Historical Events In April - 05

1984  On this day in history "Human Comedy" opens at Royale Theater NYC for 13 performances  

1984  A Mrkos discovers asteroid #3364 on this day in history.  

1984  On April - 05 kareem Abdul-Jabbar breaks Wilt Chamberlain's all-time career scoring record of 31,419 points (31,421)  

1984  On April - 05 arthur Travors Harris, marshal of British RAF, dies  

1985  Tyrell Johnson, cricketer (WI left-arm quickie, one Test 1939), dies on April - 05.  

1986  On April - 05 2 US soldiers & Turkish woman killed in West Berlin discotheque bombing  

1986  On April - 05 record for a throw-and-return boomerang toss is set (121 meters)  

1986  On April - 05 uS soldier and Turkish woman killed in West Berlin disco bombing  

1986  On April - 05 colin McCool, cricketer (14 Tests for Australia, 36 wkts), dies  

1987  16th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Betsy King on this day in history.  

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1987  On April - 05 fox TV network premieres showing Married With Children & Tracey Ullman  

1987  On April - 05 wayne Gretzky wins 7th straight NHL scoring title  

1988  Democratic convention picks Michael Dukakis as their pres candidate on April - 05.  

1988  Alf Kjellin, Swedish actor/director (Juggler), dies on this day in history.  

1989  David Letterman becomes 1st network TV series to use dolby stereo on April - 05.  

1989  Orel Hershiser ends his 59 consecutive scoreless pitched inning streak on April - 05.  

1989  Solidarity granted legal status in Poland on April - 05.  

1990  John Stockton reaches 1000-assist mark for NBA record 3 years in a row on April - 05.  

1990  On April - 05 new York Rangers beat New York Islanders 2-1 in 1st game of preliminaries  

1990  Paul Newman wins a court victory over Julius Gold, to keep giving all profits from Newman foods to charity on April - 05.  

1990  Nico Scheepmaker, Dutch columnist/poet, dies at 59 on April - 05.  

1991  Joe Dumaars (Detroit) ends NBA free throw streak of 62 games on April - 05.  

1991  On this day in history kitty Kelly publishes a book knocking Nancy Reagan  

1991  Southeast Airlines Embracer 120 crashes in Georgia, killing 23 on this day in history.  

1991  On this day in history space Shuttle STS 37 (Atlantis 8) launched  

1991  US begins air drops to Kurdish refugees in Northern Iraq on this day in history.  

1991  John Tower, (Sen-R-Tx), dies in a plane crash at 65 on April - 05.  

1992  On this day in history "Search & Destroy" closes at Circle in Square Theater NYC after 46 performances  

1992  11th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion Stanford beats Western Kentucky 78-62 on April - 05.  

1992  On April - 05 4th Seniors Golf Tradition Lee Trevino  

1992  On this day in history comedian Sam Kinison marries live-in girlfriend Malika Souiri  

1992  On this day in history dana Lofland wins Las Vegas LPGA Golf International  

1992  On this day in history game 2 of Mayor Challenge - New York Yankees sweep New York Mets 6-5 at Shea Stadium  

1992  Peru's President Alberto Fujimori suspend constitution & dissolved Congress on this day in history.  

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1288  On April - 05 birth of emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (d. 1336)  

1472  On April - 05 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 April - 05.  

1588  Thomas Hobbes, England, philosopher (Leviathan) was born on April - 05.  

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

1598  Laurentius Erhard, composer was born on this day in history.  

1604  Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1675) was born on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history nicephorus, patriarch of Constantinopel (806-15), dies at about 77  

1168  On April - 05 death of robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester (b. 1104)  

1258  On April - 05 julian of Cornillon/Liege, Flemish visionary/saint, dies  

1270  Ramban Nachmanides, Talmudic scholar (Hiddushei Ha-Ramden), dies on this day in history.  

1419  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of adam Loftus, English Protestant archbishop in Ireland (c.1513)