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1992 – Peace protesters Suada Dilberovic and Olga Sučić are killed on the Vrbanja Bridge in Sarajevo, becoming the first casualties of the Bosnian War. 1998 – In Japan, the Akashi Kaikyō Bridge opens to traffic, becoming the longest bridge span in the world.
- April Fifth Movement
The Tiananmen incident or the April 5 Tiananmen incident...
- Erwin Wegner
Erwin Wegner (5 April 1909 – 16 February 1945) was a German...
- Hans Hüttig
Hans Benno Hüttig (5 April 1894 – 23 February 1980) was a...
- Crashes
The 1946 Rabat Vickers Wellington crash was a military...
- Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2
Satellite launches of North Korea. ①: Kwangmyŏngsŏng-1 ②:...
- April Fifth Movement
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Up to 1900
1. 823 - Lothair I is crowned King of Italy by Pope Paschal I. 2. 1081 - Alexios I Komnenos is crowned Emperor of the Byzantine Empire. 3. 1242 – During a battle on the ice of Chudskoye Lake, Russian forces rebuff an invasion attempt by the Teutonic Knights. 4. 1566 - Two-hundred Dutch noblemen, led by Hendrick van Brederode, force themselves into the presence of Margaret of Parma and present the Petition of Compromise, denouncing the Spanish Inquisition in the Netherlands. 5. 1614 – In Virgi...
1901 – 2000
1. 1902 – A stand at the Ibrox stadium in Glasgow collapses during a Scotland v. Englandfootball match, killing 25 people. 2. 1904 - First international rugby leaguegame. 3. 1908 – The Germany national football team played its first-ever match, losing 5-3 to the Switzerland national football team, which recorded its first-ever win. 4. 1922 - The American Birth Control Leagueis incorporated. 5. 1923 – Firestone Tire and Rubber Company starts production of balloon-tires. 6. 1930 – In an act of...
From 2001
1. 2005 – ABC News anchor Peter Jennings announces on World News Tonight that he has been diagnosed with lung cancer. It was his last on-air appearance. 2. 2009 – North Korea launches the Kwangmyongsong rocket, which passed over Japan, and led to international condemnation. 3. 2012 - President of Malawi Bingu wa Mutharika dies aged 78; Joyce Bandareplaces him. 4. 2016 - Prime Minister of Iceland Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson resigns after his name appeared in the Panama Papersabout tax schemes...
Up to 1800
1. 1170 - Isabella of Hainault (died 1190) 2. 1288 – Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (died 1336) 3. 1315 - James III of Mallorca (died 1349) 4. 1472 – Bianca Maria Sforza, daughter of Duke Galeazzo Maria Sforza of Milan and wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1510) 5. 1479 – Guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (died 1574) 6. 1568 - Pope Urban VIII (died 1644) 7. 1588 – Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher (died 1679) 8. 1593 - George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg (died 1603) 9. 1595 - Jo...
1801 – 1900
1. 1816 – Samuel Freeman Miller, United States Supreme Court justice (died 1890) 2. 1820 – Nadar, French photographer, writer and balloonist (died 1910) 3. 1827 – Joseph Lister, English surgeon (died 1912) 4. 1832 - Jules Ferry, French statesman (died 1893) 5. 1837 – Algernon Charles Swinburne, English poet (died 1909) 6. 1839 - Robert Smalls, American pilot and politician (died 1915) 7. 1840 - Ghazars Aghayan, Armenian historian and linguist (died 1911) 8. 1856 – Booker T. Washington, Americ...
1901 – 1925
1. 1901 – Melvyn Douglas, American actor (died 1981) 2. 1901 - Chester Bowles, American politician, Governor of Connecticut (died 1986) 3. 1904 - Richard Eberhart, American poet (died 2005) 4. 1905 - Sanya Dharmasakti, Prime Minister of Thailand (died 2002) 5. 1905 – Bill Raisch, American actor (died 1984) 6. 1908 – Bette Davis, American actress (died 1989) 7. 1908 – Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor (died 1989) 8. 1908 – Jagjivan Ram, Indian politician (died 1986) 9. 1909 – Albert R. B...
Up to 1900
1. 517 - Timothy I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople 2. 582 - Eutychus, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople 3. 1419 - Vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1350) 4. 1617 – Alonso Lobo, Spanish composer (b. 1555) 5. 1676 – John Winthrop, the Younger, American politician (b. 1606) 6. 1693 - Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier (b. 1627) 7. 1697 - King Charles IX of Sweden (b. 1655) 8. 1717 – Jean Jouvenet, French painter (b. 1647) 9. 1735 - William Derham, Eng...
1901 – 2000
1. 1918 - George Tupou II, King of Tonga (b. 1874) 2. 1923 - George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, English financier (b. 1886) 3. 1936 - Chandler Egan, American golfer (b. 1884) 4. 1940 - Charles Freer Andrews, English priest, missionary and educator (b. 1871) 5. 1945 – Karl Otto Koch, German SS officer (b. 1897) 6. 1946 - Vincent Youmans, American composer and producer (b. 1898) 7. 1964 – Douglas MacArthur, American general (b. 1880) 8. 1967 – Hermann Joseph Muller, American geneticist (b....
From 2001
1. 2002 - Layne Staley, American musician (b. 1967) 2. 2004 – Heiner Zieschang, German mathematician (b. 1936) 3. 2005 – Saul Bellow, Canadian writer (b. 1915) 4. 2005 – Dale Messick, American cartoonist (b. 1906) 5. 2006 – Gene Pitney, American singer (b. 1940) 6. 2007 - Mark St. John, American musician (b. 1956) 7. 2008 – Charlton Heston, American actor (b. 1923) 8. 2010 – Vitali Sevastyanov, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1935) 9. 2011 – Ange-Félix Patassé, former President of the Central African Re...
Feast Day of Saint Vincent Ferrer (Roman Catholicism)Sikmogil (South Korea)Children's Day (Palestinian territories)Der 5. April ist der 95. Tag des gregorianischen Kalenders (der 96. in Schaltjahren ), somit bleiben 270 Tage bis zum Jahresende. Inhaltsverzeichnis. 1 Ereignisse. 1.1 Politik und Weltgeschehen. 1.2 Wirtschaft. 1.3 Wissenschaft und Technik. 1.4 Kultur. 1.5 Gesellschaft. 1.6 Religion. 1.7 Katastrophen. 1.8 Sport. 2 Geboren. 2.1 Vor dem 17.
Apr 5, 2024 · Historical events for the 5th of April. See what famous, interesting and notable events happened throughout history on April 5.
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April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian and Julian calendars. Its length is 30 days. April is commonly associated with the season of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere, where it is the seasonal equivalent to October in the Northern Hemisphere and vice versa.
April (Apr.) is the fourth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars, and comes between March and May. It is one of four months to have 30 days. April always begins on the same day of the week as July, and additionally, January in leap years. April always ends on the same day of the week as December.
