cinco de Mayo
Social and Cultural Events | May 5
National Photography Month
Social and Cultural Events | May 1 - May 31

May 5th In History

Firsts, Starts and Openings See All

The Third Saturday in October: Part I
Television/Streaming Premiere | May 5, 2023
The Third Saturday in October: Part V
Television/Streaming Premiere | May 5, 2023

Interviews See All

Narratives See All

Adele
Birthdays | May 5, 1988
Jessie Cave
Birthdays | May 5, 1987

Product Releases See All

Show and Movie Releases See All

Joseph Nicéphore Niépce | Birthdays | Mar 7, 1765

Joseph Nicéphore Niépce

Birthdays | Mar 7, 1765

French-born inventor Joseph Nicéphore Niépce is usually credited with the invention of photography. Niépce developed heliography, a technique he used to create the world’s oldest surviving product of a photographic process – a print made from a photoengraved printing plate in 1825. In 1826, he used a rudimentary camera to produce the oldest surviving photograph of a real-world scene. Among Niépce’s other inventions was the Pyréolophore, one of the world’s first internal combustion engines, which he developed with his older brother Claude Niépce.