THE DAY IN HISTORY · MAY 5
May 5 in history
What happened on May 5: 2 moments from the Maps of History atlases, in 1835 and 1936, each linked to the map that shows it.
— Brussels–Mechelen railway
5 May 1835 — Trains begin running on the Brussels–Mechelen line, the first public steam railway on the continent. The Belgian state has planned and built it as the first link in a wider network.
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— Fall of Addis Ababa
5 May 1936 — Badoglio’s motorized column enters Addis Ababa, and Mussolini proclaims an empire from a balcony in Rome. The exiled emperor warns the League in Geneva: “It is us today. It will be you tomorrow.”
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