Wednesday, April 05, 2023

History for April 5

History for April 5 - On-This-Day.com
Booker T. Washington 1856 - Educator, author (Up From Slavery)
  • 1614 - American Indian Pocahontas married English colonist John Rolfe in Virginia.
  • 1887 - Anne Sullivan taught Helen Keller the meaning of the word "water" as spelled out in the manual alphabet.
  • 1892 - In New York, the Ithaca Daily Journal published an ad introducing a new 10 cent Ice Cream Specialty called a Cherry Sunday.
  • 1923 - Firestone Tire and Rubber Company began the first regular production of balloon tires.
  • 1930 - Mahatma Ghandi defied British law by making salt in India.
  • 1951 - Americans Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death for committing espionage for the Soviet Union.
  • 1985 - John McEnroe said "any man can beat any woman at any sport, especially tennis."

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