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 95^th 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, 484,392 hours 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.

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.

April 5 Historical Events

• 1879 –
  Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific.
• 1923 –
  Firestone Tire and Rubber Company begins production of balloon-tires.
• 1932 –
  Dominion of Newfoundland: 10,000 rioters seize the Colonial Building leading to the end of self-government.
• 1951 –
  Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are sentenced to death for performing espionage for the Soviet Union.
• 1955 –
  Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom amid indications of failing health.
• 1971 –
  In Sri Lanka, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna launches insurrection against the United Front government of Sirimavo Bandaranaike.
• 1976 –
  In the People’s Republic of China, the April Fifth Movement leads to the Tiananmen incident.
• 1992 –
  The Siege of Sarajevo begins when Serb paramilitaries murder peace protesters Suada Dilberovic and Olga Sučić on the Vrbanja Bridge.
• 1998 –
  In Japan, the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge linking Shikoku with Honshū and costing about $3.8 billion USD, opens to traffic, becoming the largest suspension bridge in the world.
• 1999 –
  Two Libyans suspected of bringing down Pan Am flight 103 in 1988 are handed over for eventual trial in the Netherlands.

Who were born on April 5?

• 1472 –
  Bianca Maria Sforza, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1510)
• 1588 –
  Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher (d. 1679)
• 1769 –
  Sir Thomas Hardy, 1st Baronet Royal Navy Vice-Admiral and First Lord of the Admiralty (d. 1839)
• 1837 –
  Algernon Charles Swinburne, English poet (d. 1909)
• 1920 –
  Barend Biesheuvel, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1971 until 1973 (d. 2001)
• 1926 –
  Roger Corman, American film director
• 1928 –
  Tony Williams, American singer (The Platters) (d. 1992)
• 1946 –
  Björn Granath, Swedish actor
• 1964 –
  Princess Erika, French singer
• 1972 –
  Paul Okon, Australian footballer

Who died on April 5?

• 1834 –
  Richard Goodwin Keats, Royal Navy admiral (b. 1757)
• 1900 –
  Joseph Louis François Bertrand, French mathematician (b. 1822)
• 1976 –
  Wilder Penfield, Canadian surgeon (b. 1891)
• 1979 –
  Eugène Gabritschevsky, Russian biologist and artist (b. 1893)
• 1982 –
  Abe Fortas, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1910)
• 1992 –
  Sam Walton, American retailer (b. 1918)
• 1993 –
  Divya Bharti, Indian Bollywood actress (b. 1974)
• 1997 –
  Allen Ginsberg, American poet (b. 1926)
• 2007 –
  Leela Majumdar, Bengali writer (b. 1908)
• 2009 –
  Constantine Papadakis, Greek-American businessman (b. 1946)