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  On April - 05 art Wall wins golf's Masters  

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

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

1961  On April - 05 barbra Streisand appears on "The Jack Paar Show"  

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

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

1962  On April - 05 herb Gardner's "Thousand Clowns", premieres in NYC  

1962  On April - 05 manager J Daems appointed bishop of Antwerp  

1962  NASA civilian pilot Neil A Armstrong takes X-15 to 54,600 m on April - 05.  

1962  On this day in history st Bernard Tunnel finished-Swiss/Italians workers shake hands  

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

1963  On April - 05 beatles receive their 1st silver disc (Please Please Me)  

1963  On April - 05 susuga Malietoa Tanumafili II becomes chief of Western Samoa  

1963  Jacobus JP Old, architect/co-founder (The Style), dies at 73 on April - 05.  

1964  On this day in history 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  37th Academy Awards - "My Fair Lady", Rex Harrison & Julie Andrews win on April - 05.  

1965  On this day in history lava Lamp Day celebrated  

1965  On April - 05 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site  

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

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

1967  On this day in history aTS II launched but fails to reach orbit  

1967  Philadelphia '76er Wilt Chamberlain sets NBA record of 41 rebounds on this day in history.  

1968  Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego opens on this day in history.  

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

1968  Lois Andrews, dies of lung cancer at 44 on this day in history.  

1969  On this day in history gabriel M-E-R Chevallier, French author (La Peur), dies at 73  

1970  WSNS TV channel 44 in Chicago IL (IND) begins broadcasting on this day in history.  

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 April - 05.  

1472  Bianca Maria Sforza, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1510) was born on April - 05.  

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

1588  Thomas Hobbes, England, philosopher (Leviathan) was born on this day in history.  

1595  John Wilson, composer was born on this day in history.  

1598  On April - 05 birth of laurentius Erhard, composer  

1604  Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1675) was born on this day in history.  

1622  Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician (d. 1703) was born on this day in history.  

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

0828  On April - 05 nicephorus, patriarch of Constantinopel (806-15), dies at about 77  

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 this day in history.  

1270  On April - 05 ramban Nachmanides, Talmudic scholar (Hiddushei Ha-Ramden), dies  

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 this day in history death of adam Loftus, English Protestant archbishop in Ireland (c.1513)