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On this day April 05

2010


Twenty-nine coal miners are killed in an explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia.

2009


North Korea launches its controversial Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 rocket. 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.

1999


Two Libyans suspected of bringing down Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988 are handed over for eventual trial in the Netherlands.

1998


In Japan, the Akashi Kaikyō Bridge opens to traffic, becoming the longest bridge span in the world.

1992


Peace protesters Suada Dilberovic and Olga Sučić are killed on the Vrbanja Bridge in Sarajevo, becoming the first casualties of the Bosnian War.

1992


Alberto Fujimori, president of Peru, dissolves the Peruvian congress by military force.

1991


An ASA EMB 120 crashes in Brunswick, Georgia, killing all 23 aboard including Sen. John Tower and astronaut Sonny Carter.

1986


Three people are killed in the bombing of the La Belle discotheque in West Berlin, Germany.

1976


In the People's Republic of China, the April Fifth Movement leads to the Tiananmen Incident.

1971


In Sri Lanka, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna launches a revolt against the United Front government of Sirimavo Bandaranaike.

1969


Vietnam War: Massive antiwar demonstrations occur in many U.S. cities.

1958


Ripple Rock, an underwater threat to navigation in the Seymour Narrows in Canada is destroyed in one of the largest non-nuclear controlled explosions of the time.

1957


In India, Communists win the first elections in united Kerala and E. M. S. Namboodiripad is sworn in as the first Chief Minister.

1956


In Sri Lanka, the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna win the general elections in a landslide and S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike is sworn in as the Prime Minister of Ceylon.

1956


Fidel Castro declares himself at war with Cuban President Fulgencio Batista.

1951


Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are sentenced to death for spying for the Soviet Union.

1949


A fire in a hospital in Effingham, Illinois, kills 77 people and leads to nationwide fire code improvements in the United States.

1945


Cold War: Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito signs an agreement with the Soviet Union to allow "temporary entry of Soviet troops into Yugoslav territory".

1944


World War II: Two hundred seventy inhabitants of the Greek town of Kleisoura are executed by the Germans.

1943


World War II: American bomber aircraft accidentally cause more than 900 civilian deaths, including 209 children, and 1,300 wounded among the civilian population of the Belgian town of Mortsel. Their target was the Erla factory one kilometer from the residential area hit.

1942


World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy launches a carrier-based air attack on Colombo, Ceylon during the Indian Ocean raid. Port and civilian facilities are damaged and the Royal Navy cruisers HMS Cornwall and HMS Dorsetshire are sunk southwest of the island.

1936


Tupelo-Gainesville tornado outbreak: An F5 tornado kills 233 in Tupelo, Mississippi.

1933


U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs two executive orders: 6101 to establish the Civilian Conservation Corps, and 6102 "forbidding the Hoarding of Gold Coin, Gold Bullion, and Gold Certificates" by U.S. citizens.

1932


Dominion of Newfoundland: Ten thousand rioters seize the Colonial Building leading to the end of self-government.

1922


The American Birth Control League, forerunner of Planned Parenthood, is incorporated.

1915


Boxing challenger Jess Willard knocks out Jack Johnson in Havana, Cuba to become the Heavyweight Champion of the World.

1904


The first international rugby league match is played between England and an Other Nationalities team (Welsh & Scottish players) in Central Park, Wigan, England.

1900


Archaeologists in Knossos, Crete, discover a large cache of clay tablets with hieroglyphic writing in a script they call Linear B.

1879


Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific.

1862


American Civil War: The Battle of Yorktown begins.

1818


In the Battle of Maipú, Chile's independence movement, led by Bernardo O'Higgins and José de San Martín, win a decisive victory over Spain, leaving 2,000 Spaniards and 1,000 Chilean patriots dead.

1795


Peace of Basel between France and Prussia is made.

1792


United States President George Washington exercises his authority to veto a bill, the first time this power is used in the United States.

1722


The Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen discovers Easter Island.

1710


The Statute of Anne receives the royal assent establishing the Copyright law of the United Kingdom.

1621


The Mayflower sets sail from Plymouth, Massachusetts on a return trip to England.

1614


In Virginia, Native American Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe.

1609


Daimyo (Lord) Shimazu Tadatsune of the Satsuma Domain in southern Kyūshū, Japan, completes his successful invasion of the Ryūkyū Kingdom in Okinawa.

1566


Two-hundred Dutch noblemen, led by Hendrick van Brederode, force themselves into the presence of Margaret of Parma and present the Petition of Compromise, denouncing the Spanish Inquisition in the Seventeen Provinces.

1536


Royal Entry of Charles V into Rome: The last Roman triumph.

1242


During the Battle on the Ice of Lake Peipus, Russian forces, led by Alexander Nevsky, rebuff an invasion attempt by the Teutonic Knights.

1081


Alexios I Komnenos is crowned Byzantine emperor at Constantinople, bringing the Komnenian dynasty to full power.

823


Lothair I is crowned King of Italy by Pope Paschal I.

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