Historical Events In April - 05

1941  On this day in history in SF, Castro and Fillmore streetcars replaced by buses  

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

1942  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' on this day in history.  

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

1943  On this day in history allies bomb Mortsel  

1943  On April - 05 poon Lim found after being adrift 133 days  

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  Isolde Kurz, German writer/poetess (Meine Mutter), dies at 90 on April - 05.  

1945  Almelo Netherlands freed on April - 05.  

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

1945  On this day in history huldreich Georg Fruh, composer, dies at 41  

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 April - 05 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  On April - 05 wGN TV channel 9 in Chicago, IL (IND) begins broadcasting  

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

1949  60 year old St Anthony's Hospital burns, kills 77 (Effingham Ill) on this day in history.  

1950  On this day in history prague espionage trial against bishops & priests begins  

1951  On this day in history 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 this day in history edward Rigby, dies at 72  

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

1952  On April - 05 henri Vandeputte, Belgian writer (L'Autre Vie), dies at 75  

1953  Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open on April - 05.  

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

1954  Elvis Presley records his debut single, "That's All Right" on April - 05.  

1954  Claude Delvincourt, composer, dies at 66 on April - 05.  

1955  On this day in history british Prime Minister Winston Churchill resigns  

1955  Winston Churchill resigns as British PM, Anthony Eden succeeds him on this day in history.  

1956  On this day in history 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.  

1958  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 on this day in history.  

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1288  On this day in history 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  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 April - 05 birth of john Wilson, composer  

1598  On April - 05 birth of laurentius Erhard, composer  

1604  On April - 05 birth of charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1675)  

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

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

0828  On this day in history nicephorus, patriarch of Constantinopel (806-15), dies at about 77  

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

1258  On this day in history julian of Cornillon/Liege, Flemish visionary/saint, dies  

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

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

1531  On this day in history death of richard Roose, boiled to death for trying to poison an archbishop  

1605  On April - 05 death of adam Loftus, English Protestant archbishop in Ireland (c.1513)