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What happend on 5. April in History
In our data base we found 336 events happened on 5. April:
• 517: Timothy I, Patriarch of Constantinople [category: Deaths]
• 582: Eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople (b. c. 512) [category: Deaths]
• 1081: Alexios I Komnenos is crowned Byzantine emperor at Constantinople, bringing the Komnenian dynasty to full power. [category: Events]
• 1168: Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester (b. 1104) [category: Deaths]
• 1242: During a battle on the ice of Lake Peipus, Russian forces, led by Alexander Nevsky, rebuff an invasion attempt by the Teutonic Knights. [category: Events]
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• 1288: Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (d. 1336) [category: Births]
• 1419: Vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1350) [category: Deaths]
• 1472: Bianca Maria Sforza, Holy Roman Empress, second wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1510) [category: Births]
• 1523: Blaise de Vigenère, French cryptographer (d. 1596) [category: Births]
• 1566: Two-hundred Dutch noblemen, led by Hendrik van Brederode, force themselves into the presence of Margaret of Parma and present the Petition of Compromise, denouncing the Spanish Inquisition in the Netherlands. [category: Events]
• 1588: Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher (d. 1679) [category: Births]
• 1595: John Wilson, English composer, lutenist and teacher (d. 1674) [category: Births]
• 1604: Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1675) [category: Births]
• 1605: Adam Loftus, English Protestant archbishop in Ireland (b. c. 1513) [category: Deaths]
• 1609: Daimyo (Lord) of the Satsuma Domain in southern Kyūshū, Japan, completes his successful invasion of the Ryūkyū Kingdom in Okinawa. [category: Events]
• 1614: In Virginia, Native American Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe. [category: Events]
• 1617: Alonso Lobo, Spanish composer (b. 1555) [category: Deaths]
• 1621: The Mayflower sets sail from Plymouth, Massachusetts on a return trip to England. [category: Events]
• 1622: Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician (d. 1703) [category: Births]
• 1649: Elihu Yale, Welsh merchant and philanthropist, benefactor of Yale University (d. 1721) [category: Births]
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• 1673: François Caron, French explorer (b. 1600) [category: Deaths]
• 1676: John Winthrop, the Younger, American politician (b. 1606) [category: Deaths]
• 1692: Adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (d. 1730) [category: Births]
• 1693: Anne, Duchess of Montpensier, French writer (b. 1627) [category: Deaths]
• 1695: George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax, English writer (b. 1633) [category: Deaths]
• 1697: Charles XI of Sweden (b. 1655) [category: Deaths]
• 1717: Jean Jouvenet, French painter (b. 1647) [category: Deaths]
• 1719: Axel von Fersen the Elder, Swedish statesman and soldier (d. 1794) [category: Births]
• 1722: The Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen discovers Easter Island. [category: Events]
• 1727: Pasquale Anfossi, Italian opera composer (d. 1797) [category: Births]
• 1732: Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French artist (d. 1806) [category: Births]
• 1735: Samuel Wesley, English poet (b. 1662) [category: Deaths]
• 1735: William Derham, English minister and writer (b. 1657) [category: Deaths]
• 1752: Sébastien Érard, French musical instruments maker (d. 1831) [category: Births]
• 1765: Edward Young, English poet (b. 1683) [category: Deaths]
• 1769: Sir Thomas Hardy, 1st Baronet, English Royal Navy Vice-Admiral and First Lord of the Admiralty (d. 1839) [category: Births]
• 1784: Louis Spohr, German composer and violinist (d. 1859) [category: Births]
• 1792: U.S. President George Washington exercises his authority to veto a bill, the first time this power is used in the United States. [category: Events]
• 1794: Camille Desmoulins, French journalist and politician (b. 1760) [category: Deaths]
• 1794: Georges Danton, French Revolutionary leader (b. 1759) [category: Deaths]
• 1804: High Possil Meteorite: The first recorded meteorite in Scotland falls in Possil. [category: Events]
• 1816: Samuel Freeman Miller, American Supreme Court Justice (d. 1890) [category: Births]
• 1818: In the Battle of Maipú, Chile's independence movement – led by Bernardo O'Higgins and José de San Martín – win a decisive victory over Spain, leaving 2,000 Spaniards and 1,000 Chilean patriots dead. [category: Events]
• 1827: Joseph Lister, English surgeon and pioneer of antiseptic surgery (d. 1912) [category: Births]
• 1832: Jules Ferry, French statesman (d. 1893) [category: Births]
• 1834: Richard Goodwin Keats, English Royal Navy admiral (b. 1757) [category: Deaths]
• 1835: Carl Theodor Schulz, Norwegian gardener (d. 1914) [category: Births]
• 1837: Algernon Charles Swinburne, English poet (d. 1909) [category: Births]
• 1840: Ghazaros Aghayan, Armenian writer, educator, folklorist, historian, and linguist (d. 1911) [category: Births]
• 1847: Birkenhead Park, the first civic public park, is opened in Birkenhead. [category: Events]
• 1856: Booker T. Washington, American educator (d. 1915) [category: Births]
• 1857: Alexander of Battenberg (d. 1893) [category: Births]
• 1858: W. Atlee Burpee, Canadian horticulturist (d. 1915) [category: Births]
• 1862: American Civil War: The Battle of Yorktown begins. [category: Events]
• 1863: Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine (d. 1950) [category: Births]
• 1864: Alaric Alexander Watts, English poet and journalist (b. 1797) [category: Deaths]
• 1869: Albert Roussel, French composer (d. 1937) [category: Births]
• 1869: Sergei Chaplygin, Russian physicist and engineer (d. 1942) [category: Births]
• 1871: Mirko Seljan, Croatian explorer (d. 1912) [category: Births]
• 1872: Samuel Cate Prescott, American scientist and microbiologist (d. 1962) [category: Births]
• 1875: Mistinguett, French actress and singer (d. 1956) [category: Births]
• 1878: Paul Weinstein, German athlete (d. 1964) [category: Births]
• 1879: Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific. [category: Events]
• 1883: Walter Huston, Canadian-born American actor (d. 1950) [category: Births]
• 1884: Ion Inculeţ, Romanian statesman, president of "Sfatul Ţării" (d. 1940) [category: Births]
• 1893: Clas Thunberg, Finnish speed skater (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1899: Alfred Blalock, American surgeon (d. 1964) [category: Births]
• 1900: Spencer Tracy, American actor (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1900: Joseph Louis François Bertrand, French mathematician (b. 1822) [category: Deaths]
• 1900: Archaeologists in Knossos, Crete, discover a large cache of clay tablets with hieroglyphic writing in a script they call Linear B. [category: Events]
• 1901: Melvyn Douglas, American actor (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1904: The first international rugby league match is played between England and an Other Nationalities team (Welsh & Scottish players) in Central Park, Wigan, England. [category: Events]
• 1906: Lord Buckley, American monologist (d. 1960) [category: Births]
• 1908: Bette Davis, American actress (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1908: Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1908: Jagjivan Ram, Indian politician (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1909: Albert R. Broccoli, American movie producer (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1912: István Örkény, Hungarian author (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1912: John Le Mesurier, English actor (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1916: Albert Henry Ottenweller, American bishop (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1916: Gregory Peck, American actor (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1917: Robert Bloch, American author (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1920: Arthur Hailey, Canadian author (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1920: Barend Biesheuvel, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1920: Rafique Zakaria, Indian author (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1921: Robert Q. Lewis, American radio and television personality, game show host, and actor (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1922: Christopher Hewett, English actor (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1922: Gale Storm, American singer and actress (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1922: Harry Freedman, Canadian musician, composer and educator (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1922: Tom Finney, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1922: The American Birth Control League, forerunner of Planned Parenthood, is incorporated. [category: Events]
• 1923: Michael V. Gazzo, American actor (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1923: Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, Vietnamese politician, President of South Vietnam (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1923: George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, English financier (b. 1866) [category: Deaths]
• 1923: Firestone Tire and Rubber Company begins production of balloon-tires. [category: Events]
• 1926: Roger Corman, American director [category: Births]
• 1928: Fernand Dansereau, Canadian director and producer [category: Births]
• 1928: Tony Williams, American singer (The Platters) (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1928: Roy Kilner, English cricketer (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1929: Hugo Claus, Belgian writer (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1929: Ivar Giaever, Norwegian physicist, Nobel laureate [category: Births]
• 1929: Joe Meek, English record producer (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1929: Nigel Hawthorne, English actor (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1930: Mahatma Gandhi ends a 241 mile march to Dandi in the Salt Satyagraha. [category: Events]
• 1931: Jack Clement, American singer, songwriter and record producer [category: Births]
• 1932: Billy Bland, American singer and songwriter [category: Births]
• 1932: Phar Lap, New Zealand Racehorse (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 1932: Alcohol prohibition in Finland ends. Alcohol sales begin in Alko liquor stores. [category: Events]
• 1932: Dominion of Newfoundland: 10,000 rioters seize the Colonial Building leading to the end of self-government. [category: Events]
• 1933: Barbara Holland, American writer (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1933: Frank Gorshin, American actor (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1933: Larry Felser, American columnist [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1934: Roman Herzog, German politician [category: Births]
• 1934: Stanley Turrentine, American jazz saxophonist (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1935: Peter Grant, British music manager (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1936: John Kelly, Irish republican politician (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1936: Chandler Egan, American golfer (b. 1884) [category: Deaths]
• 1936: Tupelo-Gainesville tornado outbreak: An F5 tornado kills 233 in Tupelo, Mississippi. [category: Events]
• 1937: Allan R. Thieme, American inventor, founded Amigo Mobility International Inc [category: Births]
• 1937: Colin Powell, American Army General, 12th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and 65th United States Secretary of State [category: Births]
• 1938: Colin Bland, South African cricketer [category: Births]
• 1939: Crispian St. Peters, English singer-songwriter (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1939: Ronald White, American singer and songwriter (The Miracles) (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1940: Gilles Proulx, Canadian historian, radio and television host [category: Births]
• 1940: Tommy Cash, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1941: Dave Swarbrick, English musician (Fairport Convention, Whippersnapper, and Swarb's Lazarus) [category: Births]
• 1941: Michael Moriarty, American actor [category: Births]
• 1941: Sir Nigel Gresley, English engineer (b. 1876) [category: Deaths]
• 1942: Allan Clarke, British singer (The Hollies) [category: Births]
• 1942: Peter Greenaway, Welsh director [category: Births]
• 1942: The Imperial Japanese Navy launches a carrier-based air attack on Colombo, Ceylon during the Indian Ocean Raid. Port and civilian facilities are damaged and the Royal Navy cruisers HMS Cornwall and HMS Dorsetshire are sunk southwest of the island. [category: Events]
• 1943: Max Gail, American actor [category: Births]
• 1943: Aleš Hrdlička, Czech anthropologist (b. 1869) [category: Deaths]
• 1943: World War II: American bomber aircraft accidentally cause more than 900 civilian deaths, including 209 children, and 1300 wounded among the civilian population of the Belgian town of Mortsel. The target is the Erla factory one kilometer from the residential area hit. [category: Events]
• 1944: Pedro Rossello, Puerto Rican politician [category: Births]
• 1944: Peter T. King, American politician [category: Births]
• 1944: World War II: 270 inhabitants of the Greek town of Kleisoura are executed by the Germans. [category: Events]
• 1945: Tommy Smith, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1945: Huldreich Georg Früh, Swiss composer (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: Karl Otto Koch, German SS-officer (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: Cold War: Yugoslav leader Josip "Tito" Broz signs an agreement with the Soviet Union to allow "temporary entry of Soviet troops into Yugoslav territory". [category: Events]
• 1946: Björn Granath, Swedish actor [category: Births]
• 1946: Jane Asher, English actress [category: Births]
• 1946: Vincent Youmans, American composer and producer (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1946: Soviet troops leave the island of Bornholm, Denmark after an 11 month occupation. [category: Events]
• 1947: Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Filipino politician, 14th President of the Philippines [category: Births]
• 1948: Dave Holland, English musician (Judas Priest, Pinkerton's Assorted Colours, Finders Keepers, and Trapeze) [category: Births]
• 1948: Les Binks, British musician (Judas Priest, Lionheart, Tytan, and Axis Point) [category: Births]
• 1949: John Berg, American actor (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1949: Judith Resnik, American astronaut (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1949: A fire in a hospital in Effingham, Illinois, kills 77 people and leads to nationwide fire code improvements in the United States. [category: Events]
• 1949: Fireside Theater debuts on television. [category: Events]
• 1950: Agnetha Fältskog, Swedish singer (ABBA) [category: Births]
• 1950: Miki Manojlović, Serbian actor [category: Births]
• 1951: Bernie Ward, American radio personality [category: Births]
• 1951: Dean Kamen, American inventor and entrepreneur, inventor of the Segway [category: Births]
• 1951: Gloria Diaz, Filipina actress and model, Miss Universe 1969 [category: Births]
• 1951: Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are sentenced to death for performing espionage for the Soviet Union. [category: Events]
• 1952: Mitch Pileggi, American actor [category: Births]
• 1952: Charles Collett, English engineer (b. 1871) [category: Deaths]
• 1953: Frank Gaffney, American columnist, political figure [category: Births]
• 1954: Peter Case, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Nerves and The Plimsouls) [category: Births]
• 1954: Stan Ridgway, American singer-songwriter and musician (Wall of Voodoo and Drywall) [category: Births]
• 1955: Akira Toriyama, Japanese manga and game artist [category: Births]
• 1955: Charlotte de Turckheim, French actress [category: Births]
• 1955: Janice Long, English broadcaster [category: Births]
• 1955: Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom amid indications of failing health. [category: Events]
• 1956: Anthony Horowitz, English Author [category: Births]
• 1956: Diamond Dallas Page, American wrestler, fitness instructor, and actor [category: Births]
• 1956: Dwight Hicks, American football player and actor [category: Births]
• 1956: Fidel Castro declares himself at war with the President of Cuba. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1957: In India, Communists win the first elections in united Kerala and E.M.S. Namboodiripad is sworn in as the first chief minister. [category: Events]
• 1958: Johan Kriek, South African-American tennis player [category: Births]
• 1958: Lasantha Wickrematunge, Sri Lankan journalist (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1960: Asteris Koutoulas, Greek-German music producer, filmmaker and author [category: Births]
• 1960: Greg Mathis, American judge and writer [category: Births]
• 1961: Jim LeRoy, American pilot (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1961: Lisa Zane, American actress [category: Births]
• 1962: Charlie Adam, Scottish footballer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1962: Gord Donnelly, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1962: Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, Kalmyk businessman and politician, First President of the Republic of Kalmykia [category: Births]
• 1962: Lana Clarkson, American actress (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1964: Christopher "Kid" Reid, American rapper and actor (Kid 'n Play) [category: Births]
• 1964: Marius Lăcătuş, Romanian footballer [category: Births]
• 1964: Princess Erika, French singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1964: Steve Beaton, English darts player [category: Births]
• 1964: Douglas MacArthur, American general (b. 1880) [category: Deaths]
• 1965: Aykut Kocaman, Turkish footballer and manager [category: Births]
• 1965: Cris Carpenter, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1966: Mike McCready, American musician (Pearl Jam, Temple of the Dog, Mad Season, and The Rockfords) [category: Births]
• 1967: Anu Garg, Indian-American author [category: Births]
• 1967: Gary Gait, Canadian lacrosse player [category: Births]
• 1967: Troy Gentry, American singer and musician (Montgomery Gentry) [category: Births]
• 1967: Hermann Joseph Muller, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1967: Mischa Elman, Ukrainian violinist (b. 1891) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: Gianna Amore, American model and actress [category: Births]
• 1968: Paula Cole, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1969: Ain-Ervin Mere, Estonian military officer (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: Shelby Storck, American newscaster, actor, producer, and director (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: Vietnam War: Massive antiwar demonstrations occur in many U.S. cities. [category: Events]
• 1970: Krishnan Guru-Murthy, British journalist [category: Births]
• 1970: Miho Hatori, Japanese singer and songwriter (Cibo Matto, Smokey & Miho, and Butter 08) [category: Births]
• 1970: Thea Gill, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1970: Alfred Henry Sturtevant, American geneticist (b. 1891) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Dong Abay, Filipino musician and singer-songwriter (Yano) [category: Births]
• 1971: In Sri Lanka, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna launches insurrection against the United Front government of Sirimavo Bandaranaike. [category: Events]
• 1972: Krista Allen, American actress [category: Births]
• 1972: Pat Green, American singer and songwriter [category: Births]
• 1972: Paul Okon, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1972: Tom Coronel, Dutch race car driver [category: Births]
• 1972: Waylon Payne, American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor [category: Births]
• 1972: Yasuhiro Takemoto, Japanese animator and director [category: Births]
• 1972: Brian Donlevy, American actor (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Isabel Jewell, American actress (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Cho Sung-min, South Korean baseball player (d. 2013) [category: Births]
• 1973: Pharrell, American rapper and producer (N.E.R.D, The Neptunes, and All City Chess Club) [category: Births]
• 1973: Tony Banks, American football player [category: Births]
• 1973: Élodie Bouchez, French actress [category: Births]
• 1973: John Coleman, Australian footballer (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 1974: Sahaj, American musician and producer (Ra) [category: Births]
• 1974: Uhm Tae Woong, South Korean actor [category: Births]
• 1974: A. Y. Jackson, Canadian painter (b. 1882) [category: Deaths]
• 1975: John Hartson, Welsh footballer [category: Births]
• 1975: Juicy J, American rapper and record producer (Three 6 Mafia) [category: Births]
• 1975: Shammond Williams, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1975: Chiang Kai-shek, Chinese political and military leader, first President of the Republic of China (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Fernando Morientes, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1976: Kim Collins, Nevisian sprinter [category: Births]
• 1976: Ross Gload, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1976: Ryan Drese, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1976: Simone Inzaghi, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1976: Howard Hughes, American aviator (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Wilder Penfield, Canadian surgeon (b. 1891) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: In the People's Republic of China, the April Fifth Movement leads to the Tiananmen incident. [category: Events]
• 1977: Chad Rogers, American realtor [category: Births]
• 1978: Franziska van Almsick, German swimmer [category: Births]
• 1978: Stephen Jackson, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1979: Benji Radach, American mixed martial artist [category: Births]
• 1979: Dante Wesley, American football player and agent [category: Births]
• 1979: Mitsuo Ogasawara, Japanese football player [category: Births]
• 1979: Timo Hildebrand, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Eugène Gabritschevsky, Russian biologist and artist (b. 1893) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: David Chocarro, Argentine model, actor, and baseball player [category: Births]
• 1980: Erik Audé, American actor, stuntman, and poker player [category: Births]
• 1980: Joris Mathijsen, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Lee Jae Won, South Korean actor and singer (H.O.T and JTL) [category: Births]
• 1980: Mary Katharine Ham, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1980: Matt Bonner, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1980: Mo'men Zaki, Egyptian Activist [category: Births]
• 1981: Jorge de la Rosa, Mexican baseball player [category: Births]
• 1981: Michael A. Monsoor, American soldier (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1981: Stefan Ludik, Namibian cricketer, actor, and singer [category: Births]
• 1981: Tom Riley, English actor [category: Births]
• 1981: Bob Hite, American singer (Canned Heat) (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: Alexandre Prémat, French race car driver [category: Births]
• 1982: Hayley Atwell, English actress [category: Births]
• 1982: Kelly Pavlik, American boxer [category: Births]
• 1982: Lacey Duvalle, American porn actress [category: Births]
• 1982: Matt Pickens, American footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Thomas Hitzlsperger, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Abe Fortas, American Supreme Court Justice (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Jorge Andrés Martínez, Uruguayan footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Danny Rapp, American musician (Danny & the Juniors) (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Ashlie Walker, British actress [category: Births]
• 1984: David Dillehunt, American director, producer, and composer [category: Births]
• 1984: Kisho Yano, Japanese footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Maartje Goderie, Dutch field hockey player [category: Births]
• 1984: Marshall Allman, American actor [category: Births]
• 1984: Shin Min-a, South Korean model and actress [category: Births]
• 1985: Daniel Congré, French footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Kim Ji-hoo, South Korean model and actor (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1985: Lastings Milledge, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1986: Anna Sophia Berglund, American model [category: Births]
• 1986: Ashley Fliehr, American professional wrestler and valet [category: Births]
• 1986: Jenny Hendrix, American porn actress and model [category: Births]
• 1986: Three people are killed in the bombing of the La Belle Discothèque in West Berlin, Germany. [category: Events]
• 1987: Josh Wood, British model, actor, and producer [category: Births]
• 1987: Max Grün, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Jan Lindblad, Swedish naturalist, writer, photographer (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Alex Valentini, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Christopher Papamichalopoulos, Greek-Cypriot skier [category: Births]
• 1989: María Cristina Gómez, Salvadoran Teacher (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Cameron Quiseng, American bassist [category: Births]
• 1990: Haruma Miura, Japanese actor [category: Births]
• 1990: Sophia Papamichalopoulou, Greek-Cypriot skier [category: Births]
• 1991: John Tower, American politician (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Sonny Carter, American astronaut (b. 1947) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: An ASA EMB 120 crashes in Brunswick, Georgia, killing all 23 aboard. [category: Events]
• 1992: Sam Walton, American businessman and entrepreneur, founder of Walmart and Sam's Club (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Alberto Fujimori, president of Peru, dissolves the Peruvian congress by military force. [category: Events]
• 1992: The Siege of Sarajevo begins when Serb paramilitaries murder peace protesters Suada Dilberovic and Olga Sučić on the Vrbanja Bridge. [category: Events]
• 1993: Divya Bharti, Indian Bollywood actress (b. 1974) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Kurt Cobain, musician (Nirvana) (b. 1967) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Françoise Loranger, Canadian playwright and radio producer (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Allen Ginsberg, American poet (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Cozy Powell, English musician (b. 1947) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: In Japan, the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge linking Awaji Island with Honshū and costing about $3.8 billion USD, opens to traffic, becoming the largest suspension bridge in the world. [category: Events]
• 1999: Paul David, French-Canadian cardiologist (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Two Libyans suspected of bringing down Pan Am flight 103 in 1988 are handed over for eventual trial in the Netherlands. [category: Events]
• 2000: Lee Petty, American race car driver (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Brother Theodore, German comedian (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Layne Staley, American musician (Alice in Chains, Class of '99, Mad Season, and Alice N' Chains) (b. 1967) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Heiner Zieschang, German mathematician (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Sławomir Rawicz, Polish soldier (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Dale Messick, American comic artist (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Debralee Scott, American actress (b. 1953) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: John Sichel, English director (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Saul Bellow, Canadian writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Gene Pitney, American singer (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Darryl Stingley, American football player (b. 1951) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Leela Majumdar, Bengali writer (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Maria Gripe, Swedish writer (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Mark St. John, American musician (Kiss and White Tiger) (b. 1956) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Poornachandra Tejaswi, Kannada writer (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Charlton Heston, American actor (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Constantine Papadakis, Greek-American businessman and president of Drexel University (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 2010: Twenty-nine coal miners are killed in an explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia. [category: Events]
• 2012: Barney McKenna, Irish musician (The Dubliners) (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Bingu wa Mutharika, Malawian politician (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Jim Marshall, English businessman, founder of Marshall Amplification (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• _: Albert of Montecorvino [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: April 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Cold Food Festival, held on April 4 if it is a Leap Year (China); and its related observances: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Derfel Gadarn [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Ethelburga of Lyminge [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Gerald of Sauve-Majeure [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Hansik and Arbor Day (South Korea) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Juliana of Liège [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Maria Crescentia Höss [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Ruadán of Lorrha [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Vincent Ferrer [category: Holidays and observances]