Historical Events In April - 05

1958  Jozef Brems, Flemish apostole vicar of Denmark, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

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

1959  Art Wall wins golf's Masters on April - 05.   

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

1960  Alma Kruger, actor (Made For Each Other), dies at 88 on this day in history.   

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

1961  On April - 05 dutch Governor Platteel installs New Guinea Council   

1961  Barbra Streisand appears on "Jack Paar Show" on this day in history.   

1962  On April - 05 herb Gardner's "Thousand Clowns", premieres in NYC   

1962  Manager J Daems appointed bishop of Antwerp on this day in history.   

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

1962  On this day in history st Bernard Tunnel finished-Swiss/Italians workers shake hands   

1962  On April - 05 herb Gardner's "Thousand Clowns," premieres in NYC   

1963  On April - 05 beatles receive their 1st silver disc (Please Please Me)   

1963  Susuga Malietoa Tanumafili II becomes chief of Western Samoa on April - 05.   

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 April - 05.   

1964  On April - 05 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 April - 05 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1966  On this day in history wTVX TV channel 34 in Fort Pierce-Vero Beach FL (IND) 1st broadcast   

1966  On April - 05 sven Fleuron, writer, dies at 91   

1967  On this day in history aTS II launched but fails to reach orbit   

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

1968  Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego opens on this day in history.   

1968  US marine base Khe San Vietnam, appalled on this day in history.   

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

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

1970  On April - 05 wSNS TV channel 44 in Chicago IL (IND) begins broadcasting   

1970  On April - 05 jacob H "Jaap" Stotijn, oboist/conductor, dies at 78   

1971  On April - 05 fran Phipps is 1st woman to reach North Pole   

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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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1604  On this day in history birth of charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1675)   

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

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

0828  On this day in history nicephorus, patriarch of Constantinopel (806-15), dies at about 77   

1168  Death of Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester (b. 1104) on April - 05.   

1258  On April - 05 julian of Cornillon/Liege, Flemish visionary/saint, dies   

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 April - 05.   

1605  On April - 05 death of adam Loftus, English Protestant archbishop in Ireland (c.1513)