Historical Events In April - 05

1941  In SF, Castro and Fillmore streetcars replaced by buses on this day in history.   

1941  In SF, Castro & Fillmore streetcars replaced by buses on this day in history.   

1942  On April - 05 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'   

1942  HMS TENEDOS sunk in harbour at Colombo, Ceylon - by Japanese carrier bombers on April - 05.   

1943  Allies bomb Mortsel on this day in history.   

1943  Poon Lim found after being adrift 133 days on this day in history.   

1943  The third and last "Macedonian transport" reaches the Treblinka "resettlement"; all are gassed on this day in history.   

1944  140 Lancasters bomb airplane manufacturer in Toulouse on April - 05.   

1944  On April - 05 isolde Kurz, German writer/poetess (Meine Mutter), dies at 90   

1945  On this day in history almelo Netherlands freed   

1945  On April - 05 kuniaki Koiso resigns as PM of Japan; replaced by Kantaro Suzuki   

1945  Huldreich Georg Fruh, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.   

1946  On this day in history 1st performance of Charles Ives' 3rd Symphony   

1946  On April - 05 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.   

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 April - 05.   

1948  WGN TV channel 9 in Chicago, IL (IND) begins broadcasting on April - 05.   

1949  60 year old St Anthony's Hospital burns, kills 77 (Effingham IL) on April - 05.   

1949  On April - 05 60 year old St Anthony's Hospital burns, kills 77 (Effingham Ill)   

1950  On April - 05 prague espionage trial against bishops & priests begins   

1951  On April - 05 julius and Ethel Rosenberg sentenced to death for allegedly giving American atomic secrets to the USSR   

1951  On April - 05 julius and Ethel Rosenberg, atomic spies, sentenced to death   

1951  On this day in history julius & Ethel Rosenberg, atomic spies, sentenced to death   

1951  On April - 05 edward Rigby, dies at 72   

1952  On this day in history henry Wittenberg wins his 8th AAU wrestling title   

1952  On this day in history henri Vandeputte, Belgian writer (L'Autre Vie), dies at 75   

1953  On April - 05 babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open   

1953  WEYI TV channel 25 in Saginaw MI (CBS) begins broadcasting on this day in history.   

1954  On April - 05 elvis Presley records his debut single, "That's All Right"   

1954  On this day in history claude Delvincourt, composer, dies at 66   

1955  On April - 05 british Prime Minister Winston Churchill resigns   

1955  Winston Churchill resigns as British PM, Anthony Eden succeeds him on April - 05.   

1956  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 on April - 05.   

1958  On April - 05 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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1288  Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (d. 1336) was born on April - 05.   

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  On this day in history birth of thomas Hobbes, England, philosopher (Leviathan)   

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

1598  On this day in history birth of laurentius Erhard, composer   

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

1622  On April - 05 birth of vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician (d. 1703)   

0582  On April - 05 death of eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople (c. 512)   

0828  Nicephorus, patriarch of Constantinopel (806-15), dies at about 77 on April - 05.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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