Historical Events In April - 05

1941  In SF, Castro and Fillmore streetcars replaced by buses on this day in history.   

1941  On this day in history 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 April - 05.   

1942  On this day in history hMS TENEDOS sunk in harbour at Colombo, Ceylon - by Japanese carrier bombers.   

1943  Allies bomb Mortsel on April - 05.   

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

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

1944  140 Lancasters bomb airplane manufacturer in Toulouse on this day in history.   

1944  Isolde Kurz, German writer/poetess (Meine Mutter), dies at 90 on this day in history.   

1945  Almelo Netherlands freed on this day in history.   

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

1945  On April - 05 huldreich Georg Fruh, composer, dies at 41   

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 April - 05.   

1948  WGN TV channel 9 in Chicago IL (IND) begins broadcasting on this day in history.   

1948  On April - 05 wGN TV channel 9 in Chicago, IL (IND) begins broadcasting   

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

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

1950  On this day in history prague espionage trial against bishops & priests begins   

1951  On this day in history julius and Ethel Rosenberg sentenced to death for allegedly giving American atomic secrets to the USSR   

1951  Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, atomic spies, sentenced to death on April - 05.   

1951  Julius & Ethel Rosenberg, atomic spies, sentenced to death on April - 05.   

1951  Edward Rigby, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1952  On this day in history henry Wittenberg wins his 8th AAU wrestling title   

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

1953  On April - 05 babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open   

1953  WEYI TV channel 25 in Saginaw MI (CBS) begins broadcasting on this day in history.   

1954  Elvis Presley records his debut single, "That's All Right" on April - 05.   

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

1955  British Prime Minister Winston Churchill resigns on this day in history.   

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 April - 05.   

1958  On April - 05 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.   

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

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

1595  John Wilson, composer was born on April - 05.   

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

0582  On April - 05 death of eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople (c. 512)   

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

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 April - 05.   

1270  On April - 05 ramban Nachmanides, Talmudic scholar (Hiddushei Ha-Ramden), dies   

1419  On April - 05 death of vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1350)   

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.