ThisDayThatYear.com - Events from History on April 05

Events from History on April 05

1874 : "Die Fledermaus" 1st performed (Vienna)
1984 : "Human Comedy" opens at Royale Theater NYC for 13 performances
1994 : "Jackie Mason Politically Incorrect" opens at Golden NYC for 347 perfs
1975 : "Letter for Queen Victoria" closes at ANTA Theater NYC after 18 perfs
1992 : "Search & Destroy" closes at Circle in Sq Theater NYC after 46 perfs
1981 : 10th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Nancy Lopez
1998 : 10th Seniors Golf Tradition:
1894 : 11 strikers killed in riot at Connellsville, Penn
1992 : 11th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Stanford beats Western Ky 78-62
1944 : 140 Lancasters bomb airplane manufacturer in Toulouse
1987 : 16th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Betsy King
1964 : 1st driverless trains run on London Underground
1803 : 1st performance of Beethoven's 2nd Symphony in D
1946 : 1st performance of Charles Ives' 3rd Symphony
1768 : 1st US Chamber of Commerce forms (NYC)
1566 : 200 Brussel nobles offer Margaretha of Parma a petition
1614 : 2nd parliament of King James I begin session (no enactments)
1992 : 4th Seniors Golf Tradition: Lee Trevino
1993 : 55th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: NC beats Michigan 77-71
1949 : 60 year old St Anthony's Hospital burns, kills 77 (Effingham Ill)
1993 : 73,293 see Yankees beat Indians 9-1
1967 : '76er Wilt Chamberlain sets NBA record of 41 rebounds
1895 : accused him of homosexual practices
1751 : Adolf Frederik of Holstein-Gottorp crowns himself king of Sweden
1242 : Alexander Nevsky of Novgorod defeats Teutonic Knights
1990 : all profits from Newman foods to charity
1943 : Allies bomb Mortsel
1945 : Almelo Netherlands freed
1887 : Anne Sullivan teaches "water" to Helen Keller
1938 : Anti-Jewish riots break out in Dabrowa Poland
1967 : ATS II launched but fails to reach orbit
1900 : Attempted assassination of Prince of Wales in Brussels, fails
1961 : Barbra Streisand appears on "Jack Paar Show"
1972 : Baseball season is delayed due to a strike
1865 : Battle at Amelia Springs/Jetersville Va (Appomattox Campaign)
1242 : Battle on the More of Pskov Estonia
2348 : -BC- Noah's ark grounded, Mt Ararat (calculated date)
1963 : Beatles receive their 1st silver disc (Please Please Me)
1058 : Bishop John "Minchio," [domkop] elected as Pope Benedictus X
1982 : British fleet sails to Falkland Islands
1753 : British Museum forms (opens in 1759)
1908 : British premier Henry Campbell-Bannerman resigns
1762 : British take Grenada, West Indies, from French
1812 : Brits storm Badajoz fortress, held by French & Spanish
1982 : Cards' Jim Kaat, pitches in record 24th consecutive season
1585 : Clemens Crabbeels becomes bishop of Hertogenbosch
1893 : Cleveland passes Park Act (forerunner of Metroparks)
1992 : Comedian Sam Kenison marries live-in girlfriend Maleeka
1993 : Construction begins on Cleveland's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
1989 : David Letterman becomes 1st network TV series to use dolby stereo
1988 : Democratic convention picks Michael Dukakis as their pres candidate
1961 : Dutch governor Platteel installs New Guinea Council
1932 : Dutch textile strike broken by trade unions
1919 : Eamon de Valera becomes president of Dail Eireann
2063 : Earth's 1st contact by extra-terrisials (Vulcan) accord to Star Trek
1954 : Elvis Presley records his debut single, "That's All Right"
1930 : England out for 849 v WI Kingston, Sandham out for 325
1815 : Eruption of Tambora volcano (Sumbawa Java)
1979 : Ex-premier Pol Jar flees out of Cambodia
1861 : Federals abandon Ft Quitman, Tx
1923 : Firestone Co put their inflatable tires into production
1971 : Fran Phipps is 1st woman to reach North Pole
1983 : France throws out 47 Soviet diplomats
1915 : French begin Wo‰vre-offensive
1739 : French emperor Karel VI sign secret treaty
1916 : French troops occupy Bois de Caillette
1997 : Galileo, 3rd Ganymede Flyby (Orbit 7)
1992 : Game 2 of Mayor Challenge - NY Yankees sweep NY Mets 6-5 at Shea
1792 : George Washington casts 1st presidential veto
1976 : Harold Wilson resigns as James Callaghan becomes PM of England
1919 : Heavyweight Jess Willard KOs Jack Johnson in Havana
1962 : Herb Gardner's "Thousand Clowns," premieres in NYC
1941 : In SF, Castro & Fillmore streetcars replaced by buses
1614 : Indian princess Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe
1806 : Isaac Quintard patents apple cider
1968 : Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego opens
1722 : Jacob Roggeveen discovers Easter Island
1905 : James Barrie's "Alice-sit-by-the-fire," premieres in London
1943 : Japanese troops conquer Indin
1915 : Jess Willard KOs Jack Johnson in 26 for heavyweight boxing title
1874 : Johann Strauss Sr's opera "Die Fledermaus," premieres in Vienna
1996 : John Bobbitt is put under house arrest in Las Vegas for 120 days
1990 : John Stockton reaches 1000-assist mark for NBA record 3 yrs in a row
1927 : Johnny Weissmuller set records in 100 & 200 m free style
1951 : Julius & Ethel Rosenberg, atomic spies, sentenced to death
1984 : Kareem Abdul-Jabbar breaks Wilt Chamberlain's all-time career
1991 : Kitty Kelly publishes a book knocking Nancy Reagan
1922 : KOB-AM in Albuquerque NM begins radio transmissions
1945 : Kuniaki Koiso resigns as PM of Japan; replaced by Kantaro Suzuki
1965 : Lava Lamp Day celebrated
1929 : Lithuania signs Litvinov-pact
1982 : Lord Carrington, British foreign sect resigns due to Falkland Is war
1996 : Marlon Brando makes anti-semetic remarks about hollywood on Larry King
1902 : Maurice Ravel's "Pavane pour une infante defunte," premieres in Paris
1621 : Mayflower sails from Plymouth on a return trip to England
1911 : MCC tour match v Jamaica finishes in a tie
1939 : Membership in Hitler Youth becomes obligatory
1972 : Mets trade Ken Singleton to Expos for Rusty Staub
1962 : Mgr J Daems appointed bishop of Antwerp
1971 : Mount Etna erupts in Sicily Italy
1962 : NASA civilian pilot Neil A Armstrong takes X-15 to 54,600 m
1925 : NC due to an ulcer
1814 : Netherlands Bank issues it's 1st banknotes
1603 : New English king James I departs Edinburgh for London
1983 : NY Met Tom Seaver's sets record 14th NL Opening Day assignment
1847 : Opera "Die Fledermaus" is produced (Vienna)
1989 : Orel Hershiser ends his 59 consecutive scoreless pitched inning streak
1895 : Oscar Wilde loses libel case against Marquess of Queensberry, who
1992 : Peru's Pres Alberto Fujimori suspend constitution & dissolved Congress
1981 : Phila Flyers amass a record 2,621 penalty minutes
1973 : Pioneer 11 launched to Jupiter
1919 : Polish Army executes 35 young Jews
1943 : Poon Lim found after being adrift 133 days
1950 : Prague espionage trial against bishops & priests begins
1986 : Record for a throw-and-return boomerang toss is set (121m)
1993 : Republican Guard kills 64 in Chad
1984 : scoring record of 31,419 points (31,421)
1862 : Siege of Yorktown VA
1902 : Soccer match riot between Scotland & England kills 25
1989 : Solidarity grants legal status in Poland
1991 : Southeast Airlines Embracer 120 crashes in Georgia, killing 23
1975 : Soyuz 18A launch aborted short of orbit; cosmonauts return safely
1991 : Space Shuttle STS 37 (Atlantis 8) launched
1648 : Spanish troops/feudal barons strike down people's uprising in Naples
1962 : St Bernard Tunnel finished-Swiss/Italians workers shake hands
1906 : St Pius X encyclical "On the Mariavites or Mystic Priests of Poland"
1895 : Start of Sherlock Holmes' "Adventure of 3 Students" (BG)
1889 : Start of Sherlock Holmes' "Adventure of Copper Beeches" (BG)
1894 : Start of Sherlock Holmes' "Adventure of Empty House" (BG)
1963 : Susuga Malietoa Tanumafili II becomes chief of Western Samoa
1992 : Thailand General Suchinda Kraprayoon installed as president
1974 : Then tallest building, World Trade Center opens in NYC (110 stories)
1976 : Tom Stoppard's "Dirty Linen," premieres in London
1881 : Transvaal regains independence under British suzerainty
1936 : Tupelo Mississippi virtually annihilated by a tornado, 216 die
1991 : US begins air drops to Kurd refugees in Northern Iraq
1971 : US Lt Wiliam Calley (My Lai Massacre) sentenced to life
1968 : US marine base Khe San Vietnam, appalled
1986 : US soldier & Turkish woman killed in West Berlin disco bombing
1911 : Waldorf W Aster acquires Daily Observer
1922 : WDZ-AM in Decatur IL begins radio transmissions
1953 : WEYI TV channel 25 in Saginaw, MI (CBS) begins broadcasting
1948 : WGN TV channel 9 in Chicago, IL (IND) begins broadcasting
1955 : Winston Churchill resigns as British PM, Anthony Eden succeeds him
1971 : WNJT TV channel 52 in Trenton, NJ (PBS) begins broadcasting
1992 : Wrestlemania VIII, 62,167 at Hoosier Dome, Hulk Hogan DQs Sid Justice
1970 : WSNS TV channel 44 in Chicago, IL (IND) begins broadcasting
1966 : WTVX TV channel 34 in Ft Pierce-Vero Beach, FL (IND) 1st broadcast
1925 : Yankees whip Dodgers in exhibition 16-9 but Babe Ruth collapses in

Birthdays

Death Days

Events