Osun Defender History Corner: April 5 In Focus
Today, on the history corner, we take a trip in the realm of flashback and recall some events that marked this day.
April 5, 1242
Russian forces under Prince Alexander Nevsky defeated the Teutonic Knights in the Battle of the Ice on Lake Peipus.
April 5, 1614
Native American Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe in Virginia.
April 5, 1621
The Mayflower sets sail from Plymouth, Massachusetts, on a return trip to England.
April 5, 1792
President George Washington exercises the first presidential veto, rejecting a bill for apportioning representatives among the states.
April 5, 1856
Booker T. Washington, African American educator and civil rights leader, is born in Franklin County, Virginia.
April 5, 1908
French automobile manufacturer Renault produces its first mass-produced car, the Model T.
April 5, 1923
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company begins producing inflatable tires.
April 5, 1930
Mahatma Gandhi leads the Salt March, a peaceful protest against the British salt tax in India.
April 5, 1955
Winston Churchill resigns as British Prime Minister due to health reasons.
April 5, 1964
The first successful kidney transplant in the UK is performed at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.
April 5, 1976
Reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes dies in Houston, Texas.
April 5, 1992
The Siege of Sarajevo begins during the Bosnian War.
April 5, 1998
Japan’s Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge, the longest suspension bridge in the world, opens to traffic.
April 5, 2009
North Korea launches the Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 rocket, which it claims is for satellite communication purposes but is widely seen as a disguised ballistic missile test.
April 5, 2010
An explosion on the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico leads to the largest accidental marine oil spill in history.
April 5, 2014
A magnitude 8.2 earthquake strikes off the coast of Chile, triggering a tsunami and resulting in at least six deaths.
April 5, 2017
A bomb blast on the St. Petersburg Metro in Russia kills 15 people and injures dozens.
April 5, 2019
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is arrested in London after Ecuador revokes his asylum status.
April 5, 2020
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is hospitalized after testing positive for COVID-19.
April 5, 2021
The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that the global death toll from COVID-19 surpasses 3 million people.
Please note that these are just a few historical events that happened on April 5. History is full of numerous other significant events on this day, ranging from politics and warfare to cultural and scientific milestones.
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