April 5 is the 95th day of the year (96th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 270 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Tuesday, Thursday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Friday or Saturday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Monday or Wednesday (56).
NATIONAL BURRITO DAY (FIRST THURSDAY IN APRIL)
NATIONAL BURRITO DAY (FIRST THURSDAY IN APRIL)
1614 – In Virginia, Native American Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe.
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1621 – The Mayflower sets sail from Plymouth, Massachusetts on a return trip to England.
1792 – United States President George Washington exercises his authority to veto a bill, the first time this power is used in the United States.
1792 – United States President George Washington exercises his authority to veto a bill, the first time this power is used in the United States.
1862 – American Civil War: The Battle of Yorktown begins. Union Maj. Geneneral George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac encountered Maj. Gen. John B. Magruder's small Confederate force.
1900 – Archaeologists in Knossos, Crete, discover a large cache of clay tablets with hieroglyphic writing in a script they call Linear B.
1933 – U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs two executive orders: 6101 to establish the Civilian Conservation Corps, and 6102 "forbidding the Hoarding of Gold Coin, Gold Bullion, and Gold Certificates" by U.S. citizens.
1933 – U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs two executive orders: 6101 to establish the Civilian Conservation Corps, and 6102 "forbidding the Hoarding of Gold Coin, Gold Bullion, and Gold Certificates" by U.S. citizens.
1945 – Cold War: Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito signs an agreement with the Soviet Union to allow "temporary entry of Soviet troops into Yugoslav territory". Unfortunately they didn't leave for 46 years.
1951 – Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are sentenced to death for spying for the Soviet Union. Yes, all you 20-something neo-comms, they WERE guilty.
1951 – Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are sentenced to death for spying for the Soviet Union. Yes, all you 20-something neo-comms, they WERE guilty.
1956 – Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz declares himself at war with Cuban President Fulgencio Batista.
1976 – In the People's Republic of China, the April Fifth Movement leads to the (first) Tiananmen Incident.
1992 – The Siege of Sarajevo begins when Serb paramilitaries murder peace protesters Suada Dilberović and Olga Sučić on the Vrbanja Bridge.
1999 – Two Libyans suspected of bringing down Pan Am Flight 103 (over Lockerbie, Scotland) in 1988 are handed over for eventual trial in the Netherlands.
2009 – North Korea launches its controversial Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 rocket. The satellite passed over mainland Japan, which prompted an immediate reaction from the United Nations Security Council, as well as participating states of Six-party talks.
2010 – Twenty-nine coal miners are killed in an explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia.
2009 – North Korea launches its controversial Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 rocket. The satellite passed over mainland Japan, which prompted an immediate reaction from the United Nations Security Council, as well as participating states of Six-party talks.
2010 – Twenty-nine coal miners are killed in an explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia.
BORN TODAY
1588 – Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher (d. 1679)
1649 – Elihu Yale, American-English merchant and philanthropist , founded Yale University (d. 1721)
1824 – Moses Dickson, African-American abolitionist, soldier, minister and founder of The Knights of Liberty (d. 1901)
1904 – Richard Eberhart, American poet and academic (d. 2005)
1908 – Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor and orchestra manager (d. 1989)
1588 – Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher (d. 1679)
1649 – Elihu Yale, American-English merchant and philanthropist , founded Yale University (d. 1721)
1824 – Moses Dickson, African-American abolitionist, soldier, minister and founder of The Knights of Liberty (d. 1901)
1904 – Richard Eberhart, American poet and academic (d. 2005)
1908 – Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor and orchestra manager (d. 1989)
1923 – Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, Vietnamese general and politician, 5th President of South Vietnam (d. 2001)
1937 – Colin Powell, American general and politician, 65th United States Secretary of State
1949 – Judith Resnik, American engineer and astronaut (d. 1986)
1951 – Dean Kamen, American inventor and businessman, founded Segway Inc.
1937 – Colin Powell, American general and politician, 65th United States Secretary of State
1949 – Judith Resnik, American engineer and astronaut (d. 1986)
1951 – Dean Kamen, American inventor and businessman, founded Segway Inc.
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