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April 5 is the 95th day of the year (96th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 270 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
456 - St. Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop.1242 - During a battle on the ice of Lake Peipus , Russian forces, led by Alexander Nevsky , rebuff an invasion attempt by the Teutonic Knights .1566 - Two-hundred Dutch noblemen, led by Hendrik van Brederode , force themselves into the presence of Margaret of Parma and present the Petition of Compromise, denouncing the Spanish Inquisition in the Netherlands. The Inquisition is suspended and a delegation is sent to Spain to petition Philip II .1609 - Daimyo (Lord) of the Satsuma Domain in southern Kyūshū , Japan , completes his successful invasion of the Ryūkyū Kingdom in Okinawa .1614 - In Virginia , Native American Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe .1621 - The Mayflower Plymouth, Massachusetts on a return trip to Great Britain .1792 - U.S. President George Washington exercises his authority to veto a bill, the first time this power is used in the United States .1804 - High Possil Meteorite : The first recorded meteorite in Scotland falls in Possil .1818 - In the Battle of Maipú , Chile 's independence movement - led by Bernardo O'Higgins and José de San Martín - win a decisive victory over Spain, leaving 2,000 Spaniards and 1,000 Chilean patriots dead.1862 - American Civil War : The Battle of Yorktown begins.1874 - Birkenhead Park , the first civic public park, is opened in Birkenhead .1879 - Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru , starting the War of the Pacific .1897 - The Greco-Turkish War , also called "Thirty Days' War", is declared between Greece and the Ottoman Empire .1904 - The first international rugby league match is played between England and an Other Nationalities team (Welsh & Scottish players) in Central Park , Wigan , England .1923 - Firestone Tire and Rubber Company begins production of balloon-tires .1930 - In an act of civil disobedience , Mohandas Gandhi breaks British law after marching to the sea and making salt .1932 - Alcohol prohibition in Finland ends. Alcohol sales begin in Alko liquor stores.1932 - Dominion of Newfoundland : 10,000 rioters seize the Colonial Building leading to the end of self-government.
1936 - Tupelo-Gainesville tornado outbreak : An F5 tornado kills 233 in Tupelo, Mississippi .1942 - World War II : The Japanese Navy attacks Colombo in Ceylon (Sri Lanka ). Royal Navy Cruisers HMS Cornwall and HMS Dorsetshire are sunk southwest of the island.1944 - World War II: 270 inhabitants of the Greek town of Kleisoura are executed by the Germans .1945 - Cold War : Yugoslav leader Josip "Tito" Broz signs an agreement with the USSR to allow "temporary entry of Soviet troops into Yugoslav territory."1946 - Soviet troops leave the island of Bornholm , Denmark after an 11 month occupation.1949 - Fireside Theater debuts on television .1949 - A fire in a hospital in Effingham, Illinois , kills 77 people and leads to nationwide fire code improvements.
1951 - Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are sentenced to death for performing espionage for the Soviet Union.1955 - Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom amid indications of failing health.1956 - Fidel Castro declares himself at war with the President of Cuba .1956 - In Sri Lanka , the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna win the general elections in a landslide and S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike is sworn in as the Prime Minister .
1957 - In India , Communists win the first elections in united Kerala and E.M.S. Namboodiripad is sworn in as the first chief minister .1958 - Ripple Rock , an underwater threat to navigation in the Seymour Narrows in Canada is destroyed in one of the largest non-nuclear controlled explosions of the time.1969 - Vietnam War : Massive antiwar demonstrations occur in many U.S. cities.1971 - In Sri Lanka, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna launches insurrection against the United Front government of Mrs. Sirimavo Bandaranaike .1974 - Hank Aaron ties Babe Ruth with his 714th home run.1976 - In the People's Republic of China , the April Fifth Movement leads to the Tiananmen incident .1986 - Three people are killed in the bombing of the La Belle Discotheque in West Berlin , Germany .1991 - An ASA EMB 120 crashes in Brunswick, Georgia , killing all 23 aboard.1992 - Several hundred-thousand abortion rights demonstrators march in Washington, D.C. 1992 - Alberto Fujimori , president of Peru, dissolves the Peruvian congress by military force.
1992 - The Siege of Sarajevo begins when Serb paramilitaries murder peace protesters Suada Dilberovic and Olga Sucic on the Vrbanja Bridge.
1998 - In Japan , the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge linking Shikoku with Honshū and costing about $3.8 billion USD , opens to traffic, becoming the largest suspension bridge in the world.1999 - Two Libyans suspected of bringing down Pan Am flight 103 in 1988 are handed over for eventual trial in the Netherlands.
Births
1288 - Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (d. 1336 )1472 - Bianca Maria Sforza , wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1510 )1523 - Blaise de Vigenère , French cryptographer (d. 1596 )1588 - Thomas Hobbes , English philosopher (d. 1679 )1604 - Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1675 )1622 - Vincenzo Viviani , Italian mathematician (d. 1703 )1649 - Elihu Yale , American benefactor of Yale University (d. 1721 )1692 - Adrienne Lecouvreur , French actress (d. 1730 )1732 - Jean-Honoré Fragonard , French artist (d. 1806 )1752 - Sébastien Érard , French musical instruments maker (d. 1831 )1784 - Louis Spohr , German violinist (d. 1859 )1816 - Samuel Freeman Miller , U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1890 )1827 - Joseph Lister , English surgeon (d. 1912 )1832 - Jules Ferry , French statesman (d. 1893 )1837 - Algernon Charles Swinburne , English poet (d. 1909 )1856 - Booker T. Washington , American educator (d. 1915 )1869 - Sergei Chaplygin , Russian physicist and engineer (d. 1942 )1869 - Albert Roussel , French composer (d. 1937 )
1871 - Mirko Seljan , Croatian explorer (d. 1913 ?)1872 - Samuel Cate Prescott , American food scientist and microbiologist (d. 1962 )1875 - Mistinguett , French vaudeville performer (d. 1956 )1893 - Clas Thunberg , Finnish speed skater (d. 1973 )1900 - Spencer Tracy , American actor (d. 1967 )1901 - Melvyn Douglas , American actor (d. 1981 )1906 - Lord Buckley , American monologist (d. 1960 )1908 - Bette Davis , American actress (d. 1989 )1908 - Herbert von Karajan , Austrian conductor (d. 1989 )
1908 - Jagjivan Ram , Indian politician (d. 1986 )
1909 - Albert R. Broccoli , American film producer (d. 1996 )1912 - John Le Mesurier , British actor (d. 1983 )1916 - Gregory Peck , American actor (d. 2003 )1917 - Robert Bloch , American author (d. 1994 )1920 - Arthur Hailey , American writer (d. 2004 )1920 - Rafique Zakaria , Indian author (d. 2005 )
1922 - Tom Finney , English footballer1922 - Christopher Hewett , British actor (d. 2001 )
1922 - Gale Storm , American singer
1923 - Michael V. Gazzo , American actor (d. 1995 )1923 - Nguyen Van Thieu , President of South Vietnam (d. 2001 )
1926 - Roger Corman , American film director1928 - Tony Williams , American singer (The Platters ) (d. 1992 )1929 - Hugo Claus , Belgian writer (d. 2008 )1929 - Ivar Giaever , Norwegian physicist, Nobel laureate
1929 - Nigel Hawthorne , British actor (d. 2001 )
1929 - Joe Meek , English record producer
1932 - Billy Bland , American singer and songwriter1933 - Larry Felser , American sports columnist1933 - Frank Gorshin , American actor (d. 2005 )1934 - Roman Herzog , German politician
1934 - Stanley Turrentine , American jazz saxophonist (d. 2000 )
1935 - Peter Grant , British music manager (d. 1995 )1936 - John Kelly , Irish republican politician (d. 2007 )1937 - Colin Powell , U.S. Secretary of State1937 - Allan R. Thieme , American inventor1939 - Ronald White , American singer and songwriter (d. 1995 )1939 - Crispian St. Peters , British singer
1941 - Michael Moriarty , American actor1941 - Dave Swarbrick , British folk musician
1942 - Peter Greenaway , Welsh film director1943 - Max Gail , American actor1944 - Pedro Rossello , Puerto Rican politician1945 - Tommy Smith , English footballer1946 - Jane Asher , British actress1947 - Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo , President of the Philippines 1948 - Les Binks , British musician, former drummer for Judas Priest 1948 - Dave Holland , British musician (Judas Priest )
1949 - John Berg (actor) , American actor (d. 2007 )1949 - Judith Resnik , American astronaut (d. 1986 )1950 - Agnetha Fältskog , Swedish singer (ABBA )1950 - Miki Manojlović , Serbian actor
1951 - Dean Kamen , American inventor1952 - Mitch Pileggi , American actor1954 - Stan Ridgway , American musician (Wall of Voodoo )1955 - Akira Toriyama , Japanese manga artist1955 - Janice Long , English broadcaster
1955 - Charlotte de Turckheim , French actress
1956 - Diamond Dallas Page , American professional wrestler1958 - Johan Kriek , South African born tennis player1961 - Lisa Zane , American actress1961 - Jim LeRoy , Airshow Pilot
1962 - Lana Clarkson , American actress (d. 2003 )1964 - Steve Beaton , English darts player1964 - Christopher "Kid" Reid , American rapper (Kid 'n Play )
1964 - Princess Erika , French singer
1965 - Cris Carpenter , American baseball player1966 - Mike McCready , American musician (Pearl Jam )1967 - Gary Gait , Canadian lacrosse player1968 - Paula Cole , American musician1970 - Thea Gill , Canadian actress1970 - Miho Hatori , Japanese singer and songwriter (Cibo Matto )
1971 - Dong Abay , Filipino musician, singer-songwriter1972 - Krista Allen , American actress1972 - Tom Coronel , Dutch racing driver
1972 - Pat Green , American singer and songwriter
1972 - Paul Okon , Australian former footballer
1973 - Tony Banks , American football player1973 - Élodie Bouchez , French actress
1973 - Pharrell , American music producer (The Neptunes )
1974 - Sahaj Ticotin , American musician/producer (Ra )1974 - Uhm Tae Woong , South Korean actor
1975 - John Hartson , Welsh footballer1976 - Kim Collins , Nevisian sprinter1976 - Ryan Drese , American baseball player
1976 - Ross Gload , American baseball player
1976 - Simone Inzaghi , Italian footballer
1976 - Fernando Morientes , Spanish footballer
1978 - Franziska van Almsick , German swimmer1978 - Stephen Jackson , American basketball player
1979 - Timo Hildebrand , German footballer1980 - Matt Bonner , American basketball player1980 - Lee Jae Won , South Korean actor, singer, and rapper
1981 - Jorge de la Rosa , Mexican baseball player1981 - Michael A. Monsoor , a United States Navy SEAL killed in Iraq and posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor .1982 - Thomas Hitzlsperger , German footballer1982 - Matt Pickens , American soccer player
1982 - Alexandre Prémat , French racing driver
1984 - Shin Min-a , South Korean model and actress1990 - Haruma Miura , Japanese Actor
Deaths
582 - Eutychius , Patriarch of Constantinople (c. 512 )1168 - Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester (b. 1104 )1419 - Vincent Ferrer , Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1350 )1605 - Adam Loftus , English Protestant archbishop in Ireland (c.1513 )1617 - Alonso Lobo , Spanish composer (b. 1555 )1673 - François Caron , French explorer (b. 1600 )1676 - John Winthrop, the Younger , American politician (b. 1606 )1693 - Anne, Duchess of Montpensier , French writer (b. 1627 )1695 - George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax , English writer (b. 1633 )1697 - King Charles XI of Sweden (b. 1655 )1717 - Jean Jouvenet , French painter (b. 1647 )1735 - William Derham , English minister and writer (b. 1657 )1735 - Samuel Wesley , English poet (b. 1662 )
1765 - Edward Young , English poet (b. 1683 )1794 - Georges Danton , French Revolutionary leader (b. 1759 )1794 - Camille Desmoulins , French journalist and politician (b. 1760 )
1900 - Joseph Louis François Bertrand , French mathematician (b. 1822 )1923 - George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon , English financier (b. 1866 )1928 - Roy Kilner , English cricketer (b. 1890 )1941 - Sir Nigel Gresley , Steam locomotive engineer (b. 1876 )1943 - Aleš Hrdlička , Czech anthropologist (b. 1869 )1945 - Karl Otto Koch , German SS-officer (b. 1897 )1945 - Huldreich Georg Früh (b. 1903 )
1946 - Vincent Youmans , American songwriter (b. 1898 )1952 - Charles Collett , GWR chief mechanical engineer (b. 1871 )1964 - General Douglas MacArthur , American general (b. 1880 )1967 - Hermann Joseph Muller , American geneticist, Nobel laureate (b. 1890 )1967 - Mischa Elman , Ukrainian violinist (b. 1891 )
1969 - Ain-Ervin Mere , Estonian Nazi (b. 1903 )1969 - Shelby Storck , American television producer (b. 1917 )
1970 - Alfred Henry Sturtevant , American geneticist (b. 1891 )1972 - Brian Donlevy , American actor (b. 1901 )1972 - Isabel Jewell , American actress (b. 1907 )
1973 - John Coleman , Australian rules footballer (b. 1928 )1974 - A. Y. Jackson , Canadian painter (b. 1882 )1975 - Chiang Kai-shek , 1st President of the Republic of China (b. 1887 )1976 - Howard Hughes , American aviator (b. 1905 )1976 - Wilder Penfield , Canadian surgeon (b. 1891 )
1979 - Eugène Gabritschevsky , Russian biologist and artist (b. 1893 )1981 - Bob Hite , American singer (Canned Heat ) (b. 1945 )1982 - Abe Fortas , U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1910 )1983 - Danny Rapp , American musician (Danny & the Juniors ) (b. 1941 )1989 - María Cristina Gómez , Salvadoran Teacher (b. 1938 )1991 - John Tower , American politician (b. 1925 )1991 - Sonny Carter , American astronaut (b. 1947 )
1992 - Molly Picon , American actress (b. 1898 )1992 - Sam Walton , American retailer (b. 1918 )
1994 - Kurt Cobain , American musician (Nirvana ) (b. 1967 )1997 - Allen Ginsberg , American poet (b. 1926 )1998 - Cozy Powell , British musician (b. 1947 )1999 - Paul David , French-Canadian cardiologist (b. 1919 )2000 - Lee Petty , American race car driver (b. 1914 )2001 - Brother Theodore , German comedian (b. 1906 )2002 - Layne Staley , American musician (Alice in Chains ) (b. 1967 )2004 - Heiner Zieschang , German mathematician (b. 1936 )2004 - Sławomir Rawicz , Polish soldier (b. 1915 )
2005 - Saul Bellow , Canadian born writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1915 )2005 - Dale Messick , American comic strip artist (b. 1906 )
2005 - Debralee Scott , American actress (b. 1953 )
2005 - John Sichel , British film and television director (b. 1937 )
2006 - Gene Pitney , American singer (b. 1941 )2007 - Mark St. John , American musician (Kiss )(b. 1956 )2007 - Darryl Stingley , American football player (b. 1951 )
2007 - Maria Gripe , Swedish writer (b. 1923 )
2007 - Leela Majumdar , Bengali writer (b. 1908 )
2007 - Poornachandra Tejaswi , Kannada writer (b. 1938 )
2008 - Charlton Heston , American Actor (b. 1923 )
Holidays and observances
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