Historical Events In April - 05

1919  On this day in history heavyweight Jess Willard KOs Jack Johnson in Havana  

1919  On April - 05 polish Army executes 35 young Jews  

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

1920  The birth of Arthur Halley, British author on April - 05.  

1920  On April - 05 arthur Hailey, Luton England, novelist (Hotel, Airport)  

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

1921  On April - 05 alphonsus J M Diepenbrock, Dutch composer (Missa), dies at 58  

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  On April - 05 gale Storm, Bloomington Tx, actr (My Little Margie, Gale Storm Show)  

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

1923  On April - 05 firestone Company puts their inflatable tires into production  

1923  Firestone Co put their inflatable tires into production on this day in history.  

1923  Ernest Mandel, Belgian philosopher/economist on this day in history.  

1924  K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #2235 Vittore on April - 05.  

1925  Belgian Workers Party wins parliamentary election on this day in history.  

1925  Yankees whip Dodgers in exhibition 16-9 but Babe Ruth collapses in North Carolina due to an ulcer on this day in history.  

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

1927  On this day in history johnny Weissmuller set records in 100 & 200 m free style  

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

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

1929  On April - 05 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 April - 05.  

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  On this day in history emil Mlynarski, composer, dies at 64  

1936  On this day in history tupelo Mississippi virtually annihilated by a tornado, 216 die  

1938  Anti-Jewish riots break out in Dabrowa Poland on this day in history.  

1938  On April - 05 h Alikoski discovers asteroid #2714 Matti  

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  In San Francisco, Castro & Fillmore streetcars replaced by buses on this day in history.  

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1288  Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (d. 1336) was born on April - 05.  

1472  Bianca Maria Sforza, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1510) was born on April - 05.  

1523  On April - 05 birth of blaise de Vigenère, French cryptographer (d. 1596)  

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

1595  On April - 05 birth of john Wilson, composer  

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

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

1622  Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician (d. 1703) was born on April - 05.  

0582  On this day in history death of eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople (c. 512)  

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 this day in history.  

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  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 this day in history.  

1605  On this day in history death of adam Loftus, English Protestant archbishop in Ireland (c.1513)