Page 10: Historical Events In April - 05

1984  "Human Comedy" opens at Royale Theater NYC for 13 performances on this day in history.   

1984  A Mrkos discovers asteroid #3364 on this day in history.   

1984  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar breaks Wilt Chamberlain's all-time career scoring record of 31,419 points (31,421) on this day in history.   

1984  On this day in history arthur Travors Harris, marshal of British RAF, dies   

1985  On this day in history tyrell Johnson, cricketer (WI left-arm quickie, one Test 1939), dies   

1986  On this day in history 2 US soldiers & Turkish woman killed in West Berlin discotheque bombing   

1986  Record for a throw-and-return boomerang toss is set (121 meters) on this day in history.   

1986  US soldier and Turkish woman killed in West Berlin disco bombing on April - 05.   

1986  On April - 05 colin McCool, cricketer (14 Tests for Australia, 36 wkts), dies   

1987  16th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Betsy King on this day in history.   

1987  On this day in history fox TV network premieres showing Married With Children & Tracey Ullman   

1987  On this day in history wayne Gretzky wins 7th straight NHL scoring title   

1988  Democratic convention picks Michael Dukakis as their pres candidate on April - 05.   

1988  Alf Kjellin, Swedish actor/director (Juggler), dies on April - 05.   

1989  On this day in history david Letterman becomes 1st network TV series to use dolby stereo   

1989  On this day in history orel Hershiser ends his 59 consecutive scoreless pitched inning streak   

1989  Solidarity granted legal status in Poland on April - 05.   

1990  On April - 05 john Stockton reaches 1000-assist mark for NBA record 3 years in a row   

1990  New York Rangers beat New York Islanders 2-1 in 1st game of preliminaries on April - 05.   

1990  On this day in history paul Newman wins a court victory over Julius Gold, to keep giving all profits from Newman foods to charity   

1990  On this day in history nico Scheepmaker, Dutch columnist/poet, dies at 59   

1991  Joe Dumaars (Detroit) ends NBA free throw streak of 62 games on April - 05.   

1991  On April - 05 kitty Kelly publishes a book knocking Nancy Reagan   

1991  On this day in history southeast Airlines Embracer 120 crashes in Georgia, killing 23   

1991  On this day in history space Shuttle STS 37 (Atlantis 8) launched   

1991  US begins air drops to Kurdish refugees in Northern Iraq on April - 05.   

1991  John Tower, (Sen-R-Tx), dies in a plane crash at 65 on April - 05.   

1992  "Search & Destroy" closes at Circle in Square Theater NYC after 46 performances on this day in history.   

1992  On this day in history 11th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion Stanford beats Western Kentucky 78-62   

1992  4th Seniors Golf Tradition Lee Trevino on April - 05.   

1992  Comedian Sam Kinison marries live-in girlfriend Malika Souiri on this day in history.   

1992  Dana Lofland wins Las Vegas LPGA Golf International on this day in history.   

1992  Game 2 of Mayor Challenge - New York Yankees sweep New York Mets 6-5 at Shea Stadium on this day in history.   

1992  Peru's President Alberto Fujimori suspend constitution & dissolved Congress on April - 05.   

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1288  On this day in history 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  Blaise de Vigenère, French cryptographer (d. 1596) was born on April - 05.   

1588  Thomas Hobbes, England, philosopher (Leviathan) was born on April - 05.   

1595  On April - 05 birth of john Wilson, composer   

1598  Laurentius Erhard, composer was born on this day in history.   

1604  On this day in history birth of charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1675)   

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

0582  Death of Eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople (c. 512) on April - 05.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1419  On April - 05 death of vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1350)   

1531  On April - 05 death of richard Roose, boiled to death for trying to poison an archbishop   

1605  On this day in history death of adam Loftus, English Protestant archbishop in Ireland (c.1513)