Page 7: Historical Events In April - 05
Tuesday, 15 July 2025
1941 On April - 05 in SF, Castro and Fillmore streetcars replaced by buses
1941 On this day in history 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 Allies bomb Mortsel on April - 05.
1943 Poon Lim found after being adrift 133 days on April - 05.
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 this day in history.
1944 Isolde Kurz, German writer/poetess (Meine Mutter), dies at 90 on April - 05.
1945 Almelo Netherlands freed on this day in history.
1945 Kuniaki Koiso resigns as PM of Japan; replaced by Kantaro Suzuki on this day in history.
1945 Huldreich Georg Fruh, composer, dies at 41 on April - 05.
1946 1st performance of Charles Ives' 3rd Symphony on April - 05.
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 this day in history.
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 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 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 On this day in history julius and Ethel Rosenberg, atomic spies, sentenced to death
1951 On April - 05 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 Henri Vandeputte, Belgian writer (L'Autre Vie), dies at 75 on this day in history.
1953 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open on this day in history.
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 Claude Delvincourt, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
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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