Page 7: Historical Events In April - 05

1941  On April - 05 in SF, Castro and Fillmore streetcars replaced by buses   

1941  On April - 05 in SF, Castro & Fillmore streetcars replaced by buses   

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  Allies bomb Mortsel on this day in history.   

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

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

1944  140 Lancasters bomb airplane manufacturer in Toulouse on April - 05.   

1944  On April - 05 isolde Kurz, German writer/poetess (Meine Mutter), dies at 90   

1945  On this day in history almelo Netherlands freed   

1945  Kuniaki Koiso resigns as PM of Japan; replaced by Kantaro Suzuki on April - 05.   

1945  Huldreich Georg Fruh, composer, dies at 41 on April - 05.   

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

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

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

1948  WGN TV channel 9 in Chicago, IL (IND) begins broadcasting on April - 05.   

1949  60 year old St Anthony's Hospital burns, kills 77 (Effingham IL) on this day in history.   

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  Julius and Ethel Rosenberg sentenced to death for allegedly giving American atomic secrets to the USSR on this day in history.   

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

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

1951  On April - 05 edward Rigby, dies at 72   

1952  Henry Wittenberg wins his 8th AAU wrestling title on April - 05.   

1952  On this day in history henri Vandeputte, Belgian writer (L'Autre Vie), dies at 75   

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 this day in history.   

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

1955  British Prime Minister Winston Churchill resigns on April - 05.   

1955  Winston Churchill resigns as British PM, Anthony Eden succeeds him on this day in history.   

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  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 on April - 05.   

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1288  Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (d. 1336) was born on this day in history.   

1472  On April - 05 birth of bianca Maria Sforza, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1510)   

1523  On this day in history birth of blaise de Vigenère, French cryptographer (d. 1596)   

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

1595  On April - 05 birth of john Wilson, composer   

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

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 this day in history.   

0828  On April - 05 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 this day in history julian of Cornillon/Liege, Flemish visionary/saint, dies   

1270  Ramban Nachmanides, Talmudic scholar (Hiddushei Ha-Ramden), dies on this day in history.   

1419  On April - 05 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 April - 05.   

1605  On April - 05 death of adam Loftus, English Protestant archbishop in Ireland (c.1513)