Historical Events In April - 05

1971  Mount Etna erupts in Sicily Italy on April - 05.   

1971  US Lieutenant Wiliam Calley (My Lai Massacre) sentenced to life on April - 05.   

1971  WNJT TV Channel 52 in Trenton NJ (PBS) begins broadcasting on this day in history.   

1972  On this day in history baseball season is delayed due to a strike   

1972  Mets trade Ken Singleton to Expos for Rusty Staub on this day in history.   

1972  On April - 05 brian Donlevy, actor (Steve-Dangerous Assignment), dies at 73   

1973  NFL adopts jersey numbering system (ie quarterbacks, 1-19) on April - 05.   

1973  On April - 05 pioneer 11 launched to Jupiter   

1974  Last day of Test cricket for Garry Sobers & Rohan Kanhai on this day in history.   

1974  Then tallest building, World Trade Center opens in NYC (110 stories) on April - 05.   

1974  William Hudson, actor (I Led 3 Lives), dies at 49 on April - 05.   

1975  "Letter for Queen Victoria" closes at ANTA Theater NYC after 18 performances on April - 05.   

1975  On April - 05 soyuz 18A launch aborted short of orbit; cosmonauts return safely   

1975  On April - 05 inez Courtney, dies at 67   

1976  Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #2928 on this day in history.   

1976  Harold Wilson resigns as James Callaghan becomes PM of England on this day in history.   

1976  Tom Stoppard's "Dirty Linen", premieres in London on April - 05.   

1976  On this day in history howard Hughes, reclusive billionaire, dies at 72   

1977  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

1977  On this day in history john Marriott, dies at 83   

1979  Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver wins his 1,000th game as a skipper on April - 05.   

1979  Ex-premier Pol Jar flees out of Cambodia on this day in history.   

1979  On this day in history pioneer 11 launched towards Jupiter   

1981  10th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Nancy Lopez on April - 05.   

1981  On April - 05 e Bowell discovers asteroids #2383 Bradley and #2433 Sootiyo   

1981  Philadelphia Flyers amass a record 2,621 penalty minutes on April - 05.   

1981  The Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev goes to Czechoslovakia to discuss Polish crisis on this day in history.   

1981  On April - 05 bob "Bear" Hite, rocker (Canned Heat), dies of a heart attack at 36   

1982  A British Naval Task Force leaves for the Falkland Islands, which have been invaded by Argentina on April - 05.   

1982  Lord Carrington, British foreign secretary resigns due to Falkland Islands war on this day in history.   

1982  On April - 05 st Louis Cardinals' Jim Kaat pitches in record 24th consecutive season   

1982  Abe Fortas, Supreme court justice, dies at 71 on April - 05.   

1983  On this day in history france throws out 47 Soviet diplomats   

1983  New York Mets' Tom Seaver's sets record 14th National League Opening Day assignment on this day in history.   

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1288  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (d. 1336)   

1472  On this day in history birth of bianca Maria Sforza, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1510)   

1523  Blaise de Vigenère, French cryptographer (d. 1596) was born on this day in history.   

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

1595  On April - 05 birth of john Wilson, composer   

1598  On this day in history birth of laurentius Erhard, composer   

1604  On this day in history birth of charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1675)   

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

0582  Death of Eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople (c. 512) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1258  Julian of Cornillon/Liege, Flemish visionary/saint, dies on April - 05.   

1270  On this day in history ramban Nachmanides, Talmudic scholar (Hiddushei Ha-Ramden), dies   

1419  On April - 05 death of vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1350)   

1531  Death of Richard Roose, boiled to death for trying to poison an archbishop on April - 05.   

1605  Death of Adam Loftus, English Protestant archbishop in Ireland (c.1513) on April - 05.