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.
- 1609 –Daimyo (Lord) of the Satsuma Domain in southern Kyūshū, Japan, completes his successful invasion of the Ryūkyū Kingdom in Okinawa.
- 1614 –In Virginia, Native American Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe.
- 1621 –The Mayflower sets sail from Plymouth, Massachusetts on a return trip to Great Britain.
- 1722 –The Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen discovers Easter Island.
- 1862 –American Civil War: The Battle of Yorktown begins.
- 1879 –Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1943 –World War II: American bomber aircraft accidentally cause more than 900 civilian deaths, including 209 children, and 1300 wounded among the civilian population of the Belgian town of Mortsel. The target is the Erla factory one kilometer from the residential area hit.
- 1944 –World War II: 270 inhabitants of the Greek town of Kleisoura are executed by the Germans.
- 1949 –Fireside Theater debuts on television.
- 1955 –Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom amid indications of failing health.
- 1957 –In India, Communists win the first elections in united Kerala and E.M.S. Namboodiripad is sworn in as the first chief minister.
- 1969 –Vietnam War: Massive antiwar demonstrations occur in many U.S. cities.
- 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.
- 1992 –Alberto Fujimori, president of Peru, dissolves the Peruvian congress by military force.
- 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.
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