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 — The Brussels–Mechelen line opens: the first public steam railway on the continent, and the first link in a network planned and built by the Belgian state.
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— Fall of Addis Ababa
5 May 1936 — Badoglio’s motorized column enters the capital; Mussolini proclaims empire from a balcony in Rome. In Geneva the exiled emperor warns: “It is us today. It will be you tomorrow.”
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