April 5th in History

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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