WillDekkard
04-05-2010, 04:24 AM
Hear are some notable events that happened on This Date in History
- April 5th
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* 456 St. Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop.
* 1242 During a battle on the ice of Lake Peipus, Russian forces, led by Alexander Nevsky, rebuff an invasion attempt by the Teutonic Knights.
* 1254 Willen van Rubroeck, a Flemish Franciscan, meets the Mongolian Khan Mφngke
* 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. The Inquisition is suspended and a delegation is sent to Spain to petition Philip II.
* 1609 Daimyo (Lord) of the Satsuma Domain in southern Kyūshū, Japan, completes his successful invasion of the Ryūkyū Kingdom in Okinawa.
* 1614 In Virginia, Native American Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe.
* 1621 The Mayflower sets sail from Plymouth, Massachusetts on a return trip to Great Britain.
* 1722 The Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen discovers Easter Island.
* 1792 U.S. President George Washington exercises his authority to veto a bill, the first time this power is used in the United States.
* 1804 High Possil Meteorite: The first recorded meteorite in Scotland falls in Possil.
* 1818 In the Battle of Maipϊ, Chile's independence movement led by Bernardo O'Higgins and Josι de San Martνn win a decisive victory over Spain, leaving 2,000 Spaniards and 1,000 Chilean patriots dead.
* 1862 American Civil War: The Battle of Yorktown begins.
* 1874 Birkenhead Park, the first civic public park, is opened in Birkenhead.
* 1879 Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific.
* 1897 The Greco-Turkish War, also called "Thirty Days' War", is declared between Greece and the Ottoman Empire.
* 1904 The first international rugby league match is played between England and an Other Nationalities team (Welsh & Scottish players) in Central Park, Wigan, England.
* 1923 Firestone Tire and Rubber Company begins production of balloon-tires.
* 1930 In an act of civil disobedience, Mohandas Gandhi breaks British law after marching to the sea and making salt.
* 1932 Alcohol prohibition in Finland ends. Alcohol sales begin in Alko liquor stores.
* 1932 Dominion of Newfoundland: 10,000 rioters seize the Colonial Building leading to the end of self-government.
* 1933 U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Executive Order 6102 "forbidding the Hoarding of Gold Coin, Gold Bullion, and Gold Certificates" by U.S. citizens.
* 1936 Tupelo-Gainesville tornado outbreak: An F5 tornado kills 233 in Tupelo, Mississippi.
* 1942 World War II: The Japanese Navy attacks Colombo in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Royal Navy Cruisers HMS Cornwall and HMS Dorsetshire are sunk southwest of the island.
* 1944 World War II: 270 inhabitants of the Greek town of Kleisoura are executed by the Germans.
* 1945 Cold War: Yugoslav leader Josip "Tito" Broz signs an agreement with the USSR to allow "temporary entry of Soviet troops into Yugoslav territory."
* 1946 Soviet troops leave the island of Bornholm, Denmark after an 11 month occupation.
* 1949 Fireside Theater debuts on television.
* 1949 A fire in a hospital in Effingham, Illinois, kills 77 people and leads to nationwide fire code improvements in the United States.
* 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 win the general elections in a landslide and S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike is sworn in as the Prime Minister.
* 1957 In India, Communists win the first elections in united Kerala and E.M.S. Namboodiripad is sworn in as the first chief minister.
* 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.
* 1969 Vietnam War: Massive antiwar demonstrations occur in many U.S. cities.
* 1971 In Sri Lanka, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna launches insurrection against the United Front government of Mrs. Sirimavo Bandaranaike.
* 1976 In the People's Republic of China, the April Fifth Movement leads to the Tiananmen incident.
* 1986 Three people are killed in the bombing of the La Belle Discothθque in West Berlin, Germany.
* 1991 An ASA EMB 120 crashes in Brunswick, Georgia, killing all 23 aboard.
* 1992 Several hundred-thousand abortion rights demonstrators march in Washington, D.C.
* 1992 Alberto Fujimori, president of Peru, dissolves the Peruvian congress by military force.
* 1992 The Siege of Sarajevo begins when Serb paramilitaries murder peace protesters Suada Dilberovic and Olga Sucic on the Vrbanja Bridge.
* 1998 In Japan, the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge linking Shikoku with Honshū and costing about $3.8 billion USD, opens to traffic, becoming the largest suspension bridge in the world.
* 1999 Two Libyans suspected of bringing down Pan Am flight 103 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.
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- April 5th
c/p from Wikipedia
* 456 St. Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop.
* 1242 During a battle on the ice of Lake Peipus, Russian forces, led by Alexander Nevsky, rebuff an invasion attempt by the Teutonic Knights.
* 1254 Willen van Rubroeck, a Flemish Franciscan, meets the Mongolian Khan Mφngke
* 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. The Inquisition is suspended and a delegation is sent to Spain to petition Philip II.
* 1609 Daimyo (Lord) of the Satsuma Domain in southern Kyūshū, Japan, completes his successful invasion of the Ryūkyū Kingdom in Okinawa.
* 1614 In Virginia, Native American Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe.
* 1621 The Mayflower sets sail from Plymouth, Massachusetts on a return trip to Great Britain.
* 1722 The Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen discovers Easter Island.
* 1792 U.S. President George Washington exercises his authority to veto a bill, the first time this power is used in the United States.
* 1804 High Possil Meteorite: The first recorded meteorite in Scotland falls in Possil.
* 1818 In the Battle of Maipϊ, Chile's independence movement led by Bernardo O'Higgins and Josι de San Martνn win a decisive victory over Spain, leaving 2,000 Spaniards and 1,000 Chilean patriots dead.
* 1862 American Civil War: The Battle of Yorktown begins.
* 1874 Birkenhead Park, the first civic public park, is opened in Birkenhead.
* 1879 Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific.
* 1897 The Greco-Turkish War, also called "Thirty Days' War", is declared between Greece and the Ottoman Empire.
* 1904 The first international rugby league match is played between England and an Other Nationalities team (Welsh & Scottish players) in Central Park, Wigan, England.
* 1923 Firestone Tire and Rubber Company begins production of balloon-tires.
* 1930 In an act of civil disobedience, Mohandas Gandhi breaks British law after marching to the sea and making salt.
* 1932 Alcohol prohibition in Finland ends. Alcohol sales begin in Alko liquor stores.
* 1932 Dominion of Newfoundland: 10,000 rioters seize the Colonial Building leading to the end of self-government.
* 1933 U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Executive Order 6102 "forbidding the Hoarding of Gold Coin, Gold Bullion, and Gold Certificates" by U.S. citizens.
* 1936 Tupelo-Gainesville tornado outbreak: An F5 tornado kills 233 in Tupelo, Mississippi.
* 1942 World War II: The Japanese Navy attacks Colombo in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Royal Navy Cruisers HMS Cornwall and HMS Dorsetshire are sunk southwest of the island.
* 1944 World War II: 270 inhabitants of the Greek town of Kleisoura are executed by the Germans.
* 1945 Cold War: Yugoslav leader Josip "Tito" Broz signs an agreement with the USSR to allow "temporary entry of Soviet troops into Yugoslav territory."
* 1946 Soviet troops leave the island of Bornholm, Denmark after an 11 month occupation.
* 1949 Fireside Theater debuts on television.
* 1949 A fire in a hospital in Effingham, Illinois, kills 77 people and leads to nationwide fire code improvements in the United States.
* 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 win the general elections in a landslide and S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike is sworn in as the Prime Minister.
* 1957 In India, Communists win the first elections in united Kerala and E.M.S. Namboodiripad is sworn in as the first chief minister.
* 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.
* 1969 Vietnam War: Massive antiwar demonstrations occur in many U.S. cities.
* 1971 In Sri Lanka, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna launches insurrection against the United Front government of Mrs. Sirimavo Bandaranaike.
* 1976 In the People's Republic of China, the April Fifth Movement leads to the Tiananmen incident.
* 1986 Three people are killed in the bombing of the La Belle Discothθque in West Berlin, Germany.
* 1991 An ASA EMB 120 crashes in Brunswick, Georgia, killing all 23 aboard.
* 1992 Several hundred-thousand abortion rights demonstrators march in Washington, D.C.
* 1992 Alberto Fujimori, president of Peru, dissolves the Peruvian congress by military force.
* 1992 The Siege of Sarajevo begins when Serb paramilitaries murder peace protesters Suada Dilberovic and Olga Sucic on the Vrbanja Bridge.
* 1998 In Japan, the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge linking Shikoku with Honshū and costing about $3.8 billion USD, opens to traffic, becoming the largest suspension bridge in the world.
* 1999 Two Libyans suspected of bringing down Pan Am flight 103 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.
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