Historical Events In April - 05

1984  "Human Comedy" opens at Royale Theater NYC for 13 performances on April - 05.  

1984  On this day in history a Mrkos discovers asteroid #3364  

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

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

1985  On April - 05 tyrell Johnson, cricketer (WI left-arm quickie, one Test 1939), dies  

1986  2 US soldiers & Turkish woman killed in West Berlin discotheque bombing on this day in history.  

1986  Record for a throw-and-return boomerang toss is set (121 meters) on April - 05.  

1986  US soldier and Turkish woman killed in West Berlin disco bombing on April - 05.  

1986  On this day in history 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  Fox TV network premieres showing Married With Children & Tracey Ullman on this day in history.  

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

1988  On April - 05 democratic convention picks Michael Dukakis as their pres candidate  

1988  On this day in history alf Kjellin, Swedish actor/director (Juggler), dies  

1989  On April - 05 david Letterman becomes 1st network TV series to use dolby stereo  

1989  Orel Hershiser ends his 59 consecutive scoreless pitched inning streak on this day in history.  

1989  On April - 05 solidarity granted legal status in Poland  

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

1990  New York Rangers beat New York Islanders 2-1 in 1st game of preliminaries on this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1991  On April - 05 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 April - 05.  

1991  On April - 05 john Tower, (Sen-R-Tx), dies in a plane crash at 65  

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

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

1992  4th Seniors Golf Tradition Lee Trevino on April - 05.  

1992  Comedian Sam Kinison marries live-in girlfriend Malika Souiri on April - 05.  

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

1992  Game 2 of Mayor Challenge - New York Yankees sweep New York Mets 6-5 at Shea Stadium on April - 05.  

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

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1288  Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (d. 1336) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1595  John Wilson, composer was born on April - 05.  

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 April - 05 nicephorus, patriarch of Constantinopel (806-15), dies at about 77  

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

1258  Julian of Cornillon/Liege, Flemish visionary/saint, dies on this day in history.  

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

1419  Death of Vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1350) on this day in history.  

1531  On April - 05 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 April - 05.