Historical Events In April - 05

1941  In SF, Castro and Fillmore streetcars replaced by buses on April - 05.   

1941  On this day in history in SF, Castro & Fillmore streetcars replaced by buses   

1942  On April - 05 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'   

1942  HMS TENEDOS sunk in harbour at Colombo, Ceylon - by Japanese carrier bombers on April - 05.   

1943  Allies bomb Mortsel on this day in history.   

1943  On this day in history poon Lim found after being adrift 133 days   

1943  The third and last "Macedonian transport" reaches the Treblinka "resettlement"; all are gassed on April - 05.   

1944  On April - 05 140 Lancasters bomb airplane manufacturer in Toulouse   

1944  On this day in history isolde Kurz, German writer/poetess (Meine Mutter), dies at 90   

1945  Almelo Netherlands freed on this day in history.   

1945  Kuniaki Koiso resigns as PM of Japan; replaced by Kantaro Suzuki on this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history huldreich Georg Fruh, composer, dies at 41   

1946  1st performance of Charles Ives' 3rd Symphony on April - 05.   

1946  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 on this day in history.   

1946  On this day in history vincent Millie Youmans, US composer (Tea For Two), dies at 47   

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

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

1949  60 year old St Anthony's Hospital burns, kills 77 (Effingham IL) on April - 05.   

1949  On April - 05 60 year old St Anthony's Hospital burns, kills 77 (Effingham Ill)   

1950  On April - 05 prague espionage trial against bishops & priests begins   

1951  Julius and Ethel Rosenberg sentenced to death for allegedly giving American atomic secrets to the USSR on April - 05.   

1951  On this day in history julius and Ethel Rosenberg, atomic spies, sentenced to death   

1951  On this day in history julius & Ethel Rosenberg, atomic spies, sentenced to death   

1951  Edward Rigby, dies at 72 on April - 05.   

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

1952  On April - 05 henri Vandeputte, Belgian writer (L'Autre Vie), dies at 75   

1953  Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1955  On this day in history british Prime Minister Winston Churchill resigns   

1955  On April - 05 winston Churchill resigns as British PM, Anthony Eden succeeds him   

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  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 on this day in history.   

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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 this day in history.   

1598  On this day in history birth of laurentius Erhard, composer   

1604  On April - 05 birth of charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1675)   

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

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  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 April - 05.   

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  On this day in history death of adam Loftus, English Protestant archbishop in Ireland (c.1513)