Page 6: Historical Events In April - 05

1919  On April - 05 heavyweight Jess Willard KOs Jack Johnson in Havana   

1919  Polish Army executes 35 young Jews on this day in history.   

1919  Douglas Henley, British auditor-general on this day in history.   

1920  On April - 05 the birth of Arthur Halley, British author   

1920  Arthur Hailey, Luton England, novelist (Hotel, Airport) on April - 05.   

1921  Lady Fisher, founder (British Women Caring Trust) on April - 05.   

1921  Alphonsus J M Diepenbrock, Dutch composer (Missa), dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1922  On this day in history kOB-AM in Albuquerque NM begins radio transmissions   

1922  On April - 05 wDZ-AM in Decatur IL begins radio transmissions   

1922  Gale Storm, Bloomington Tx, actr (My Little Margie, Gale Storm Show) on this day in history.   

1922  On April - 05 charles F A Woeste, Belgian count/min of Justice, dies at 85   

1923  On this day in history firestone Company puts their inflatable tires into production   

1923  On this day in history firestone Co put their inflatable tires into production   

1923  On this day in history ernest Mandel, Belgian philosopher/economist   

1924  On April - 05 k Reinmuth discovers asteroid #2235 Vittore   

1925  Belgian Workers Party wins parliamentary election on April - 05.   

1925  On April - 05 yankees whip Dodgers in exhibition 16-9 but Babe Ruth collapses in North Carolina due to an ulcer   

1927  On April - 05 johnny Weissmuller set records in the 100 & 200 meter freestyle   

1927  Johnny Weissmuller set records in 100 & 200 m free style on April - 05.   

1928  On April - 05 jane Ellen Harrison, scholar/archaeologist, dies   

1929  C Jackson discovers asteroid #1116 Catriona on April - 05.   

1929  On this day in history lithuania signs Litvinov-pact   

1930  On this day in history england out for 849 vs West Indies Kingston, Sandham out for 325   

1930  England out for 849 v WI Kingston, Sandham out for 325 on this day in history.   

1932  Dutch textile strike broken by trade unions on April - 05.   

1934  Salvatore Di Giacomo, composer, dies at 74 on April - 05.   

1935  Croatian Farmers Party wins Yugoslavian election on this day in history.   

1935  Emil Mlynarski, composer, dies at 64 on April - 05.   

1936  Tupelo Mississippi virtually annihilated by a tornado, 216 die on this day in history.   

1938  Anti-Jewish riots break out in Dabrowa Poland on April - 05.   

1938  H Alikoski discovers asteroid #2714 Matti on April - 05.   

1939  Membership in Hitler Youth becomes obligatory on this day in history.   

1939  On this day in history william Cooper, cricketer (two Tests for Australia 1882-84), dies   

1941  On April - 05 in San Francisco, Castro & Fillmore streetcars replaced by buses   

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

1472  Bianca Maria Sforza, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1510) was born on this day in history.   

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  Laurentius Erhard, composer was born on April - 05.   

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

1622  Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician (d. 1703) was born on this day in history.   

0582  Death of Eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople (c. 512) on April - 05.   

0828  Nicephorus, patriarch of Constantinopel (806-15), dies at about 77 on this day in history.   

1168  On this day in history death of robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester (b. 1104)   

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

1270  On April - 05 ramban Nachmanides, Talmudic scholar (Hiddushei Ha-Ramden), dies   

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

1531  Death of Richard Roose, boiled to death for trying to poison an archbishop on this day in history.   

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