April 5

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April 5 is the 95th day of the year (96th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 270 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

• 1992 – John brown is big knacker who vandalises Wikipedia cos he thinks he's cool whilst in reality he's a walloper.
• 1081 – Alexios I Komnenos is crowned Byzantine emperor at Constantinople, bringing the Komnenian dynasty to full power.
• 1242 – During a battle on the ice of Lake Peipus, Russian forces, led by Alexander Nevsky, rebuff an invasion attempt by the Teutonic Knights.
• 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 England.
• 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 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.
• 1847 – Birkenhead Park, the first civic public park, is opened in Birkenhead.
• 1862 – American Civil War: The Battle of Yorktown begins.
• 1879 – Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific.
• 1900 – Archaeologists in Knossos, Crete, discover a large cache of clay tablets with hieroglyphic writing in a script they call Linear B.
• 1904 – The first international rugby league match is played between England and an Other Nationalities team (Welsh & Scottish players) in Central Park, Wigan, England.
• 1922 – The American Birth Control League, forerunner of Planned Parenthood, is incorporated.
• 1923 – Firestone Tire and Rubber Company begins production of balloon-tires.
• 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 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.
• 1936 – Tupelo-Gainesville tornado outbreak: An F5 tornado kills 233 in Tupelo, Mississippi.
• 1942 – World War II: 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.
• 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.
• 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 Soviet Union 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.
• 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 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 Discothèque in West Berlin, Germany.
• 1991 – An ASA EMB 120 crashes in Brunswick, Georgia, killing all 23 aboard.
• 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 Sučić on the Vrbanja Bridge.
• 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.
• 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.
• 2010 – Twenty-nine coal miners are killed in an explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia.

Births

• 1288 – Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (d. 1336)
• 1472 – Bianca Maria Sforza, Holy Roman Empress, second wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1510)
• 1523 – Blaise de Vigenère, French cryptographer (d. 1596)
• 1588 – Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher (d. 1679)
• 1595 – John Wilson, English composer, lutenist and teacher (d. 1674)
• 1604 – Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1675)
• 1622 – Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician (d. 1703)
• 1649 – Elihu Yale, Welsh merchant and philanthropist, benefactor of Yale University (d. 1721)
• 1692 – Adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (d. 1730)
• 1719 – Axel von Fersen the Elder, Swedish statesman and soldier (d. 1794)
• 1727 – Pasquale Anfossi, Italian opera composer (d. 1797)
• 1732 – Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French artist (d. 1806)
• 1752 – Sébastien Érard, French musical instruments maker (d. 1831)
• 1769 – Sir Thomas Hardy, 1st Baronet, British Royal Navy Vice-Admiral and First Lord of the Admiralty (d. 1839)
• 1784 – Louis Spohr, German composer and violinist (d. 1859)
• 1805 – Samuel Forde, Irish artist (d. 1828)
• 1816 – Samuel Freeman Miller, American Supreme Court Justice (d. 1890)
• 1827 – Joseph Lister, English surgeon and pioneer of antiseptic surgery (d. 1912)
• 1832 – Jules Ferry, French statesman (d. 1893)
• 1835 – Carl Theodor Schulz, Norwegian gardener (d. 1914)
• 1837 – Algernon Charles Swinburne, English poet (d. 1909)
• 1839 – Robert Smalls, United States Congressman (d. 1915)
• 1840 – Ghazaros Aghayan, Armenian writer, educator, folklorist, historian, and linguist (d. 1911)
• 1856 – Booker T. Washington, American educator (d. 1915)
• 1857 – Alexander of Battenberg (d. 1893)
• 1858 – W. Atlee Burpee, Canadian horticulturist (d. 1915)
• 1863 – Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine (d. 1950)
• 1869 – Sergei Chaplygin, Russian physicist and engineer (d. 1942)
• 1869 – Albert Roussel, French composer (d. 1937)
• 1871 – Mirko Seljan, Croatian explorer (d. 1912)
• 1872 – Samuel Cate Prescott, American scientist and microbiologist (d. 1962)
• 1875 – Mistinguett, French actress and singer (d. 1956)
• 1878 – Paul Weinstein, German athlete (d. 1964)
• 1883 – Walter Huston, Canadian-born American actor (d. 1950)
• 1884 – Ion Inculeţ, Romanian statesman, president of "Sfatul Ţării" (d. 1940)
• 1893 – Clas Thunberg, Finnish speed skater (d. 1973)
• 1899 – Alfred Blalock, American surgeon (d. 1964)
• 1900 – Spencer Tracy, American actor (d. 1967)
• 1901 – Melvyn Douglas, American actor (d. 1981)
• 1906 – Lord Buckley, American monologist (d. 1960)
• 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 movie producer (d. 1996)
• 1912 – John Le Mesurier, English actor (d. 1983)
• 1912 – István Örkény, Hungarian author (d. 1979)
• 1916 – Albert Henry Ottenweller, American bishop (d. 2012)
• 1916 – Gregory Peck, American actor (d. 2003)
• 1917 – Robert Bloch, American author (d. 1994)
• 1920 – Barend Biesheuvel, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 2001)
• 1920 – Arthur Hailey, Canadian author (d. 2004)
• 1920 – Rafique Zakaria, Indian author (d. 2005)
• 1921 – Robert Q. Lewis, American radio and television personality, game show host, and actor (d. 1991)
• 1922 – Tom Finney, English footballer
• 1922 – Harry Freedman, Canadian musician, composer and educator (d. 2005)
• 1922 – Christopher Hewett, English actor (d. 2001)
• 1922 – Gale Storm, American singer and actress (d. 2009)
• 1923 – Michael V. Gazzo, American actor (d. 1995)
• 1923 – Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, Vietnamese politician, President of South Vietnam (d. 2001)
• 1926 – Roger Corman, American director
• 1928 – Fernand Dansereau, Canadian director and producer
• 1928 – Tony Williams, American singer (The Platters) (d. 1992)
• 1929 – Hugo Claus, Belgian writer (d. 2008)
• 1929 – Ivar Giaever, Norwegian physicist, Nobel laureate
• 1929 – Nigel Hawthorne, English actor (d. 2001)
• 1929 – Joe Meek, English record producer (d. 1967)
• 1931 – Jack Clement, American singer, songwriter and record producer
• 1932 – Billy Bland, American singer and songwriter
• 1933 – Larry Felser, American columnist
• 1933 – Barbara Holland, American writer (d. 2010)
• 1933 – Frank Gorshin, American actor (d. 2005)
• 1934 – Roman Herzog, German politician
• 1934 – Stanley Turrentine, American jazz saxophonist (d. 2000)
• 1935 – Peter Grant, British music manager (d. 1995)
• 1936 – John Kelly, Irish republican politician (d. 2007)
• 1937 – Colin Powell, American general, 12th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and 65th United States Secretary of State
• 1937 – Allan R. Thieme, American inventor, founded Amigo Mobility International Inc
• 1938 – Colin Bland, South African cricketer
• 1939 – Ronald White, American singer and songwriter (The Miracles) (d. 1995)
• 1939 – Crispian St. Peters, English singer-songwriter (d. 2010)
• 1940 – Tommy Cash, American singer-songwriter
• 1940 – Gilles Proulx, Canadian historian, radio and television host
• 1941 – Michael Moriarty, American actor
• 1941 – Dave Swarbrick, English musician (Fairport Convention, Whippersnapper, and Swarb's Lazarus)
• 1942 – Allan Clarke, British singer (The Hollies)
• 1942 – Peter Greenaway, Welsh director
• 1943 – Max Gail, American actor
• 1943 – Jean-Louis Tauran, French cardinal
• 1944 – Peter T. King, American politician
• 1944 – Pedro Rossello, Puerto Rican politician
• 1945 – Tommy Smith, English footballer
• 1946 – Jane Asher, English actress
• 1946 – Björn Granath, Swedish actor
• 1947 – Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Filipino politician, 14th President of the Philippines
• 1948 – Les Binks, British musician (Judas Priest, Lionheart, Tytan, and Axis Point)
• 1948 – Dave Holland, English musician (Judas Priest, Pinkerton's Assorted Colours, Finders Keepers, and Trapeze)
• 1949 – John Berg, American actor (d. 2007)
• 1949 – Judith Resnik, American astronaut (d. 1986)
• 1950 – Agnetha Fältskog, Swedish singer (ABBA)
• 1950 – Miki Manojlović, Serbian actor
• 1951 – Dean Kamen, American inventor and entrepreneur, inventor of the Segway
• 1951 – Gloria Diaz, Filipina actress and model, Miss Universe 1969
• 1951 – Bernie Ward, American radio personality
• 1952 – Mitch Pileggi, American actor
• 1953 – Frank Gaffney, American columnist, political figure
• 1954 – Guy Bertrand, Canadian linguist and broadcaster
• 1954 – Stan Ridgway, American singer-songwriter and musician (Wall of Voodoo and Drywall)
• 1954 – Peter Case, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Nerves and The Plimsouls)
• 1955 – Janice Long, English broadcaster
• 1955 – Akira Toriyama, Japanese manga and game artist
• 1955 – Charlotte de Turckheim, French actress
• 1956 – Dwight Hicks, American football player and actor
• 1956 – Anthony Horowitz, English author
• 1956 – Diamond Dallas Page, American wrestler, fitness instructor, and actor
• 1958 – Johan Kriek, South African-American tennis player
• 1958 – Lasantha Wickrematunge, Sri Lankan journalist (d. 2009)
• 1960 – Asteris Koutoulas, Greek-German music producer, filmmaker and author
• 1960 – Greg Mathis, American judge and writer
• 1961 – Jim LeRoy, American pilot (d. 2007)
• 1961 – Lisa Zane, American actress
• 1962 – Charlie Adam, Sr., Scottish footballer (d. 2012)
• 1962 – Lana Clarkson, American actress (d. 2003)
• 1962 – Gord Donnelly, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1962 – Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, Kalmyk businessman and politician, First President of the Republic of Kalmykia
• 1964 – Steve Beaton, English darts player
• 1964 – Marius Lăcătuş, Romanian footballer
• 1964 – Princess Erika, French singer and actress
• 1964 – Christopher "Kid" Reid, American rapper and actor (Kid 'n Play)
• 1965 – Cris Carpenter, American baseball player
• 1965 – Aykut Kocaman, Turkish footballer and manager
• 1966 – Mike McCready, American musician (Pearl Jam, Temple of the Dog, Mad Season, and The Rockfords)
• 1967 – Gary Gait, Canadian lacrosse player
• 1967 – Anu Garg, Indian-American author
• 1967 – Troy Gentry, American singer and musician (Montgomery Gentry)
• 1968 – Gianna Amore, American model and actress
• 1968 – Paula Cole, American singer-songwriter
• 1969 – Ryan Birch, English martial artist (d. 2013)
• 1970 – Thea Gill, Canadian actress
• 1970 – Krishnan Guru-Murthy, British journalist
• 1970 – Miho Hatori, Japanese singer-songwriter (Cibo Matto, Smokey & Miho, and Butter 08)
• 1971 – Dong Abay, Filipino singer-songwriter (Yano)
• 1972 – Krista Allen, American actress
• 1972 – Tom Coronel, Dutch race car driver
• 1972 – Pat Green, American singer-songwriter
• 1972 – Paul Okon, Australian footballer
• 1972 – Waylon Payne, American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor
• 1972 – Yasuhiro Takemoto, Japanese animator and director
• 1973 – Pharrell, American rapper and producer (N.E.R.D, The Neptunes, and All City Chess Club)
• 1973 – Tony Banks, American football player
• 1973 – Élodie Bouchez, French actress
• 1973 – Cho Sung-min, South Korean baseball player (d. 2013)
• 1974 – Sahaj, American musician and producer (Ra)
• 1974 – Uhm Tae Woong, South Korean actor
• 1975 – John Hartson, Welsh footballer
• 1975 – Juicy J, American rapper and record producer (Three 6 Mafia)
• 1975 – Shammond Williams, American basketball player
• 1976 – Kim Collins, Nevisian sprinter
• 1976 – Ryan Drese, American baseball player
• 1976 – Ross Gload, American baseball player
• 1976 – Simone Inzaghi, Italian footballer
• 1976 – Fernando Morientes, Spanish footballer
• 1977 – Chad Rogers, American realtor
• 1978 – Franziska van Almsick, German swimmer
• 1978 – Stephen Jackson, American basketball player
• 1979 – Timo Hildebrand, German footballer
• 1979 – Mitsuo Ogasawara, Japanese football player
• 1979 – Benji Radach, American mixed martial artist
• 1979 – Dante Wesley, American football player and agent
• 1980 – Erik Audé, American actor, stuntman, and poker player
• 1980 – Matt Bonner, American basketball player
• 1980 – David Chocarro, Argentine model, actor, and baseball player
• 1980 – Mary Katharine Ham, American journalist
• 1980 – Joris Mathijsen, Dutch footballer
• 1980 – Lee Jae Won, South Korean actor and singer (H.O.T and JTL)
• 1981 – Jorge de la Rosa, Mexican baseball player
• 1981 – Stefan Ludik, Namibian cricketer, actor, and singer
• 1981 – Michael A. Monsoor, American soldier (d. 2006)
• 1981 – Tom Riley, English actor
• 1982 – Hayley Atwell, English actress
• 1982 – Lacey Duvalle, American porn actress
• 1982 – Thomas Hitzlsperger, German footballer
• 1982 – Kelly Pavlik, American boxer
• 1982 – Matt Pickens, American footballer
• 1982 – Alexandre Prémat, French race car driver
• 1983 – Jorge Andrés Martínez, Uruguayan footballer
• 1984 – Marshall Allman, American actor
• 1984 – David Dillehunt, American director, producer, and composer
• 1984 – Maartje Goderie, Dutch field hockey player
• 1984 – Shin Min-a, South Korean model and actress
• 1984 – Ashlie Walker, British actress
• 1984 – Kisho Yano, Japanese footballer
• 1985 – Daniel Congré, French footballer
• 1985 – Kim Ji-hoo, South Korean model and actor (d. 2008)
• 1985 – Lastings Milledge, American baseball player
• 1986 – Anna Sophia Berglund, American model
• 1986 – Ashley Fliehr, American professional wrestler and valet
• 1986 – Jenny Hendrix, American porn actress and model
• 1987 – Max Grün, German footballer
• 1988 – Christopher Papamichalopoulos, Greek-Cypriot skier
• 1988 – Alex Valentini, Italian footballer
• 1990 – Haruma Miura, Japanese actor
• 1990 – Sophia Papamichalopoulou, Greek-Cypriot skier
• 1990 – Cameron Quiseng, American bassist

Deaths

• 517 – Timothy I, Patriarch of Constantinople
• 582 – Eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople (b. c. 512)
• 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 (b. c. 1513)
• 1617 – Alonso Lobo, Spanish composer (b. 1555)
• 1673 – François Caron, French explorer (b. 1600)
• 1676 – John Winthrop, the Younger, American politician (b. 1606)
• 1693 – Anne, Duchess of Montpensier, French writer (b. 1627)
• 1695 – George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax, English writer (b. 1633)
• 1697 – 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 (b. 1662)
• 1765 – Edward Young, English poet (b. 1683)
• 1794 – Georges Danton, French Revolutionary leader (b. 1759)
• 1794 – Camille Desmoulins, French journalist and politician (b. 1760)
• 1834 – Richard Goodwin Keats, English Royal Navy admiral (b. 1757)
• 1864 – Alaric Alexander Watts, English poet and journalist (b. 1797)
• 1900 – Joseph Louis François Bertrand, French mathematician (b. 1822)
• 1923 – George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, English financier (b. 1866)
• 1928 – Roy Kilner, English cricketer (b. 1890)
• 1932 – Phar Lap, New Zealand Racehorse (b. 1926)
• 1936 – Chandler Egan, American golfer (b. 1884)
• 1941 – Sir Nigel Gresley, English engineer (b. 1876)
• 1943 – Aleš Hrdlička, Czech anthropologist (b. 1869)
• 1945 – Karl Otto Koch, German SS-officer (b. 1897)
• 1945 – Huldreich Georg Früh, Swiss composer (b. 1903)
• 1946 – Vincent Youmans, American composer and producer (b. 1898)
• 1952 – Charles Collett, English engineer (b. 1871)
• 1964 – Douglas MacArthur, American general (b. 1880)
• 1967 – Hermann Joseph Muller, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (b. 1890)
• 1967 – Mischa Elman, Ukrainian violinist (b. 1891)
• 1969 – Ain-Ervin Mere, Estonian military officer (b. 1903)
• 1969 – Shelby Storck, American newscaster, actor, producer, and director (b. 1917)
• 1970 – Alfred Henry Sturtevant, American geneticist (b. 1891)
• 1972 – Brian Donlevy, American actor (b. 1901)
• 1972 – Isabel Jewell, American actress (b. 1907)
• 1973 – John Coleman, Australian footballer (b. 1928)
• 1974 – A. Y. Jackson, Canadian painter (b. 1882)
• 1975 – Chiang Kai-shek, Chinese political and military leader, first President of the Republic of China (b. 1887)
• 1976 – Howard Hughes, American aviator (b. 1905)
• 1976 – Wilder Penfield, Canadian surgeon (b. 1891)
• 1979 – Eugène Gabritschevsky, Russian biologist and artist (b. 1893)
• 1981 – Bob Hite, American singer (Canned Heat) (b. 1945)
• 1982 – Abe Fortas, American Supreme Court Justice (b. 1910)
• 1983 – Danny Rapp, American musician (Danny & the Juniors) (b. 1941)
• 1987 – Jan Lindblad, Swedish naturalist, writer, photographer (b. 1932)
• 1989 – María Cristina Gómez, Salvadoran Teacher (b. 1938)
• 1991 – John Tower, American politician (b. 1925)
• 1991 – Sonny Carter, American astronaut (b. 1947)
• 1992 – Sam Walton, American businessman and entrepreneur, founder of Walmart and Sam's Club (b. 1918)
• 1993 – Divya Bharti, Indian Bollywood actress (b. 1974)
• 1994 – Kurt Cobain, musician (Nirvana) (b. 1967)
• 1995 – Françoise Loranger, Canadian playwright and radio producer (b. 1913)
• 1997 – Allen Ginsberg, American poet (b. 1926)
• 1998 – Cozy Powell, English musician (b. 1947)
• 1999 – Paul David, French-Canadian cardiologist (b. 1919)
• 2000 – Lee Petty, American race car driver (b. 1914)
• 2001 – Brother Theodore, German comedian (b. 1906)
• 2002 – Layne Staley, American musician (Alice in Chains, Class of '99, Mad Season, and Alice N' Chains) (b. 1967)
• 2004 – Heiner Zieschang, German mathematician (b. 1936)
• 2004 – Sławomir Rawicz, Polish soldier (b. 1915)
• 2005 – Saul Bellow, Canadian writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1915)
• 2005 – Dale Messick, American comic artist (b. 1906)
• 2005 – Debralee Scott, American actress (b. 1953)
• 2005 – John Sichel, English director (b. 1937)
• 2006 – Gene Pitney, American singer (b. 1941)
• 2007 – Mark St. John, American musician (Kiss and White Tiger) (b. 1956)
• 2007 – Darryl Stingley, American football player (b. 1951)
• 2007 – Maria Gripe, Swedish writer (b. 1923)
• 2007 – Leela Majumdar, Bengali writer (b. 1908)
• 2007 – Poornachandra Tejaswi, Kannada writer (b. 1938)
• 2008 – Charlton Heston, American actor (b. 1923)
• 2009 – Constantine Papadakis, Greek-American businessman and president of Drexel University (b. 1946)
• 2012 – Jim Marshall, English businessman, founder of Marshall Amplification (b. 1923)
• 2012 – Barney McKenna, Irish musician (The Dubliners) (b. 1939)
• 2012 – Bingu wa Mutharika, Malawian politician (b. 1934)

Holidays and observances

• Christian Feast Day:
  • Albert of Montecorvino
  • Ethelburga of Lyminge
  • Derfel Gadarn
  • Gerald of Sauve-Majeure
  • Juliana of Liège
  • Maria Crescentia Höss
  • Ruadán of Lorrha
  • Vincent Ferrer
  • April 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Cold Food Festival, held on April 4 if it is a Leap Year (China); and its related observances:
  • Hansik and Arbor Day (South Korea)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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