Historical Events In April - 05

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

1971  US Lieutenant Wiliam Calley (My Lai Massacre) sentenced to life on this day in history.  

1971  WNJT TV Channel 52 in Trenton NJ (PBS) begins broadcasting on this day in history.  

1972  Baseball season is delayed due to a strike on April - 05.  

1972  On this day in history mets trade Ken Singleton to Expos for Rusty Staub  

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

1973  On this day in history nFL adopts jersey numbering system (ie quarterbacks, 1-19)  

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  Then tallest building, World Trade Center opens in NYC (110 stories) on April - 05.  

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1974  On this day in history william Hudson, actor (I Led 3 Lives), dies at 49  

1975  "Letter for Queen Victoria" closes at ANTA Theater NYC after 18 performances on April - 05.  

1975  On April - 05 soyuz 18A launch aborted short of orbit; cosmonauts return safely  

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

1976  On this day in history felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #2928  

1976  On April - 05 harold Wilson resigns as James Callaghan becomes PM of England  

1976  Tom Stoppard's "Dirty Linen", premieres in London on April - 05.  

1976  Howard Hughes, reclusive billionaire, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1977  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site  

1977  On April - 05 john Marriott, dies at 83  

1979  On April - 05 baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver wins his 1,000th game as a skipper  

1979  On April - 05 ex-premier Pol Jar flees out of Cambodia  

1979  On April - 05 pioneer 11 launched towards Jupiter  

1981  10th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Nancy Lopez on this day in history.  

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

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

1982  Lord Carrington, British foreign secretary resigns due to Falkland Islands war on April - 05.  

1982  St Louis Cardinals' Jim Kaat pitches in record 24th consecutive season on April - 05.  

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 April - 05 new York Mets' Tom Seaver's sets record 14th National League Opening Day assignment  

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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 April - 05 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 April - 05.  

1598  Laurentius Erhard, composer was born on April - 05.  

1604  On April - 05 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 April - 05.  

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

1168  On this day in history death of robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester (b. 1104)  

1258  Julian of Cornillon/Liege, Flemish visionary/saint, dies on this day in history.  

1270  On this day in history ramban Nachmanides, Talmudic scholar (Hiddushei Ha-Ramden), dies  

1419  On April - 05 death of vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1350)  

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 this day in history.