5 April is the 95th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (96th in Leap Year s). There are 270 days remaining.
- 1242 - During a battle on the ice of Chudskoye Lake , Russia n forces rebuff an invasion attempt by the Teutonic Knights .
- 1614 - In Virginia , Native American Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe .
- 1621 - The '' Mayflower '' sets sail from Plymouth on a return trip to Great Britain .
- 1654 - The Treaty Of Westminster , ending the First Anglo-Dutch War , is signed.
- 1792 - U.S. President George Washington Veto es a bill designed to apportion representatives among U.S. State s. This was the first time the Presidential Veto had been used in the United States .
- 1804 - The first recorded Meteorite falls in Possil , Scotland ( High Possil Meteorite ).
- . The battle begins when Union forces under General George McClellan close in on the Confederate Capital Richmond, Virginia .
- 1923 - Firestone Tire And Rubber Company starts production of balloon- Tire s.
- 1930 - In an act of Civil Disobedience , Mohandas Gandhi breaks British law after marching to the sea and making Salt .
- tornado slams into the north side of Tupelo, Mississippi , killing 233. It is the 4th deadliest tornado in U.S. history.
- attacks Colombo in Ceylon ( Sri Lanka ). Royal Navy Cruisers HMS Cornwall and HMS Dorsetshire are sunk southwest of the island.
- leader Josip "Tito" Broz signs an agreement with the USSR allowing "temporary entry of Soviet troops into Yugoslav territory."
- 1949 - Fireside Theater debuts on Television .
- 1949 - A fire in a hospital in Effingham, Illinois , United States , kills 77 people.
- 1951 - Ethel And Julius Rosenberg are sentenced to death for performing Espionage for the Soviet Union .
- 1955 - Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom amid indications of failing health.
- 1956 - Fidel Castro declares himself at war with the President of Cuba.
- 1956 - In Sri Lanka , the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna won the General Elections in a lanslide and S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike sworn in as the Prime Minister .
- 1957 - In India , Communists won the first elections in united Kerala and E. M. S. Namboodiripad sworn in as the first Chief Minister .
- s are held in New York City , San Francisco , Los Angeles , Washington, D.C. , and other cities around the United States .
- 1971 - In Sri Lanka , Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna launches insurrection against the United Front government of Mrs Sirimavo Bandaranaike .
- ese forces invade Binh Long Province , launching a second front of the Nguyen Hue Offensive .
- 1973 - Pierre Messmer becomes Prime Minister of France .
- 1976 - In the People's Republic Of China , the April Fifth Movement leads to the Tiananmen Incident .
- 1986 - Bombing of the La Belle Discotheque in West Berlin , Germany , kills three.
- 1991 - ASA Embraer EMB 120 crashes in Brunswick, Georgia , United States , killing all 23 aboard.
- 1992 - Several hundred-thousand Abortion Rights demonstrators march in Washington, D.C.
- 1992 - Siege Of Sarajevo begins when Serb Paramilitaries murder peace protestor Suada Dilberovic on the Skenderija Bridge .
- 1993 - The Child Support Act 1991 , administered by the Child Support Agency , comes into effect in the United Kingdom .
- 1998 - In Japan , the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge linking Shikoku with Honshu and costing about US$3.8 billion, opens to traffic, becoming the largest Suspension Bridge in the world.
- 1999 - Two Libya ns suspected of bringing down Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988 are handed over for eventual trial in the Netherlands .
- 2005 - ABC News anchor Peter Jennings announces on '' World News Tonight '' that he has been diagnosed with Lung Cancer . It would be his last on-air appearance. Jennings died four months later on August 7 .
- 2006 - Apple Computer officially announced the support of Windows XP for the Intel Mac with a program code-named " Boot Camp ".
- 2006 - The first case of H5N1 Avian Flu was confirmed in the UK after tests on a dead swan found in Cellardyke , Fife .
- 2006 - Robert Longfield Day in Miami-Dade County .
- 1288 - Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (d. 1336 )
- 1472 - Bianca Maria Sforza , wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1510 )
- 1479 - Guru Amar Das , third Sikh Guru (d. 1574 )
- 1523 - Blaise De Vigenère , French diplomat and cryptographer (d. 1596 )
- 1588 - Thomas Hobbes , English philosopher (d. 1679 )
- 1604 - Charles IV, Duke Of Lorraine (d. 1675 )
- 1622 - Vincenzo Viviani , Italian mathematician and scientist (d. 1703 )
- 1649 - Elihu Yale , American benefactor of Yale University (d. 1721 )
- 1692 - Adrienne Lecouvreur , French actress (d. 1730 )
- 1732 - Jean-Honoré Fragonard , French artist (d. 1806 )
- 1784 - Louis Spohr , German violinist and composer (d. 1859 )
- 1816 - Samuel Freeman Miller , U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1890 )
- 1827 - Joseph Lister English surgeon (d. 1912 )
- 1832 - Jules Ferry , French statesman (d. 1893 )
- 1837 - Algernon Charles Swinburne , English poet (d. 1909 )
- 1856 - Booker T. Washington , American educator (d. 1915 )
- 1871 - Mirko Seljan , Croatian explorer
- 1875 - Mistinguett , French vaudeville performer (d. 1956 )
- 1893 - Clas Thunberg , Finnish speed skater (d. 1973 )
- 1900 - Spencer Tracy , American actor (d. 1967 )
- 1901 - Melvyn Douglas , American actor (d. 1981 )
- 1908 - Bette Davis , American actress (d. 1989 )
- 1908 - Herbert Von Karajan , Austrian conductor (d. 1989 )
- 1908 - Jagjivan Ram , Indian politician (d. 1986 )
- 1909 - Albert R. Broccoli , American film producer (d. 1996 )
- 1911 - Jussi Björling , Swedish tenor (d. 1960 )
- 1912 - John Le Mesurier , British actor (d. 1983 )
- 1916 - Gregory Peck , American actor (d. 2003 )
- 1917 - Robert Bloch , American author (d. 1994 )
- 1920 - Arthur Hailey , American writer (d. 2004 )
- 1920 - Rafique Zakaria , Indian author and legal expert (d. 2005 )
- 1922 - Christopher Hewett , British actor (d. 2001 )
- 1922 - Gale Storm , American singer and actress
- 1923 - Michael V. Gazzo , American actor (d. 1995 )
- 1923 - Nguyen Van Thieu , President of South Vietnam (d. 2001 )
- 1926 - Roger Corman , American film director, producer, and writer
- 1929 - Ivar Giaever , Norwegian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1929 - Nigel Hawthorne , British actor (d. 2001 )
- 1929 - Hugo Claus , Belgian writer
- 1933 - Larry Felser , American sports columnist and writer
- 1934 - Frank Gorshin , American actor (d. 2005 )
- 1934 - Roman Herzog , German politician
- 1935 - Peter Grant , British rock manager, actor ( Led Zeppelin , Bad Company ) (d. 1995 )
- 1937 - Colin Powell , U.S. Secretary of State ( 2000 - 2004 )
- 1941 - Michael Moriarty , American actor and political activist
- 1942 - Peter Greenaway , Welsh film director
- 1943 - Max Gail , American actor
- 1944 - Pedro Rossello , former Governor of Puerto Rico
- 1945 - Tommy Smith , English footballer
- 1946 - Jane Asher , British actress, writer
- 1947 - Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo , 14th President Of The Philippines
- 1948 - Dave Holland , British musician ( Judas Priest )
- 1949 - Judith Resnik , astronaut (d. 1986 )
- 1950 - Agnetha Fältskog , Swedish singer ( ABBA )
- 1952 - Mitch Pileggi , American actor ( The X-files )
- 1954 - Stan Ridgway , American musician ( Wall Of Voodoo )
- 1955 - Janice Long , English broadcaster
- 1961 - Lisa Zane , American actress
- 1962 - Lana Clarkson , American actress (d. 2003 )
- 1964 - Christopher "Kid" Reid , American actor, rapper ( Kid 'n Play )
- 1965 - Mike McCready , American musician ( Pearl Jam )
- 1968 - Paula Cole , American musician
- 1973 - Pharrell Williams , American musician and producer ( The Neptunes )
- 1976 - Fernando Morientes , Spanish footballer
- 1978 - Stephen Jackson , American basketball player
- 1978 - Franziska Van Almsick , German swimmer
- 582 - Eutychius , Patriarch Of Constantinople
- 1168 - Robert De Beaumont, 2nd Earl Of Leicester (b. 1104 )
- 1419 - Vincent Ferrer , Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1350 )
- 1605 - Adam Loftus , English Protestant archbishop in Ireland
- 1617 - Alonso Lobo , Spanish composer
- 1676 - John Winthrop, The Younger , Governor of Connecticut (b. 1606 )
- 1693 - Anne, Duchess Of Montpensier , French writer (b. 1627 )
- 1695 - George Savile, 1st Marquess Of Halifax , English writer and statesman (b. 1633 )
- 1697 - King Charles XI Of Sweden (b. 1655 )
- 1717 - Jean Jouvenet , French painter (b. 1647 )
- 1735 - William Derham , English minister and writer (b. 1657 )
- 1735 - Samuel Wesley , English poet and religious leader (b. 1662 )
- 1765 - Edward Young , English poet (b. 1683 )
- 1794 - Georges Danton , French Revolutionary leader (b. 1759 )
- 1923 - George Herbert, 5th Earl Of Carnarvon , English financier of Egyptian excavations (b. 1866 )
- 1928 - Roy Kilner , English cricketer (b. 1890 )
- 1964 - General Douglas MacArthur , U.S. general (b. 1880 )
- 1967 - Hermann Joseph Muller , American geneticist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (b. 1890 )
- 1967 - Mischa Elman , Ukrainian-born violinist (b. 1891 )
- 1970 - Alfred Henry Sturtevant , American geneticist (b. 1891 )
- 1972 - Brian Donlevy , American actor (b. 1901 )
- 1975 - Chiang Kai-shek , Chinese nationalist leader (b. 1887 )
- 1976 - Howard Hughes , American aviation pioneer, film director, and eccentric (b. 1905 )
- 1976 - Wilder Penfield , Canadian surgeon (b. 1891 )
- 1982 - Abe Fortas , U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1910 )
- 1983 - Danny Rapp , American musician ( Danny & The Juniors ) (b. 1941 )
- 1991 - John Tower , U.S. Senator from Texas (b. 1925 )
- 1991 - Sonny Carter , astronaut (b. 1947 )
- 1992 - Molly Picon , French actress (b. 1898 )
- 1992 - Sam Walton , American retailer (b. 1918 )
- 1994 - Kurt Cobain , American musician (b. 1967 )
- 1997 - Allen Ginsberg , American poet (b. 1926 )
- 1998 - Cozy Powell , British musician (b. 1947 )
- 2000 - Lee Petty , American race car driver (b. 1914 )
- 2001 - Brother Theodore , German-born comedian (b. 1906 )
- 2002 - Layne Staley , American musician ( Alice In Chains ) (b. 1967 )
- 2004 - Heiner Zieschang , German mathematician (b. 1936 )
- 2005 - Saul Bellow , Canadian-born writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915 )
- 2005 - Dale Messick , American comic strip artist (b. 1906 )
- 2005 - Debralee Scott , American actress (b. 1953 )
- 2006 - Gene Pitney , American singer (b. 1941 )
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