Today's Horoscope for Libra
May 5, 2026
This is a really good time of the month to get noticed, so get out there and take charge. Things will generally get busier, reserve extra time on your schedule for unanticipated appointments or prolonged, profitable personal engagements. The spotlight turns up, and you're on stage -- perform!
Power Numbers: 21, 19, 40, 42, 47, 14
Born Today: Soren Kierkegaard, Karl Marx, Christopher Morley, James Beard, Tammy Wynette
Quick Quote: "I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability."
-- Oscar Wilde
Random Fact: A can of Pepsi has 41 grams of sugar. This amount to about seven teaspoons of sugar.
Today in History:
1863: Battle of Tupelo, Mississippi
1975: Pulitzer prize awarded to Michael Shaara (Killer Angels)
1978: Cincinnati Red Pete Rose becomes 14th player to get 3,000 hits
1494: On 2nd voyage to New World, Christopher Columbus sights Jamaica
1980: Siege at Iranian Embassy in London ends; British commandos and police stormed the building
1939: Flash floods kill 75 in Northeast Kentucky
1958: Pulitzer prize awarded to James Agee for (Death in the Family)
1983: U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1938: Phillies Harold Kelleher faces 16 batters in 6th, as Cubs score 12 runs, both marks are NL records off one hurler in a single inning
1665: Nicolaas Witsen visits patriarch Nikon in Moscow
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