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 this day in history.   

1973  On April - 05 nFL adopts jersey numbering system (ie quarterbacks, 1-19)   

1973  On this day in history pioneer 11 launched to Jupiter   

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

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

1975  Soyuz 18A launch aborted short of orbit; cosmonauts return safely on this day in history.   

1975  On April - 05 inez Courtney, dies at 67   

1976  Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #2928 on this day in history.   

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

1976  On April - 05 tom Stoppard's "Dirty Linen", premieres in London   

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

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

1977  On April - 05 john Marriott, dies at 83   

1979  On April - 05 baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver wins his 1,000th game as a skipper   

1979  Ex-premier Pol Jar flees out of Cambodia on April - 05.   

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  On this day in history e Bowell discovers asteroids #2383 Bradley and #2433 Sootiyo   

1981  Philadelphia Flyers amass a record 2,621 penalty minutes on this day in history.   

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

1981  On April - 05 bob "Bear" Hite, rocker (Canned Heat), dies of a heart attack at 36   

1982  A British Naval Task Force leaves for the Falkland Islands, which have been invaded by Argentina on this day in history.   

1982  On this day in history lord Carrington, British foreign secretary resigns due to Falkland Islands war   

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

1982  On this day in history 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 April - 05.   

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

1472  On this day in history birth of bianca Maria Sforza, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1510)   

1523  Blaise de Vigenère, French cryptographer (d. 1596) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1598  On April - 05 birth of laurentius Erhard, composer   

1604  Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1675) was born on April - 05.   

1622  Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician (d. 1703) was born on April - 05.   

0582  Death of Eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople (c. 512) on this day in history.   

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

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

1258  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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 April - 05.