5th of Ramadan
AH 666 (1268 AD): The Mamluk general Baibars conquers Antioch after repelling the Crusaders. This historic victory caused ripples that toppled the Crusader states one by one
AH 1367 (1948 AD): A Zionist commando unit led by Moshe Dayan massacres 426 Palestinians in the city of Lud
AH 1409 (1989 AD): A border crisis between Senegal and Mauritania breaks out; the crisis is attributable to farming interference between the two countries