Top Historical Events That Happened on April 05

1974  William Hudson, actor (I Led 3 Lives), dies at 49   

1975  "Letter for Queen Victoria" closes at ANTA Theater NYC after 18 performances   

1975  Soyuz 18A launch aborted short of orbit; cosmonauts return safely   

1975  Inez Courtney, dies at 67   

1976  Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #2928   

1976  Harold Wilson steps down as James Callaghan is recorded as becoming PM of England   

1976  Tom Stoppard's "Dirty Linen", premieres in London.   

1976  Howard Hughes, reclusive billionaire, dies at 72.   

1977  John Marriott, dies at 83   

1979  In this year, Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver claims his 1000th game as a skipper.   

1979  Ex-premier Pol Jar flees out of Cambodia   

1979  Pioneer 11 launched towards Jupiter   

1981  10th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Nancy Lopez   

1981  E Bowell discovers asteroids #2383 Bradley and #2433 Sootiyo.   

1981  Philadelphia Flyers amass a record 2621 penalty minutes.   

1981  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   

1982  A British Naval Task Force leaves for the Falkland Islands, which have been invaded by Argentina   

1982  Lord Carrington, British foreign secretary steps down due to Falkland Islands war.   

1982  St Louis Cardinals' Jim Kaat pitches in record 24th consecutive season   

1982  Abe Fortas, Supreme court justice, dies at 71.   

1983  France throws out 47 Soviet diplomats   

1983  New York Mets' Tom Seaver's sets record 14th National League Opening Day assignment.   

1984  "Human Comedy" opens at Royale Theater NYC for 13 performances   

1984  A Mrkos discovers asteroid #3364   

1984  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar breaks Wilt Chamberlain's all-time career scoring record of 31419 points (31421)   

1984  Arthur Travors Harris, marshal of British RAF, dies   

1985  Tyrell Johnson, cricketer (WI left-arm quickie, one Test 1939), dies   

1986  2 US soldiers and Turkish woman killed in West Berlin discotheque bombing   

1986  Record for a throw-and-return boomerang toss is set (121 meters).   

1986  US soldier and Turkish woman killed in West Berlin disco bombing   

1986  Colin McCool, cricketer (14 Tests for Australia, 36 wkts), dies.   

1987  16th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Betsy King.   

1987  Fox TV network premieres showing Married With Children and Tracey Ullman   

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1288  Emperor go-fushimi of japan: Emperor go-fushimi of japan (d. 1336)   

1472  Bianca maria sforza: Wife of maximilian i, holy roman emperor   

1523  Blaise de vigenère: French cryptographer   

1588  Thomas hobbes: England, philosopher (leviathan)   

1595  John wilson: Composer   

1598  Laurentius erhard: Composer   

1604  Charles iv: Duke of lorraine   

1622  Vincenzo viviani: Italian mathematician   

0582  Eutychius: Patriarch of constantinople (c. 512)   

0828  Nicephorus: Patriarch of constantinopel (806-15),   

1168  Robert de beaumont: 2nd earl of leicester (b. 1104)   

1258  Death of Julian of cornillon/liege: Flemish visionary/saint,   

1270  Death of Ramban nachmanides: Talmudic scholar (hiddushei ha-ramden),   

1419  Death of Vincent ferrer: Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1350)   

1531  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)