Page 7: Historical Events In April - 05

1941  In SF, Castro and Fillmore streetcars replaced by buses on this day in history.   

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  HMS TENEDOS sunk in harbour at Colombo, Ceylon - by Japanese carrier bombers on April - 05.   

1943  On this day in history allies bomb Mortsel   

1943  Poon Lim found after being adrift 133 days on April - 05.   

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

1944  On April - 05 140 Lancasters bomb airplane manufacturer in Toulouse   

1944  Isolde Kurz, German writer/poetess (Meine Mutter), dies at 90 on this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history almelo Netherlands freed   

1945  On this day in history kuniaki Koiso resigns as PM of Japan; replaced by Kantaro Suzuki   

1945  On April - 05 huldreich Georg Fruh, composer, dies at 41   

1946  On April - 05 1st performance of Charles Ives' 3rd Symphony   

1946  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 on April - 05.   

1946  Vincent Millie Youmans, US composer (Tea For Two), dies at 47 on April - 05.   

1948  On this day in history wGN TV channel 9 in Chicago IL (IND) begins broadcasting   

1948  On this day in history wGN TV channel 9 in Chicago, IL (IND) begins broadcasting   

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

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 this day in history.   

1951  Julius and Ethel Rosenberg sentenced to death for allegedly giving American atomic secrets to the USSR on April - 05.   

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

1951  Julius & Ethel Rosenberg, atomic spies, sentenced to death on this day in history.   

1951  Edward Rigby, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1952  On April - 05 henry Wittenberg wins his 8th AAU wrestling title   

1952  Henri Vandeputte, Belgian writer (L'Autre Vie), dies at 75 on April - 05.   

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

1953  WEYI TV channel 25 in Saginaw MI (CBS) begins broadcasting on April - 05.   

1954  Elvis Presley records his debut single, "That's All Right" on April - 05.   

1954  Claude Delvincourt, composer, dies at 66 on April - 05.   

1955  On this day in history british Prime Minister Winston Churchill resigns   

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  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (d. 1336)   

1472  On April - 05 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  Thomas Hobbes, England, philosopher (Leviathan) was born on this day in history.   

1595  On this day in history birth of john Wilson, composer   

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

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

0828  Nicephorus, patriarch of Constantinopel (806-15), dies at about 77 on April - 05.   

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  On April - 05 ramban Nachmanides, Talmudic scholar (Hiddushei Ha-Ramden), dies   

1419  Death of Vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1350) on this day in history.   

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.