May 5, 1891
The Music Hall in New York City (a.k.a. Carnegie Hall) had its grand opening and first public performance, with Tchaikovsky as the guest conductor.
Today is
Children’s Day in Japan
and South Korea
May 5, 1821
Napoleon Bonaparte, the emperor of France, died at age 51.
Everybody will die, even Napoleon, even Genghis khan.
I usually don't celebrate the deathdays of politicians, but I made an exception for Napoleon today because he was not that bad, after all, or maybe he just didn't live long enough to be really bad.