Historical Events In April - 05

1958  On April - 05 jozef Brems, Flemish apostole vicar of Denmark, dies at 87  

1959  23rd Golf Masters Championship Art Wall Jr wins, shooting a 284 on this day in history.  

1959  Art Wall wins golf's Masters on this day in history.  

1959  23rd Golf Masters Championship: Art Wall Jr wins, shooting a 284 on April - 05.  

1960  Alma Kruger, actor (Made For Each Other), dies at 88 on this day in history.  

1961  Barbra Streisand appears on "The Jack Paar Show" on April - 05.  

1961  On this day in history dutch Governor Platteel installs New Guinea Council  

1961  On this day in history barbra Streisand appears on "Jack Paar Show"  

1962  Herb Gardner's "Thousand Clowns", premieres in NYC on this day in history.  

1962  Manager J Daems appointed bishop of Antwerp on April - 05.  

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1962  On April - 05 nASA civilian pilot Neil A Armstrong takes X-15 to 54,600 m  

1962  St Bernard Tunnel finished-Swiss/Italians workers shake hands on April - 05.  

1962  On this day in history herb Gardner's "Thousand Clowns," premieres in NYC  

1963  Beatles receive their 1st silver disc (Please Please Me) on April - 05.  

1963  Susuga Malietoa Tanumafili II becomes chief of Western Samoa on this day in history.  

1963  Jacobus JP Old, architect/co-founder (The Style), dies at 73 on this day in history.  

1964  On April - 05 1st driverless trains run on the London Underground  

1964  On this day in history first driverless trains run on the London Underground  

1964  On this day in history mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA St Petersburg Women's Golf Open  

1964  Douglas MacArthur, US general (Pacific theater-WW II), dies at 84 on April - 05.  

1965  On April - 05 37th Academy Awards - "My Fair Lady", Rex Harrison & Julie Andrews win  

1965  Lava Lamp Day celebrated on April - 05.  

1965  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site  

1966  WTVX TV channel 34 in Fort Pierce-Vero Beach FL (IND) 1st broadcast on April - 05.  

1966  Sven Fleuron, writer, dies at 91 on this day in history.  

1967  ATS II launched but fails to reach orbit on April - 05.  

1967  Philadelphia '76er Wilt Chamberlain sets NBA record of 41 rebounds on April - 05.  

1968  On this day in history jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego opens  

1968  US marine base Khe San Vietnam, appalled on this day in history.  

1968  On this day in history lois Andrews, dies of lung cancer at 44  

1969  Gabriel M-E-R Chevallier, French author (La Peur), dies at 73 on April - 05.  

1970  On this day in history wSNS TV channel 44 in Chicago IL (IND) begins broadcasting  

1970  Jacob H "Jaap" Stotijn, oboist/conductor, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

1971  Fran Phipps is 1st woman to reach North Pole on this day in history.  

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1288  Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (d. 1336) was born on this day in history.  

1472  Bianca Maria Sforza, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1510) was born on this day in history.  

1523  On this day in history birth of blaise de Vigenère, French cryptographer (d. 1596)  

1588  On April - 05 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  Death of Eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople (c. 512) on April - 05.  

0828  Nicephorus, patriarch of Constantinopel (806-15), dies at about 77 on this day in history.  

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 April - 05.  

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  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 April - 05.