Page 9: Historical Events In April - 05

1971  Mount Etna erupts in Sicily Italy on this day in history.   

1971  On this day in history uS Lieutenant Wiliam Calley (My Lai Massacre) sentenced to life   

1971  WNJT TV Channel 52 in Trenton NJ (PBS) begins broadcasting on April - 05.   

1972  On April - 05 baseball season is delayed due to a strike   

1972  Mets trade Ken Singleton to Expos for Rusty Staub on this day in history.   

1972  On April - 05 brian Donlevy, actor (Steve-Dangerous Assignment), dies at 73   

1973  NFL adopts jersey numbering system (ie quarterbacks, 1-19) on this day in history.   

1973  Pioneer 11 launched to Jupiter on April - 05.   

1974  On this day in history last day of Test cricket for Garry Sobers & Rohan Kanhai   

1974  On this day in history then tallest building, World Trade Center opens in NYC (110 stories)   

1974  William Hudson, actor (I Led 3 Lives), dies at 49 on April - 05.   

1975  On this day in history "Letter for Queen Victoria" closes at ANTA Theater NYC after 18 performances   

1975  Soyuz 18A launch aborted short of orbit; cosmonauts return safely on April - 05.   

1975  Inez Courtney, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1976  On April - 05 felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #2928   

1976  Harold Wilson resigns as James Callaghan becomes PM of England on April - 05.   

1976  On April - 05 tom Stoppard's "Dirty Linen", premieres in London   

1976  Howard Hughes, reclusive billionaire, dies at 72 on April - 05.   

1977  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

1977  John Marriott, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1979  On this day in history baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver wins his 1,000th game as a skipper   

1979  Ex-premier Pol Jar flees out of Cambodia on this day in history.   

1979  Pioneer 11 launched towards Jupiter on this day in history.   

1981  On April - 05 10th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Nancy Lopez   

1981  On April - 05 e Bowell discovers asteroids #2383 Bradley and #2433 Sootiyo   

1981  Philadelphia Flyers amass a record 2,621 penalty minutes on this day in history.   

1981  On April - 05 the Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev goes to Czechoslovakia to discuss Polish crisis   

1981  Bob "Bear" Hite, rocker (Canned Heat), dies of a heart attack at 36 on this day in history.   

1982  A British Naval Task Force leaves for the Falkland Islands, which have been invaded by Argentina on this day in history.   

1982  On this day in history lord Carrington, British foreign secretary resigns due to Falkland Islands war   

1982  On April - 05 st Louis Cardinals' Jim Kaat pitches in record 24th consecutive season   

1982  On April - 05 abe Fortas, Supreme court justice, dies at 71   

1983  On this day in history france throws out 47 Soviet diplomats   

1983  On this day in history new York Mets' Tom Seaver's sets record 14th National League Opening Day assignment   

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1288  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (d. 1336)   

1472  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1588  On April - 05 birth of thomas Hobbes, England, philosopher (Leviathan)   

1595  On this day in history birth of john Wilson, composer   

1598  Laurentius Erhard, composer was born on this day in history.   

1604  On April - 05 birth of charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1675)   

1622  Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician (d. 1703) was born on April - 05.   

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  On this day in history julian of Cornillon/Liege, Flemish visionary/saint, dies   

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 this day in history.   

1531  On April - 05 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.