Page 9: Historical Events In April - 05

1971  On April - 05 mount Etna erupts in Sicily Italy   

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

1971  On April - 05 wNJT TV Channel 52 in Trenton NJ (PBS) begins broadcasting   

1972  Baseball season is delayed due to a strike on this day in history.   

1972  Mets trade Ken Singleton to Expos for Rusty Staub on April - 05.   

1972  On this day in history 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  On April - 05 last day of Test cricket for Garry Sobers & Rohan Kanhai   

1974  On April - 05 then tallest building, World Trade Center opens in NYC (110 stories)   

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  Soyuz 18A launch aborted short of orbit; cosmonauts return safely on this day in history.   

1975  On this day in history inez Courtney, dies at 67   

1976  Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #2928 on April - 05.   

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

1977  On this day in history john Marriott, dies at 83   

1979  Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver wins his 1,000th game as a skipper on this day in history.   

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

1979  Pioneer 11 launched towards Jupiter on April - 05.   

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

1981  E Bowell discovers asteroids #2383 Bradley and #2433 Sootiyo on this day in history.   

1981  On this day in history 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  Bob "Bear" Hite, rocker (Canned Heat), dies of a heart attack at 36 on April - 05.   

1982  On April - 05 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 this day in history.   

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 April - 05.   

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

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  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 April - 05.   

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 this day in history.   

1598  On April - 05 birth of laurentius Erhard, composer   

1604  Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1675) was born on April - 05.   

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 this day in history nicephorus, patriarch of Constantinopel (806-15), dies at about 77   

1168  On April - 05 death of robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester (b. 1104)   

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  Death of Vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1350) on April - 05.   

1531  Death of Richard Roose, boiled to death for trying to poison an archbishop on April - 05.   

1605  Death of Adam Loftus, English Protestant archbishop in Ireland (c.1513) on this day in history.