About April 5

April 5, 2025 is the 95th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 270 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.

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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 318 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On April 5

  • 1609 –
    Daimyo (Lord) of the Satsuma Domain in southern Kyūshū, Japan, completes his successful invasion of the Ryūkyū Kingdom in Okinawa.
  • 1722 –
    The Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen discovers Easter Island.
  • 1792 –
    U.S. President George Washington exercises his authority to veto a bill, the first time this power is used in the United States.
  • 1862 –
    American Civil War: The Battle of Yorktown begins.
  • 1874 –
    Birkenhead Park, the first civic public park, is opened in Birkenhead.
  • 1904 –
    The first international rugby league match is played between England and an Other Nationalities team (Welsh & Scottish players) in Central Park, Wigan, England.
  • 1922 –
    The American Birth Control League, forerunner of Planned Parenthood, is incorporated.
  • 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.
  • 1942 –
    World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy launches a carrier-based air attack on Colombo, Ceylon during the Indian Ocean Raid. Port and civilian facilities are damaged and the Royal Navy cruisers HMS Cornwall and HMS Dorsetshire are sunk southwest of the island.
  • 1944 –
    World War II: 270 inhabitants of the Greek town of Kleisoura are executed by the Germans.
  • 1946 –
    Soviet troops leave the island of Bornholm, Denmark after an 11 month occupation.
  • 1955 –
    Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom amid indications of failing health.
  • 1956 –
    Fidel Castro declares himself at war with the President of Cuba.
  • 1956 –
    In Sri Lanka, the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna win the general elections in a landslide and S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike is sworn in as the Prime Minister.
  • 1957 –
    In India, Communists win the first elections in united Kerala and E.M.S. Namboodiripad is sworn in as the first chief minister.
  • 1958 –
    Ripple Rock, an underwater threat to navigation in the Seymour Narrows in Canada is destroyed in one of the largest non-nuclear controlled explosions of the time.
  • 1976 –
    In the People’s Republic of China, the April Fifth Movement leads to the Tiananmen incident.
  • 1991 –
    An ASA EMB 120 crashes in Brunswick, Georgia, killing all 23 aboard.

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