History for April 5 - On-This-Day.com:
Thomas Hobbes 1588, Elihu Yale(slave trader, university founder) 1649, Joseph Lister 1827 - British surgeon, inventor (Listerine mouthwash)
Booker T. Washington 1856 - Educator, author (Up From Slavery), Bette (Ruth Elizabeth) Davis 1908 - Actress ("Dangerous", "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?"), Gregory Peck 1916 - Actor ("To Kill a Mockingbird [1962]", "The Guns of Navarone", "Captain Horatio Hornblower")
1614 - American Indian Pocahontas married English colonist John Rolfe in Virginia.
1792 - U.S. President George Washington cast the first presidential veto. The measure was for apportioning representatives among the states.
1887 - Anne Sullivan taught Helen Keller the meaning of the word "water" as spelled out in the manual alphabet.
1923 - Firestone Tire and Rubber Company began the first regular production of balloon tires.
1951 - Americans Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death for committing espionage for the Soviet Union.
1955 - Winston Churchill resigned as British prime minister.
1985 - John McEnroe said "any man can beat any woman at any sport, especially tennis."
1998 - The Akashi Kaikyo Bridge in Japan opened becoming the largest suspension bridge in the world. It links Shikoku and Honshu. The bridge cost about $3.8 billion.
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