| 51991 | May.05 | Death | 2013 – Rossella Falk, Italian actress (b. 1926) |
| 51992 | May.05 | Death | 2013 – Sarah Kirsch, German poet and author (b. 1935) |
| 51993 | May.05 | Death | 2013 – Greg Quill, Australian-Canadian singer-songwriter and journalist (b. 1947) |
| 51994 | May.05 | Death | 2013 – Robert Ressler, American FBI agent and author (b. 1937) |
| 51995 | May.05 | Death | 2014 – Timothy John Byford, English-Serbian director and screenwriter (b. 1941) |
| 51996 | May.05 | Death | 2014 – Butler Derrick, American lawyer and politician (b. 1936) |
| 51997 | May.05 | Death | 2014 – Billy Frank, Jr., American activist (b. 1931) |
| 51998 | May.05 | Death | 2014 – Eduardo Mac Entyre, Argentinian painter (b. 1929) |
| 51999 | May.05 | Death | 2014 – Michael Otedola, Nigerian journalist and politician, 9th Governor of Lagos State (b. 1926) |
| 52000 | May.05 | Death | 2014 – Jackie Lynn Taylor, American actress (b. 1925) |
| 52001 | May.05 | Death | 2015 – Jobst Brandt, American cyclist, engineer, and author (b. 1935) |
| 52002 | May.05 | Death | 2015 – Craig Gruber, American bass player (Rainbow, Elf, Bible Black, and Raven Lord) (b. 1951) |
| 52003 | May.05 | Death | 2015 – Oscar Holderer, German-American scientist and engineer (b. 1919) |
| 52004 | May.05 | Death | 2015 – Hans Jansen, Dutch linguist, academic, and politician (b. 1942) |
| 52005 | May.05 | Death | 2015 – Brian Sedgemore, English lawyer and politician (b. 1937) |
| 52006 | May.05 | Holiday and observance | Children's Day (Japan) |
| 52007 | May.05 | Holiday and observance | Children's Day (South Korea) |
| 52008 | May.05 | Holiday and observance | Cinco de Mayo (Mexico and the United States) |
| 52009 | May.05 | Holiday and observance | Christian feast day:Angelus of JerusalemBlessed Edmund Ignatius RiceFrederick the Wise (Lutheran)Hilary of ArlesJutta of KulmseeStanisław KazimierczykMay 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) |
| 52010 | May.05 | Holiday and observance | Constitution Day (Kyrgyzstan) |
| 52011 | May.05 | Holiday and observance | Coronation Day (Thailand), commemorates the coronation of King Bhumibol Adulyadej in 1950. |
| 52012 | May.05 | Holiday and observance | Europe Day (Council of Europe) |
| 52013 | May.05 | Holiday and observance | Feast of al-Khadr or Saint George (Palestinian) |
| 52014 | May.05 | Holiday and observance | Indian Arrival Day (Guyana) |
| 52015 | May.05 | Holiday and observance | International Midwives' Day (International) |
| 52016 | May.05 | Holiday and observance | Liberation Day (Denmark) |
| 52017 | May.05 | Holiday and observance | Liberation Day (Netherlands) |
| 52018 | May.05 | Holiday and observance | Lusophone Culture Day (Community of Portuguese Language Countries) |
| 52019 | May.05 | Holiday and observance | Martyrs' Day (Albania) |
| 52020 | May.05 | Holiday and observance | Patriots' Victory Day (Ethiopia) |