What are the important events that happened on April 5? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
April 5: Facts & Myths About This Day
April 5 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.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 23, 2025 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,743,811,200 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘enneacontapentagon’ day.
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Aries is the zodiac 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.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,488 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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April 5 Historical Events
- 1242 –During a battle on the ice of Lake Peipus, Russian forces, led by Alexander Nevsky, rebuff an invasion attempt by the Teutonic Knights.
- 1722 –The Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen discovers Easter Island.
- 1862 –American Civil War: The Battle of Yorktown begins.
- 1874 –Birkenhead Park, the first civic public park, is opened in Birkenhead.
- 1923 –Firestone Tire and Rubber Company begins production of balloon-tires.
- 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.
- 1945 –Cold War: Yugoslav leader Josip “Tito” Broz signs an agreement with the Soviet Union to allow “temporary entry of Soviet troops into Yugoslav territory”.
- 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.
- 2010 –Twenty-nine coal miners are killed in an explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia.
Who were born on April 5?
- 1769 –Sir Thomas Hardy, 1st Baronet Royal Navy Vice-Admiral and First Lord of the Admiralty (d. 1839)
- 1922 –Christopher Hewett, British actor (d. 2001)
- 1923 –Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, President of South Vietnam (d. 2001)
- 1933 –Frank Gorshin, American actor (d. 2005)
- 1949 –John Berg, American actor (d. 2007)
- 1950 –Agnetha Fältskog, Swedish singer (ABBA)
- 1954 –Peter Case, American musician (The Nerves)
- 1956 –Anthony Horowitz, English Author
- 1973 –Pharrell, American music producer (The Neptunes)
- 1979 –Timo Hildebrand, German footballer
Who died on April 5?
- 1676 –John Winthrop, the Younger, American politician (b. 1606)
- 1695 –George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax, English writer (b. 1633)
- 1697 –King Charles XI of Sweden (b. 1655)
- 1794 –Georges Danton, French Revolutionary leader (b. 1759)
- 1981 –Bob Hite, American singer (Canned Heat) (b. 1945)
- 1991 –John Tower, American politician (b. 1925)
- 1998 –Cozy Powell, British musician (b. 1947)
- 1999 –Paul David, French-Canadian cardiologist (b. 1919)
- 2005 –Debralee Scott, American actress (b. 1953)
- 2007 –Darryl Stingley, American football player (b. 1951)
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