About April 5
April 5, 2024 is the 96th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 270 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
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Aries is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Diamond is the modern birthstone for this month. Opal is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 299 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On April 5
- 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.
- 1722 –The Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen discovers Easter Island.
- 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.
- 1923 –Firestone Tire and Rubber Company begins production of balloon-tires.
- 1932 –Alcohol prohibition in Finland ends. Alcohol sales begin in Alko liquor stores.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1969 –Vietnam War: Massive antiwar demonstrations occur in many U.S. cities.
- 1986 –Three people are killed in the bombing of the La Belle Discothèque in West Berlin, Germany.
- 2007 –Georgia establishes a Provisional Administrative Entity in the disputed region of South Ossetia.
- 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.
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