Page 7: Historical Events In April - 05

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

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

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

1943  On April - 05 allies bomb Mortsel   

1943  Poon Lim found after being adrift 133 days on April - 05.   

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

1944  140 Lancasters bomb airplane manufacturer in Toulouse on this day in history.   

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

1945  On this day in history almelo Netherlands freed   

1945  Kuniaki Koiso resigns as PM of Japan; replaced by Kantaro Suzuki on April - 05.   

1945  On April - 05 huldreich Georg Fruh, composer, dies at 41   

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

1946  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 on this day in history.   

1946  Vincent Millie Youmans, US composer (Tea For Two), dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1948  On this day in history wGN TV channel 9 in Chicago IL (IND) begins broadcasting   

1948  On this day in history wGN TV channel 9 in Chicago, IL (IND) begins broadcasting   

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

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

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

1951  Julius and Ethel Rosenberg sentenced to death for allegedly giving American atomic secrets to the USSR on April - 05.   

1951  Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, atomic spies, sentenced to death on this day in history.   

1951  Julius & Ethel Rosenberg, atomic spies, sentenced to death on April - 05.   

1951  Edward Rigby, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1952  Henry Wittenberg wins his 8th AAU wrestling title on this day in history.   

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

1953  Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open on this day in history.   

1953  On April - 05 wEYI TV channel 25 in Saginaw MI (CBS) begins broadcasting   

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

1954  Claude Delvincourt, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1955  British Prime Minister Winston Churchill resigns on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

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

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

1168  On April - 05 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  On April - 05 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  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)