Historical Events In April - 05

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

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

1971  On this day in history wNJT TV Channel 52 in Trenton NJ (PBS) begins broadcasting  

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

1972  On April - 05 mets trade Ken Singleton to Expos for Rusty Staub  

1972  Brian Donlevy, actor (Steve-Dangerous Assignment), dies at 73 on this day in history.  

1973  NFL adopts jersey numbering system (ie quarterbacks, 1-19) on this day in history.  

1973  On this day in history pioneer 11 launched to Jupiter  

1974  On this day in history 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  William Hudson, actor (I Led 3 Lives), dies at 49 on April - 05.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1976  On April - 05 felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #2928  

1976  On this day in history harold Wilson resigns as James Callaghan becomes PM of England  

1976  On April - 05 tom Stoppard's "Dirty Linen", premieres in London  

1976  Howard Hughes, reclusive billionaire, dies at 72 on April - 05.  

1977  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on April - 05.  

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

1979  On this day in history baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver wins his 1,000th game as a skipper  

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

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 April - 05 e Bowell discovers asteroids #2383 Bradley and #2433 Sootiyo  

1981  Philadelphia Flyers amass a record 2,621 penalty minutes on April - 05.  

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

1982  On this day in history 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 April - 05 abe Fortas, Supreme court justice, dies at 71  

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

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  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 this day in history.  

1523  Blaise de Vigenère, French cryptographer (d. 1596) was born on April - 05.  

1588  On April - 05 birth of thomas Hobbes, England, philosopher (Leviathan)  

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

1598  On this day in history birth of laurentius Erhard, composer  

1604  Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1675) was born on this day in history.  

1622  On this day in history birth of vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician (d. 1703)  

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  Death of Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester (b. 1104) on this day in history.  

1258  Julian of Cornillon/Liege, Flemish visionary/saint, dies on April - 05.  

1270  Ramban Nachmanides, Talmudic scholar (Hiddushei Ha-Ramden), dies on April - 05.  

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  On April - 05 death of adam Loftus, English Protestant archbishop in Ireland (c.1513)