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| About April 5th is the 95th day of the year (96th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 270 days remaining until the end of the calendar year. Births 1856 - Booker T. Washington, political leader, author 1900 - Spencer Tracy, actor (The Old Man and the Sea, The Last Hurrah) 1916 - Gregory Peck, actor (To Kill a Mockingbird) 1917 - Robert Bloch, writer (Psycho) 1922 - Christopher Hewett, actor (Mr. Belvedere) 1933 - Frank Gorshin, actor (Batman) 1937 - Colin Powell, former U.S. Secretary of State 1956 - Diamond Dallas Page, professional wrestler 1971 - Krista Allen, actress (Days of our Lives) Deaths 1964 - Douglas MacArthur, General of the U.S. Army 1994 - Kurt Cobain, sing, songwriter, musician 2008 - Charlton Heston, actor, activist (The Ten Commandments) Events 1614 - Native American Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe in Virginia. 1621 - The Mayflower sets sail from Plymouth, Massachusetts to return to Great Britain. 1792 - The first presidential veto is issued by President George Washington, rejecting a bill to apportion representatives among the states. 1936 - Tornadoes strike Tupelo, Mississippi and Gainesville, Georgia leaving 436 people dead. 1955 - Winston Churchill resigns as prime minister of Britain due to his failing health. 1984 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar breaks Wilt Chamberlain's record for most career points in the National Basketball Association. 1987 - Married....With Children debuts on FOX television. 1992 - A pro-choice rally occurs in Washington D.C. as several hundred thousand people demonstrate in the nation's capital in support of Roe v. Wade. 1999 - Russell Henderson pleads guilty to the kidnapping and murder of Matthew Shepard. |
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