Historical Events In April - 05
Thursday, 26 May 2022
1941 On April - 05 in SF, Castro and Fillmore streetcars replaced by buses
1941 On April - 05 in SF, Castro & Fillmore streetcars replaced by buses
1942 HMS CORNWALL And HMS DORSETSHIRE sunk in the Indian Ocean south west of Ceylon by Japanese carrier divebombers, 190 men lost from 'Cornwall', 234 from 'Dorsetshire' on this day in history.
1942 On April - 05 hMS TENEDOS sunk in harbour at Colombo, Ceylon - by Japanese carrier bombers.
1943 On April - 05 allies bomb Mortsel
1943 Poon Lim found after being adrift 133 days on this day in history.
1943 On April - 05 the third and last "Macedonian transport" reaches the Treblinka "resettlement"; all are gassed.
1944 On April - 05 140 Lancasters bomb airplane manufacturer in Toulouse
1944 On this day in history isolde Kurz, German writer/poetess (Meine Mutter), dies at 90
1945 Almelo Netherlands freed on April - 05.
1945 On this day in history kuniaki Koiso resigns as PM of Japan; replaced by Kantaro Suzuki
1945 On April - 05 huldreich Georg Fruh, composer, dies at 41
1946 1st performance of Charles Ives' 3rd Symphony on April - 05.
1946 USS Missouri arrives in Turkey to return the body of Turkish ambassador to the U.S. and to show U.S. support and willingness to defend Turkey on April - 05.
1946 On this day in history vincent Millie Youmans, US composer (Tea For Two), dies at 47
1948 WGN TV channel 9 in Chicago IL (IND) begins broadcasting on this day in history.
1948 WGN TV channel 9 in Chicago, IL (IND) begins broadcasting on this day in history.
1949 On this day in history 60 year old St Anthony's Hospital burns, kills 77 (Effingham IL)
1949 60 year old St Anthony's Hospital burns, kills 77 (Effingham Ill) on April - 05.
1950 Prague espionage trial against bishops & priests begins on April - 05.
1951 Julius and Ethel Rosenberg sentenced to death for allegedly giving American atomic secrets to the USSR on April - 05.
1951 Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, atomic spies, sentenced to death on April - 05.
1951 On April - 05 julius & Ethel Rosenberg, atomic spies, sentenced to death
1951 On April - 05 edward Rigby, dies at 72
1952 Henry Wittenberg wins his 8th AAU wrestling title on April - 05.
1952 On this day in history henri Vandeputte, Belgian writer (L'Autre Vie), dies at 75
1953 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open on this day in history.
1953 WEYI TV channel 25 in Saginaw MI (CBS) begins broadcasting on this day in history.
1954 Elvis Presley records his debut single, "That's All Right" on April - 05.
1954 Claude Delvincourt, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.
1955 On this day in history british Prime Minister Winston Churchill resigns
1955 On this day in history winston Churchill resigns as British PM, Anthony Eden succeeds him
1956 On April - 05 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.
1958 On this day in history 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.
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