April 5th in History
April 5th in History
- 0: Noah's ark grounded, Mt Ararat (acording to scholars' estimate)
- 1895: Writer Oscar Wylde is arrested for "Gross Behavior"
- 1951: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg sentenced to death for allegedly giving American atomic secrets to the USSR
- 1955: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill resigns
- 1981: The Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev goes to Czechoslovakia to discuss Polish crisis
- 1982: A British Naval Task Force leaves for the Falkland Islands, which have been invaded by Argentina
April 5th birthdays
- 1588: Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher
- 1649: Elihu Yale, Founder of American Yale University
- 1900: Spencer Tracy, American actor
- 1908: Bette Davis, American actress
- 1916: Gregory Peck, American actor
- 1920: Arthur Halley, British author
