April 5 in History
April 5 is the birthday of Tetairoa McMillan (2003) and the anniversary of the death of C. J. Snare (2024). Below are famous birthdays, deaths, events for April 5, plus editor's picks and genealogy records.
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Isabella of Hainault was born in 1170, while Timothy I of Constantinople, Byzantine patriarch died in 517.
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Famous people born on April 5
Famous people who died on April 5
2022
Jimmy Wang Yu (Wikipedia, opens in a new tab)
Taiwanese actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (1943–2022)
2019
Sydney Brenner (Wikipedia, opens in a new tab)
South African biologist and Nobel prize winner (1927–2019)
2017
Paul O'Neill (producer) (Wikipedia, opens in a new tab)
American composer, musician, and record producer (1956–2017)
2012
Ferdinand Alexander Porsche (Wikipedia, opens in a new tab)
German-Austrian industrial designer (1935–2012)
2012
Pedro Bartolomé Benoit (Wikipedia, opens in a new tab)
Dominican Republic politician and military officer
2012
Jim Marshall (businessman) (Wikipedia, opens in a new tab)
English businessman and pioneer of guitar amplification (1923–2012)
What happened on April 5
- 2018
Agents with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid a slaughterhouse in Tennessee, detaining nearly 100 undocumented Hispanic workers in one of the largest workplace raids in the history of the United States.
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Up to 50 people are killed and another 100 injured in two militant suicide bombings and attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan: the first on an Awami National Party rally in Timergara; the second on the U.S. Consulate in Peshawar.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 2010
Twenty-nine coal miners are killed in an explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 2010
Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-131 to resupply the International Space Station.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 2009
North Korea launches its controversial Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 satellite. 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.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 2007
The cruise ship Sea Diamond strikes a volcanic reef near Nea Kameni and sinks the next day. Two passengers were never recovered and are presumed dead.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 1999
Two Libyans suspected of bringing down Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988 are handed over for eventual trial in the Netherlands.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 1998
In Japan, the Akashi Kaikyō Bridge opens to traffic, becoming the longest bridge span in the world.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 1992
Alberto Fujimori, president of Peru, dissolves the Peruvian congress by military force.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 1992
Peace protesters Suada Dilberovic and Olga Sučić are killed on the Vrbanja Bridge in Sarajevo, becoming the first casualties of the Bosnian War.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 1991
An ASA EMB 120 crashes in Brunswick, Georgia, killing all 23 aboard, including Sen. John Tower and astronaut Sonny Carter.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 1991
The Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-37 to deploy the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 1983
The People's Armed Police is officially founded.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 1977
The US Supreme Court rules that congressional legislation that diminished the size of the Sioux people's reservation thereby destroyed the tribe's jurisdictional authority over the area in Rosebud Sioux Tribe v. Kneip.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 1976
In China, the April Fifth Movement leads to the Tiananmen Incident.
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Editor's picks
Born on April 5
- 1170 — Isabella of Hainault (died 1190)
- 1219 — Wonjong of Goryeo, 24th ruler of Goryeo (died 1274)
- 1279 — Al-Nuwayri, Egyptian Muslim historian (died 1333)
Died on April 5
- 517 — Timothy I of Constantinople, Byzantine patriarch
- 582 — Eutychius of Constantinople, Byzantine patriarch
- 584 — Ruadán of Lorrha, Irish abbot
Source: Wikipedia historical listings for April 5
Quick answers
Who was born on April 5? Tetairoa McMillan (2003), John Beecher (ice hockey) (2001), Bobby Miller (baseball) (1999).
Who died on April 5? C. J. Snare (2024), Nehemiah Persoff (2022), Jimmy Wang Yu (2022).
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