Page 8: Historical Events In April - 05

1958  Jozef Brems, Flemish apostole vicar of Denmark, dies at 87 on April - 05.   

1959  23rd Golf Masters Championship Art Wall Jr wins, shooting a 284 on this day in history.   

1959  On April - 05 art Wall wins golf's Masters   

1959  23rd Golf Masters Championship: Art Wall Jr wins, shooting a 284 on April - 05.   

1960  Alma Kruger, actor (Made For Each Other), dies at 88 on April - 05.   

1961  On this day in history barbra Streisand appears on "The Jack Paar Show"   

1961  Dutch Governor Platteel installs New Guinea Council on this day in history.   

1961  On April - 05 barbra Streisand appears on "Jack Paar Show"   

1962  Herb Gardner's "Thousand Clowns", premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

1962  On April - 05 manager J Daems appointed bishop of Antwerp   

1962  NASA civilian pilot Neil A Armstrong takes X-15 to 54,600 m on this day in history.   

1962  St Bernard Tunnel finished-Swiss/Italians workers shake hands on this day in history.   

1962  Herb Gardner's "Thousand Clowns," premieres in NYC on April - 05.   

1963  Beatles receive their 1st silver disc (Please Please Me) on April - 05.   

1963  Susuga Malietoa Tanumafili II becomes chief of Western Samoa on this day in history.   

1963  Jacobus JP Old, architect/co-founder (The Style), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1964  On April - 05 1st driverless trains run on the London Underground   

1964  First driverless trains run on the London Underground on this day in history.   

1964  On this day in history mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA St Petersburg Women's Golf Open   

1964  On this day in history douglas MacArthur, US general (Pacific theater-WW II), dies at 84   

1965  37th Academy Awards - "My Fair Lady", Rex Harrison & Julie Andrews win on April - 05.   

1965  On April - 05 lava Lamp Day celebrated   

1965  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1966  On April - 05 wTVX TV channel 34 in Fort Pierce-Vero Beach FL (IND) 1st broadcast   

1966  Sven Fleuron, writer, dies at 91 on this day in history.   

1967  ATS II launched but fails to reach orbit on this day in history.   

1967  Philadelphia '76er Wilt Chamberlain sets NBA record of 41 rebounds on this day in history.   

1968  On April - 05 jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego opens   

1968  On this day in history uS marine base Khe San Vietnam, appalled   

1968  Lois Andrews, dies of lung cancer at 44 on this day in history.   

1969  Gabriel M-E-R Chevallier, French author (La Peur), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1970  WSNS TV channel 44 in Chicago IL (IND) begins broadcasting on April - 05.   

1970  Jacob H "Jaap" Stotijn, oboist/conductor, dies at 78 on April - 05.   

1971  Fran Phipps is 1st woman to reach North Pole on this day in history.   

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1288  On April - 05 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 this day in history.   

1588  Thomas Hobbes, England, philosopher (Leviathan) was born on this day in history.   

1595  On April - 05 birth of john Wilson, composer   

1598  On April - 05 birth of laurentius Erhard, composer   

1604  Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1675) was born on April - 05.   

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

0582  On this day in history death of eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople (c. 512)   

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

1168  On this day in history death of robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester (b. 1104)   

1258  Julian of Cornillon/Liege, Flemish visionary/saint, dies on this day in history.   

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

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