Historical Events In April - 05

1971  On April - 05 mount Etna erupts in Sicily Italy  

1971  On April - 05 uS Lieutenant Wiliam Calley (My Lai Massacre) sentenced to life  

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

1972  Brian Donlevy, actor (Steve-Dangerous Assignment), dies at 73 on April - 05.  

1973  NFL adopts jersey numbering system (ie quarterbacks, 1-19) on April - 05.  

1973  Pioneer 11 launched to Jupiter on April - 05.  

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

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

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

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  On April - 05 inez Courtney, dies at 67  

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

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 April - 05.  

1976  On April - 05 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 April - 05 ex-premier Pol Jar flees out of Cambodia  

1979  Pioneer 11 launched towards Jupiter on April - 05.  

1981  On this day in history 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  Philadelphia Flyers amass a record 2,621 penalty minutes on April - 05.  

1981  On this day in history 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 April - 05.  

1982  On April - 05 lord Carrington, British foreign secretary resigns due to Falkland Islands war  

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

1982  On this day in history abe Fortas, Supreme court justice, dies at 71  

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

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

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1288  On April - 05 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  On April - 05 birth of blaise de Vigenère, French cryptographer (d. 1596)  

1588  On this day in history birth of thomas Hobbes, England, philosopher (Leviathan)  

1595  John Wilson, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

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  On April - 05 death of eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople (c. 512)  

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

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 April - 05.  

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 this day in history.