Page 9: Historical Events In April - 05

1971  On this day in history mount Etna erupts in Sicily Italy   

1971  On April - 05 uS Lieutenant Wiliam Calley (My Lai Massacre) sentenced to life   

1971  WNJT TV Channel 52 in Trenton NJ (PBS) begins broadcasting on April - 05.   

1972  Baseball season is delayed due to a strike on April - 05.   

1972  Mets trade Ken Singleton to Expos for Rusty Staub on this day in history.   

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  On April - 05 pioneer 11 launched to Jupiter   

1974  On this day in history 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 April - 05 william Hudson, actor (I Led 3 Lives), dies at 49   

1975  On this day in history "Letter for Queen Victoria" closes at ANTA Theater NYC after 18 performances   

1975  On April - 05 soyuz 18A launch aborted short of orbit; cosmonauts return safely   

1975  Inez Courtney, dies at 67 on April - 05.   

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

1976  On this day in history harold Wilson resigns as James Callaghan becomes PM of England   

1976  On this day in history tom Stoppard's "Dirty Linen", premieres in London   

1976  On April - 05 howard Hughes, reclusive billionaire, dies at 72   

1977  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1977  John Marriott, dies at 83 on April - 05.   

1979  On this day in history baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver wins his 1,000th game as a skipper   

1979  Ex-premier Pol Jar flees out of Cambodia on this day in history.   

1979  Pioneer 11 launched towards Jupiter on April - 05.   

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

1981  On April - 05 e Bowell discovers asteroids #2383 Bradley and #2433 Sootiyo   

1981  On this day in history philadelphia Flyers amass a record 2,621 penalty minutes   

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 April - 05.   

1982  On April - 05 st Louis Cardinals' Jim Kaat pitches in record 24th consecutive season   

1982  Abe Fortas, Supreme court justice, dies at 71 on April - 05.   

1983  France throws out 47 Soviet diplomats on this day in history.   

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

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1288  On this day in history 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 April - 05.   

1588  On this day in history birth of thomas Hobbes, England, philosopher (Leviathan)   

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

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  On April - 05 birth of vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician (d. 1703)   

0582  Death of Eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople (c. 512) on April - 05.   

0828  Nicephorus, patriarch of Constantinopel (806-15), dies at about 77 on this day in history.   

1168  On April - 05 death of robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester (b. 1104)   

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 April - 05 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.