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| Birthday April 05, 1856 Booker T. Washington |
| Birthday April 05, 1908 Bette Davis |
| Birthday April 05, 1954 Michael W. Butler, creator of the archive files used in this program. |
| History April 05, 1614 Pocahontas marries John Rolfe. |
| History April 05, 1774 Benjamin Franklin publishes An Open Letter to Lord North |
| History April 05, 1792 Washington exercises first presidential veto |
| History April 05, 1859 Darwin sends first three chapters of The Origin of Species to his publisher |
| History April 05, 1862 Siege of Yorktown begins |
| History April 05, 1918 First stage of German spring offensive ends |
| History April 05, 1936 Tornadoes devastate Tupelo and Gainesville |
| History April 05, 1941 Castro and Fillmore streetcars replaced by buses. |
| History April 05, 1945 Tito signs friendship treaty with Soviet Union |
| History April 05, 1951 Rosenbergs sentenced to death for spying |
| History April 05, 1951 Rosenbergs sentenced to die |
| History April 05, 1955 Winston Churchill resigns |
| History April 05, 1968 James Brown calms Boston following the King assassination |
| History April 05, 1969 Antiwar demonstrations held across United States |
| History April 05, 1972 North Vietnamese launch second front of Nguyen Hue Offensive |
| History April 05, 1976 Howard Hughes dies |
| History April 05, 1984 Abdul-Jabbar breaks points record |
| History April 05, 1992 Abortion rights advocates march on Washington |
| History April 05, 1994 Kurt Cobain commits suicide |
| History April 05, 2000 NASCAR legend Lee Petty dies |
| History April 05, 2008 Charlton Heston dies |