Historical Events In April - 05

1971  Mount Etna erupts in Sicily Italy on this day in history.   

1971  US Lieutenant Wiliam Calley (My Lai Massacre) sentenced to life on April - 05.   

1971  On April - 05 wNJT TV Channel 52 in Trenton NJ (PBS) begins broadcasting   

1972  On April - 05 baseball season is delayed due to a strike   

1972  On April - 05 mets trade Ken Singleton to Expos for Rusty Staub   

1972  On this day in history brian Donlevy, actor (Steve-Dangerous Assignment), dies at 73   

1973  NFL adopts jersey numbering system (ie quarterbacks, 1-19) on this day in history.   

1973  Pioneer 11 launched to Jupiter on April - 05.   

1974  On April - 05 last day of Test cricket for Garry Sobers & Rohan Kanhai   

1974  Then tallest building, World Trade Center opens in NYC (110 stories) on this day in history.   

1974  On this day in history william Hudson, actor (I Led 3 Lives), dies at 49   

1975  On April - 05 "Letter for Queen Victoria" closes at ANTA Theater NYC after 18 performances   

1975  Soyuz 18A launch aborted short of orbit; cosmonauts return safely on April - 05.   

1975  On this day in history inez Courtney, dies at 67   

1976  On April - 05 felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #2928   

1976  Harold Wilson resigns as James Callaghan becomes PM of England on this day in history.   

1976  Tom Stoppard's "Dirty Linen", premieres in London on April - 05.   

1976  Howard Hughes, reclusive billionaire, dies at 72 on April - 05.   

1977  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on April - 05.   

1977  On this day in history john Marriott, dies at 83   

1979  Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver wins his 1,000th game as a skipper on April - 05.   

1979  On April - 05 ex-premier Pol Jar flees out of Cambodia   

1979  On April - 05 pioneer 11 launched towards Jupiter   

1981  10th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Nancy Lopez on this day in history.   

1981  E Bowell discovers asteroids #2383 Bradley and #2433 Sootiyo on April - 05.   

1981  Philadelphia Flyers amass a record 2,621 penalty minutes on April - 05.   

1981  On April - 05 the Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev goes to Czechoslovakia to discuss Polish crisis   

1981  On this day in history bob "Bear" Hite, rocker (Canned Heat), dies of a heart attack at 36   

1982  On April - 05 a British Naval Task Force leaves for the Falkland Islands, which have been invaded by Argentina   

1982  Lord Carrington, British foreign secretary resigns due to Falkland Islands war on this day in history.   

1982  St Louis Cardinals' Jim Kaat pitches in record 24th consecutive season on April - 05.   

1982  On April - 05 abe Fortas, Supreme court justice, dies at 71   

1983  On this day in history france throws out 47 Soviet diplomats   

1983  New York Mets' Tom Seaver's sets record 14th National League Opening Day assignment on this day in history.   

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

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 April - 05.   

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

1595  John Wilson, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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

0828  On April - 05 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  On this day in history ramban Nachmanides, Talmudic scholar (Hiddushei Ha-Ramden), dies   

1419  Death of Vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1350) on April - 05.   

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)