Page 9: Historical Events In April - 05

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

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

1971  On this day in history wNJT TV Channel 52 in Trenton NJ (PBS) begins broadcasting   

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

1972  Mets trade Ken Singleton to Expos for Rusty Staub on April - 05.   

1972  Brian Donlevy, actor (Steve-Dangerous Assignment), dies at 73 on April - 05.   

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  On April - 05 then tallest building, World Trade Center opens in NYC (110 stories)   

1974  William Hudson, actor (I Led 3 Lives), dies at 49 on this day in history.   

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

1975  On this day in history soyuz 18A launch aborted short of orbit; cosmonauts return safely   

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

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

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

1979  On this day in history pioneer 11 launched towards Jupiter   

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 April - 05 philadelphia Flyers amass a record 2,621 penalty minutes   

1981  The Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev goes to Czechoslovakia to discuss Polish crisis on April - 05.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1595  On April - 05 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 April - 05.   

1622  Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician (d. 1703) was born on this day in history.   

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

0828  On April - 05 nicephorus, patriarch of Constantinopel (806-15), dies at about 77   

1168  On April - 05 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  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  Death of Richard Roose, boiled to death for trying to poison an archbishop on this day in history.   

1605  Death of Adam Loftus, English Protestant archbishop in Ireland (c.1513) on this day in history.