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April 5 is the 95th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (96th in leap years). There are 270 days remaining.

1242 - During a battle on the ice of Chudskoye Lake, Russian forces rebuff an invasion attempt by the Teutonic Knights.
1614 - In Virginia, Native American Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe.
1621 - The Mayflower sets sail from Plymouth on a return trip to Great Britain.
1654 - Signing of the Treaty of Westminster, ending the First Anglo-Dutch War.
1792 - United States President George Washington vetos a bill designed to apportion representatives among U.S. states. This is the first time the presidential veto has been used in the United States.
1930 - In an act of civil disobedience, Mahatma Ghandi brakes British law after marching to the sea and making salt.
1951 - Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are sentenced to death for performing espionage for the Soviet Union.
1955 - Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom amid indications of failing heath.
1998 - In Japan, the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge linking Shikoku with Honshu and costing cost about US$3.8 billion, opens to traffic, becoming the largest suspension bridge in the world.
1999 - Two Libyans suspected of bringing down Pan Am flight 103 in 1988 are handed over for eventual trial in the Netherlands.
1999 - In Laramie, Wyoming, Russell Henderson pleads guilty to kidnapping and felony murder in order to avoid a possible death penalty conviction for the apparent hate crime killing of Matthew Shepard.

See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December