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April 5, 1997 Galileo, 3rd Ganymede Flyby (Orbit 7) April 5, 1996 John Bobbitt is put under house arrest in Las Vegas for 120 days April 5, 1994 "Jackie Mason Politically Incorrect" opens at Golden New York City for 347 performances April 5, 1994 Miami Heat beat New York Knicks ending 15 game NBA winning streak April 5, 1993 55th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: North Carolina beats Michigan 77-71 April 5, 1993 73,293 see Yankees beat Indians 9-1 April 5, 1993 Colorado Rockies 1st game - lose to New York Mets 3-0 April 5, 1993 Construction begins on Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame April 5, 1993 Florida Marlins 1st game - beat Los Angeles Dodgers 6-3 April 5, 1993 Republican Guard kills 64 in Chad April 5, 1992 "Search and Destroy" closes at Circle in Sq Theater New York City after 46 performances April 5, 1992 11th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Stanford beats Western Kentucky 78-62 April 5, 1992 4th Seniors Golf Tradition: Lee Trevino April 5, 1992 Comedian Sam Kenison marries live-in girlfriend Maleeka April 5, 1992 Dana Lofland wins Las Vegas LPGA Golf International April 5, 1992 Game 2 of Mayor Challenge - New York Yankees sweep New York Mets 6-5 at Shea April 5, 1992 Peru's President Alberto Fujimori suspend constitution and dissolved Congress April 5, 1992 Thailand General Suchinda Kraprayoon installed as president April 5, 1992 Wrestlemania VIII, 62,167 at Hoosier Dome, Hulk Hogan DQs Sid Justice April 5, 1991 Joe Dumaars (Detroit) ends NBA free throw streak of 62 games April 5, 1991 Kitty Kelly publishes a book knocking Nancy Reagan April 5, 1991 Southeast Airlines Embracer 120 crashes in Georgia, killing 23 April 5, 1991 Space Shuttle STS 37 (Atlantis 8) launched April 5, 1991 U.S. begins air drops to Kurd refugees in Northern Iraq April 5, 1990 John Stockton reaches 1000-assist mark for NBA record 3 years in a row April 5, 1990 New York Rangers beat New York Islanders 2-1 in 1st game of preliminary April 5, 1990 Paul Newman wins a court victory over Julius Gold, to keep giving all profits from Newman foods to charity April 5, 1989 David Letterman becomes 1st network TV series to use dolby stereo April 5, 1989 Orel Hershiser ends his 59 consecutive scoreless pitched inning streak April 5, 1989 Solidarity grants legal status in Poland April 5, 1988 Democratic convention picks Michael Dukakis as their President candidate April 5, 1987 16th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Betsy King April 5, 1987 Fox TV network premieres showing Married With Children April 5, 1987 Wayne Gretzky wins 7th straight NHL scoring title April 5, 1986 Record for a throw-and-return boomerang toss is set (121m) April 5, 1986 U.S. soldier and Turkish woman killed in West Berlin disco bombing April 5, 1984 "Human Comedy" opens at Royale Theater New York City for 13 performances April 5, 1984 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar breaks Wilt Chamberlain's all-time career scoring record of 31,419 points (31,421) April 5, 1983 France throws out 47 Soviet diplomats April 5, 1983 New York Met Tom Seaver's sets record 14th NL Opening Day assignment April 5, 1982 British fleet sails to Falkland Islands April 5, 1982 Cards' Jim Kaat, pitches in record 24th consecutive season April 5, 1982 Lord Carrington, British foreign sect resigns due to Falkland Is war April 5, 1981 10th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Nancy Lopez April 5, 1981 Philadelphia Flyers amass a record 2,621 penalty minutes April 5, 1979 Baltimore manager Earl Weaver wins his 1,000th game as a skipper April 5, 1979 Ex-premier Pol Jar flees out of Cambodia April 5, 1977 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site April 5, 1976 Harold Wilson resigns as James Callaghan becomes PM of England April 5, 1976 Tom Stoppard's "Dirty Linen," premieres in London April 5, 1975 "Letter for Queen Victoria" closes at ANTA Theater New York City after 18 performances April 5, 1975 Soyuz 18A launch aborted short of orbit; cosmonauts return safely April 5, 1974 Last day of Test cricket for Garry Sobers and Rohan Kanhai April 5, 1974 Then tallest building, World Trade Center opens in New York City (110 stories) April 5, 1973 NFL adopts jersey numbering system (ie QBs, 1-19) April 5, 1973 Pioneer 11 launched to Jupiter April 5, 1972 Baseball season is delayed due to a strike April 5, 1972 Mets trade Ken Singleton to Expos for Rusty Staub April 5, 1971 Fran Phipps is 1st woman to reach North Pole April 5, 1971 Mount Etna erupts in Sicily Italy April 5, 1971 U.S. Lt Wiliam Calley (My Lai Massacre) sentenced to life April 5, 1971 WNJT TV channel 52 in Trenton, New Jersey (PBS) begins broadcasting April 5, 1970 WSNS TV channel 44 in Chicago, Illinois (IND) begins broadcasting April 5, 1968 Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego opens April 5, 1968 U.S. marine base Khe San Vietnam, appalled April 5, 1967 76er Wilt Chamberlain sets NBA record of 41 rebounds April 5, 1967 ATS II launched but fails to reach orbit April 5, 1966 WTVX TV channel 34 in Ft. Pierce-Vero Beach, Florida (IND) 1st broadcast April 5, 1965 37th Academy Awards - "My Fair Lady," Rex Harrison and J Andrews win April 5, 1965 Lava Lamp Day celebrated April 5, 1965 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site April 5, 1964 1st driverless trains run on London Underground April 5, 1964 Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA St. Petersburg Women's Golf Open April 5, 1963 Beatles receive their 1st silver disc (Please Please Me) April 5, 1963 Susuga Malietoa Tanumafili II becomes chief of Western Samoa April 5, 1962 Herb Gardner's "Thousand Clowns," premieres in New York City April 5, 1962 Mgr J Daems appointed bishop of Antwerp April 5, 1962 NASA civilian pilot Neil A Armstrong takes X-15 to 54,600 m April 5, 1962 St. Bernard Tunnel finished, Swiss and Italian workers shake hands April 5, 1961 Barbra Streisand appears on "Jack Paar Show" April 5, 1961 Dutch governor Platteel installs New Guinea Council April 5, 1959 23rd Golf Masters Championship: Art Wall, Jr. wins, shooting a 284 April 5, 1955 Winston Churchill resigns as British PM, Anthony Eden succeeds him April 5, 1954 Elvis Presley records his debut single, "That's All Right" April 5, 1953 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open April 5, 1953 WEYI TV channel 25 in Saginaw, MI (CBS) begins broadcasting April 5, 1952 Henry Wittenberg wins his 8th AAU wrestling title April 5, 1951 Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, atomic spies, sentenced to death April 5, 1950 Prague espionage trial against bishops and priests begins April 5, 1948 WGN TV channel 9 in Chicago, Illinois (IND) begins broadcasting April 5, 1946 1st performance of Charles Ives' 3rd Symphony April 5, 1945 Almelo Netherlands freed April 5, 1945 Kuniaki Koiso resigns as PM of Japan; replaced by Kantaro Suzuki April 5, 1944 140 Lancasters bomb airplane manufacturer in Toulouse April 5, 1943 Allies bomb Mortsel April 5, 1943 Japanese troops conquer Indin April 5, 1943 Poon Lim found after being adrift 133 days April 5, 1941 In San Francisco, Castro and Fillmore streetcars replaced by buses April 5, 1939 Membership in Hitler Youth becomes obligatory April 5, 1938 Anti-Jewish riots break out in Dabrowa Poland April 5, 1936 Tupelo Mississippi virtually annihilated by a tornado, 216 die April 5, 1935 Croatian Farmers Party wins Yugoslavian election April 5, 1932 Dutch textile strike broken by trade unions April 5, 1930 England out for 849 vs. WI Kingston, Sandham out for 325 April 5, 1929 Lithuania signs Litvinov-pact April 5, 1927 Johnny Weissmuller set records in 100 and 200 m free style April 5, 1925 Belgian Workers Party wins parliamentary election April 5, 1925 Yankees whip Dodgers in exhibition 16-9 but Babe Ruth collapses in North Carolina due to an ulcer April 5, 1923 Firestone puts their inflatable tires into production April 5, 1922 KOB-AM in Albuquerque, New Mexico begins radio transmissions April 5, 1922 WDZ-AM in Decatur, Illinois begins radio transmissions April 5, 1919 Eamon de Valera becomes president of Dail Eireann April 5, 1919 Heavyweight Jess Willard KOs Jack Johnson in Havana April 5, 1919 Polish Army executes 35 young Jews April 5, 1916 French troops occupy Bois de Caillette April 5, 1915 French begin Woevre-offensive April 5, 1915 Jess Willard KOs Jack Johnson in 26 for heavyweight boxing title April 5, 1911 MCC tour match vs. Jamaica finishes in a tie April 5, 1911 Waldorf W Aster acquires Daily Observer April 5, 1908 British premier Henry Campbell-Bannerman resigns April 5, 1906 St. Pius X encyclical "On the Mariavites or Mystic Priests of Poland" April 5, 1905 James Barrie's "Alice-sit-by-the-fire," premieres in London April 5, 1902 Maurice Ravel's "Pavane pour une infante defunte," premieres in Paris April 5, 1902 Soccer match riot between Scotland and England kills 25 April 5, 1900 Attempted assassination of Prince of Wales in Brussels, fails April 5, 1896 1st modern Olympic Games officially opens in Athens April 5, 1895 Start of Sherlock Holmes' "Adventure of 3 Students" April 5, 1895 Oscar Wilde loses libel case against Marquess of Queensberry, who accused him of homosexual practices April 5, 1894 11 strikers killed in riot at Connellsville, Penn April 5, 1894 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Empty House" April 5, 1893 Cleveland passes Park Act (forerunner of Metroparks) April 5, 1889 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Copper Beeches" April 5, 1887 Anne Sullivan teaches "water" to Helen Keller April 5, 1881 Transvaal regains independence under British suzerainty April 5, 1874 "Die Fledermaus" 1st performed, in Vienna April 5, 1874 Johann Strauss Sr's opera "Die Fledermaus," premieres in Vienna April 5, 1865 Battle at Amelia Springs/Jetersville Virginia (Appomattox Campaign) April 5, 1862 Siege of Yorktown, Virginia April 5, 1861 Federals abandon Ft. Quitman, Texas April 5, 1815 Eruption of Tambora volcano (Sumbawa Java) April 5, 1814 Netherlands Bank issues it's 1st banknotes April 5, 1812 Brits storm Badajoz fortress, held by French and Spanish April 5, 1806 Isaac Quintard patents apple cider April 5, 1803 1st performance of Beethoven's 2nd Symphony in D April 5, 1792 George Washington casts 1st presidential veto April 5, 1768 1st U.S. Chamber of Commerce forms (New York City) April 5, 1762 British take Grenada, West Indies, from French April 5, 1753 British Museum forms and opens in 1759 April 5, 1751 Adolf Frederik of Holstein-Gottorp crowns himself king of Sweden April 5, 1739 French emperor Karel VI sign secret treaty April 5, 1722 Jacob Roggeveen discovers Easter Island April 5, 1648 Spanish troops/feudal barons strike down people's uprising in Naples April 5, 1621 Mayflower sails from Plymouth on a return trip to England April 5, 1614 2nd parliament of King James I begin session (no enactments) April 5, 1614 Indian princess Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe April 5, 1603 New English king James I departs Edinburgh for London April 5, 1585 Clemens Crabbeels becomes bishop of Hertogenbosch April 5, 1566 200 Brussel nobles offer Margaretha of Parma a petition April 5, 1242 Alexander Nevsky of Novgorod defeats Teutonic Knights April 5, 1242 Battle on the More of Pskov Estonia April 5, 1058 Bishop John "Minchio," [domkop] elected as Pope Benedictus X April 5, 823 Pope Peschalis I crowns Lotharius I, co-emperor of France |