Historical Events In April - 05

1941  On this day in history in SF, Castro and Fillmore streetcars replaced by buses   

1941  In SF, Castro & Fillmore streetcars replaced by buses on April - 05.   

1942  HMS CORNWALL And HMS DORSETSHIRE sunk in the Indian Ocean south west of Ceylon by Japanese carrier divebombers, 190 men lost from 'Cornwall', 234 from 'Dorsetshire' on this day in history.   

1942  On April - 05 hMS TENEDOS sunk in harbour at Colombo, Ceylon - by Japanese carrier bombers.   

1943  On April - 05 allies bomb Mortsel   

1943  Poon Lim found after being adrift 133 days on this day in history.   

1943  The third and last "Macedonian transport" reaches the Treblinka "resettlement"; all are gassed on this day in history.   

1944  140 Lancasters bomb airplane manufacturer in Toulouse on this day in history.   

1944  Isolde Kurz, German writer/poetess (Meine Mutter), dies at 90 on April - 05.   

1945  On April - 05 almelo Netherlands freed   

1945  Kuniaki Koiso resigns as PM of Japan; replaced by Kantaro Suzuki on this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history huldreich Georg Fruh, composer, dies at 41   

1946  1st performance of Charles Ives' 3rd Symphony on this day in history.   

1946  On this day in history uSS Missouri arrives in Turkey to return the body of Turkish ambassador to the U.S. and to show U.S. support and willingness to defend Turkey.   

1946  On this day in history vincent Millie Youmans, US composer (Tea For Two), dies at 47   

1948  WGN TV channel 9 in Chicago IL (IND) begins broadcasting on this day in history.   

1948  WGN TV channel 9 in Chicago, IL (IND) begins broadcasting on this day in history.   

1949  On April - 05 60 year old St Anthony's Hospital burns, kills 77 (Effingham IL)   

1949  60 year old St Anthony's Hospital burns, kills 77 (Effingham Ill) on April - 05.   

1950  Prague espionage trial against bishops & priests begins on April - 05.   

1951  On April - 05 julius and Ethel Rosenberg sentenced to death for allegedly giving American atomic secrets to the USSR   

1951  On April - 05 julius and Ethel Rosenberg, atomic spies, sentenced to death   

1951  On this day in history julius & Ethel Rosenberg, atomic spies, sentenced to death   

1951  Edward Rigby, dies at 72 on April - 05.   

1952  On this day in history henry Wittenberg wins his 8th AAU wrestling title   

1952  Henri Vandeputte, Belgian writer (L'Autre Vie), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1953  On this day in history babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open   

1953  On April - 05 wEYI TV channel 25 in Saginaw MI (CBS) begins broadcasting   

1954  Elvis Presley records his debut single, "That's All Right" on this day in history.   

1954  Claude Delvincourt, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1955  British Prime Minister Winston Churchill resigns on this day in history.   

1955  On April - 05 winston Churchill resigns as British PM, Anthony Eden succeeds him   

1956  In Sri Lanka, the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna win the general elections in a landslide and S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike is sworn in as the Prime Minister on this day in history.   

1958  On this day in history ripple Rock, an underwater threat to navigation in the Seymour Narrows in Canada is destroyed in one of the largest non-nuclear controlled explosions of the time.   

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1288  Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (d. 1336) was born on April - 05.   

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

1595  John Wilson, composer was born on April - 05.   

1598  On April - 05 birth of laurentius Erhard, composer   

1604  On this day in history 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 this day in history death of robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester (b. 1104)   

1258  On April - 05 julian of Cornillon/Liege, Flemish visionary/saint, dies   

1270  On this day in history 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  Death of Richard Roose, boiled to death for trying to poison an archbishop on this day in history.   

1605  Death of Adam Loftus, English Protestant archbishop in Ireland (c.1513) on April - 05.