Page 7: Historical Events In April - 05

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

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

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  HMS TENEDOS sunk in harbour at Colombo, Ceylon - by Japanese carrier bombers on this day in history.   

1943  Allies bomb Mortsel on this day in history.   

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 April - 05.   

1944  On this day in history isolde Kurz, German writer/poetess (Meine Mutter), dies at 90   

1945  Almelo Netherlands freed on April - 05.   

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

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  Vincent Millie Youmans, US composer (Tea For Two), dies at 47 on April - 05.   

1948  On April - 05 wGN TV channel 9 in Chicago IL (IND) begins broadcasting   

1948  On April - 05 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 this day in history.   

1950  On this day in history 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 this day in history julius and Ethel Rosenberg, atomic spies, sentenced to death   

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

1951  On April - 05 edward Rigby, dies at 72   

1952  Henry Wittenberg wins his 8th AAU wrestling title on April - 05.   

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 April - 05.   

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

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

1955  British Prime Minister Winston Churchill resigns on April - 05.   

1955  On April - 05 winston Churchill resigns as British PM, Anthony Eden succeeds him   

1956  On April - 05 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 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 April - 05.   

1523  Blaise de Vigenère, French cryptographer (d. 1596) was born on this day in history.   

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

1595  On April - 05 birth of john Wilson, composer   

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

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

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

0582  Death of Eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople (c. 512) on this day in history.   

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

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  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  Death of Adam Loftus, English Protestant archbishop in Ireland (c.1513) on this day in history.