Page 9: Historical Events In April - 05

1971  Mount Etna erupts in Sicily Italy on April - 05.   

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 this day in history 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  On April - 05 pioneer 11 launched to Jupiter   

1974  Last day of Test cricket for Garry Sobers & Rohan Kanhai on April - 05.   

1974  Then tallest building, World Trade Center opens in NYC (110 stories) on this day in history.   

1974  On April - 05 william Hudson, actor (I Led 3 Lives), dies at 49   

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

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  Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #2928 on this day in history.   

1976  Harold Wilson resigns as James Callaghan becomes PM of England on this day in history.   

1976  Tom Stoppard's "Dirty Linen", premieres in London on this day in history.   

1976  On this day in history howard Hughes, reclusive billionaire, dies at 72   

1977  On April - 05 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 this day in history ex-premier Pol Jar flees out of Cambodia   

1979  Pioneer 11 launched towards Jupiter on April - 05.   

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

1981  E Bowell discovers asteroids #2383 Bradley and #2433 Sootiyo on April - 05.   

1981  On April - 05 philadelphia Flyers amass a record 2,621 penalty minutes   

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

1981  On April - 05 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 on this day in history.   

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

1982  On this day in history st Louis Cardinals' Jim Kaat pitches in record 24th consecutive season   

1982  Abe Fortas, Supreme court justice, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1983  France throws out 47 Soviet diplomats on this day in history.   

1983  New York Mets' Tom Seaver's sets record 14th National League Opening Day assignment on April - 05.   

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

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  On this day in history birth of thomas Hobbes, England, philosopher (Leviathan)   

1595  On April - 05 birth of john Wilson, composer   

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

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 April - 05.   

0828  Nicephorus, patriarch of Constantinopel (806-15), dies at about 77 on April - 05.   

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

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.