Historical Events In April - 05

1958  Jozef Brems, Flemish apostole vicar of Denmark, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1959  On April - 05 23rd Golf Masters Championship Art Wall Jr wins, shooting a 284   

1959  Art Wall wins golf's Masters on April - 05.   

1959  On April - 05 23rd Golf Masters Championship: Art Wall Jr wins, shooting a 284   

1960  On this day in history alma Kruger, actor (Made For Each Other), dies at 88   

1961  Barbra Streisand appears on "The Jack Paar Show" on this day in history.   

1961  Dutch Governor Platteel installs New Guinea Council on this day in history.   

1961  Barbra Streisand appears on "Jack Paar Show" on this day in history.   

1962  On this day in history herb Gardner's "Thousand Clowns", premieres in NYC   

1962  On this day in history manager J Daems appointed bishop of Antwerp   

1962  NASA civilian pilot Neil A Armstrong takes X-15 to 54,600 m on April - 05.   

1962  On this day in history st Bernard Tunnel finished-Swiss/Italians workers shake hands   

1962  Herb Gardner's "Thousand Clowns," premieres in NYC on April - 05.   

1963  Beatles receive their 1st silver disc (Please Please Me) on April - 05.   

1963  Susuga Malietoa Tanumafili II becomes chief of Western Samoa on this day in history.   

1963  Jacobus JP Old, architect/co-founder (The Style), dies at 73 on April - 05.   

1964  On this day in history 1st driverless trains run on the London Underground   

1964  On April - 05 first driverless trains run on the London Underground   

1964  On April - 05 mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA St Petersburg Women's Golf Open   

1964  On April - 05 douglas MacArthur, US general (Pacific theater-WW II), dies at 84   

1965  On this day in history 37th Academy Awards - "My Fair Lady", Rex Harrison & Julie Andrews win   

1965  Lava Lamp Day celebrated on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1966  WTVX TV channel 34 in Fort Pierce-Vero Beach FL (IND) 1st broadcast on April - 05.   

1966  Sven Fleuron, writer, dies at 91 on this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history aTS II launched but fails to reach orbit   

1967  Philadelphia '76er Wilt Chamberlain sets NBA record of 41 rebounds on April - 05.   

1968  Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego opens on April - 05.   

1968  US marine base Khe San Vietnam, appalled on April - 05.   

1968  Lois Andrews, dies of lung cancer at 44 on April - 05.   

1969  Gabriel M-E-R Chevallier, French author (La Peur), dies at 73 on April - 05.   

1970  On this day in history wSNS TV channel 44 in Chicago IL (IND) begins broadcasting   

1970  Jacob H "Jaap" Stotijn, oboist/conductor, dies at 78 on April - 05.   

1971  Fran Phipps is 1st woman to reach North Pole on April - 05.   

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1288  Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (d. 1336) was born on April - 05.   

1472  Bianca Maria Sforza, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1510) was born on April - 05.   

1523  On April - 05 birth of blaise de Vigenère, French cryptographer (d. 1596)   

1588  On April - 05 birth of thomas Hobbes, England, philosopher (Leviathan)   

1595  On this day in history birth of john Wilson, composer   

1598  On April - 05 birth of laurentius Erhard, composer   

1604  Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1675) was born on April - 05.   

1622  On this day in history birth of vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician (d. 1703)   

0582  On this day in history death of eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople (c. 512)   

0828  Nicephorus, patriarch of Constantinopel (806-15), dies at about 77 on April - 05.   

1168  Death of Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester (b. 1104) on April - 05.   

1258  On this day in history julian of Cornillon/Liege, Flemish visionary/saint, dies   

1270  Ramban Nachmanides, Talmudic scholar (Hiddushei Ha-Ramden), dies on April - 05.   

1419  Death of Vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1350) on April - 05.   

1531  On this day in history death of richard Roose, boiled to death for trying to poison an archbishop   

1605  Death of Adam Loftus, English Protestant archbishop in Ireland (c.1513) on this day in history.