Portal:Germany/Anniversaries/May/May 5


 * 1818 - Birth of philosopher Karl Marx
 * 1859 - Death of mathematician Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet
 * 1892 - Death of chemist August Wilhelm von Hofmann
 * 1944 - Death of automobile pioneer Bertha Benz, commemorated by a Bertha Benz Memorial Route since 2008.
 * 1955 - West Germany becomes sovereign
 * 1964 - Birth of high jump athlete Heike Henkel