Page 8: Historical Events In April - 05

1958  Jozef Brems, Flemish apostole vicar of Denmark, dies at 87 on April - 05.   

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

1959  On April - 05 art Wall wins golf's Masters   

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

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

1961  Barbra Streisand appears on "Jack Paar Show" on April - 05.   

1962  Herb Gardner's "Thousand Clowns", premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

1962  On April - 05 manager J Daems appointed bishop of Antwerp   

1962  NASA civilian pilot Neil A Armstrong takes X-15 to 54,600 m on April - 05.   

1962  St Bernard Tunnel finished-Swiss/Italians workers shake hands on this day in history.   

1962  Herb Gardner's "Thousand Clowns," premieres in NYC on April - 05.   

1963  Beatles receive their 1st silver disc (Please Please Me) on April - 05.   

1963  Susuga Malietoa Tanumafili II becomes chief of Western Samoa on this day in history.   

1963  Jacobus JP Old, architect/co-founder (The Style), dies at 73 on April - 05.   

1964  On April - 05 1st driverless trains run on the London Underground   

1964  On April - 05 first driverless trains run on the London Underground   

1964  Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA St Petersburg Women's Golf Open on this day in history.   

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  Lava Lamp Day celebrated on April - 05.   

1965  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1966  WTVX TV channel 34 in Fort Pierce-Vero Beach FL (IND) 1st broadcast on April - 05.   

1966  Sven Fleuron, writer, dies at 91 on April - 05.   

1967  ATS II launched but fails to reach orbit on this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history philadelphia '76er Wilt Chamberlain sets NBA record of 41 rebounds   

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

1968  On this day in history uS marine base Khe San Vietnam, appalled   

1968  On this day in history lois Andrews, dies of lung cancer at 44   

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

1970  WSNS TV channel 44 in Chicago IL (IND) begins broadcasting on April - 05.   

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

1971  Fran Phipps is 1st woman to reach North Pole on this day in history.   

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1288  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (d. 1336)   

1472  On this day in history 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  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  On this day in history birth of vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician (d. 1703)   

0582  On this day in history death of eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople (c. 512)   

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

1168  On this day in history 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  On April - 05 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 this day in history.   

1605  On this day in history death of adam Loftus, English Protestant archbishop in Ireland (c.1513)