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April 5 is the 95th day of the year (96th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 270 days remain until the end of the year.

Births

• 1288 - Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (d. 1336)
• 1472 - Bianca Maria Sforza, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1510)
• 1523 - Blaise de Vigenère, French cryptographer (d. 1596)
• 1588 - Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher (d. 1679)
• 1604 - Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1675)
• 1622 - Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician (d. 1703)
• 1649 - Elihu Yale, American benefactor of Yale University (d. 1721)
• 1692 - Adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (d. 1730)
• 1732 - Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French artist (d. 1806)
• 1752 - Sébastien Érard, French musical instruments maker (d. 1831)
• 1784 - Louis Spohr, German violinist (d. 1859)
• 1816 - Samuel Freeman Miller, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1890)
• 1827 - Joseph Lister, English surgeon (d. 1912)
• 1832 - Jules Ferry, French statesman (d. 1893)
• 1837 - Algernon Charles Swinburne, English poet (d. 1909)
• 1856 - Booker T. Washington, American educator (d. 1915)
• 1869 - Sergei Chaplygin, Russian physicist and engineer (d. 1942)
• 1869 - Albert Roussel, French composer (d. 1937)
• 1871 - Mirko Seljan, Croatian explorer (d. 1913?)
• 1872 - Samuel Cate Prescott, American food scientist and microbiologist (d. 1962)
• 1875 - Mistinguett, French vaudeville performer (d. 1956)
• 1893 - Clas Thunberg, Finnish speed skater (d. 1973)
• 1900 - Spencer Tracy, American actor (d. 1967)
• 1901 - Melvyn Douglas, American actor (d. 1981)
• 1906 - Lord Buckley, American monologist (d. 1960)
• 1908 - Bette Davis, American actress (d. 1989)
• 1908 - Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor (d. 1989)
• 1908 - Jagjivan Ram, Indian politician (d. 1986)
• 1909 - Albert R. Broccoli, American film producer (d. 1996)
• 1912 - John Le Mesurier, British actor (d. 1983)
• 1916 - Gregory Peck, American actor (d. 2003)
• 1917 - Robert Bloch, American author (d. 1994)
• 1920 - Arthur Hailey, American writer (d. 2004)
• 1920 - Rafique Zakaria, Indian author (d. 2005)
• 1922 - Tom Finney, English footballer
• 1922 - Christopher Hewett, British actor (d. 2001)
• 1922 - Gale Storm, American singer
• 1923 - Michael V. Gazzo, American actor (d. 1995)
• 1923 - Nguyen Van Thieu, President of South Vietnam (d. 2001)
• 1926 - Roger Corman, American film director
• 1928 - Tony Williams, American singer (The Platters) (d. 1992)
• 1929 - Hugo Claus, Belgian writer (d. 2008)
• 1929 - Ivar Giaever, Norwegian physicist, Nobel laureate
• 1929 - Nigel Hawthorne, British actor (d. 2001)
• 1929 - Joe Meek, English record producer
• 1932 - Billy Bland, American singer and songwriter
• 1933 - Larry Felser, American sports columnist
• 1933 - Frank Gorshin, American actor (d. 2005)
• 1934 - Roman Herzog, German politician
• 1934 - Stanley Turrentine, American jazz saxophonist (d. 2000)
• 1935 - Peter Grant, British music manager (d. 1995)
• 1936 - John Kelly, Irish republican politician (d. 2007)
• 1937 - Colin Powell, U.S. Secretary of State
• 1937 - Allan R. Thieme, American inventor
• 1939 - Ronald White, American singer and songwriter (d. 1995)
• 1939 - Crispian St. Peters, British singer
• 1941 - Michael Moriarty, American actor
• 1941 - Dave Swarbrick, British folk musician
• 1942 - Peter Greenaway, Welsh film director
• 1943 - Max Gail, American actor
• 1944 - Pedro Rossello, Puerto Rican politician
• 1945 - Tommy Smith, English footballer
• 1946 - Jane Asher, British actress
• 1947 - Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, 14th President of the Philippines
• 1948 - Les Binks, British musician, former drummer for Judas Priest
• 1948 - Dave Holland, British musician (Judas Priest)
• 1949 - John Berg (actor), American actor (d. 2007)
• 1949 - Judith Resnik, American astronaut (d. 1986)
• 1950 - Agnetha Fältskog, Swedish singer (ABBA)
• 1950 - Miki Manojlović, Serbian actor
• 1951 - Dean Kamen, American inventor
• 1952 - Mitch Pileggi, American actor
• 1954 - Stan Ridgway, American musician (Wall of Voodoo)
• 1955 - Akira Toriyama, Japanese manga artist
• 1955 - Janice Long, English broadcaster
• 1955 - Charlotte de Turckheim, French actress
• 1956 - Diamond Dallas Page, American professional wrestler
• 1958 - Johan Kriek, South African born tennis player
• 1961 - Lisa Zane, American actress
• 1962 - Lana Clarkson, American actress (d. 2003)
• 1964 - Steve Beaton, English darts player
• 1964 - Christopher "Kid" Reid, American rapper (Kid 'n Play)
• 1965 - Cris Carpenter, American baseball player
• 1966 - Mike McCready, American musician (Pearl Jam)
• 1967 - Gary Gait, Canadian lacrosse player
• 1968 - Paula Cole, American musician
• 1970 - Thea Gill, Canadian actress
• 1970 - Miho Hatori, Japanese singer and songwriter (Cibo Matto)
• 1971 - Dong Abay, Filipino musician, singer-songwriter
• 1972 - Krista Allen, American actress
• 1972 - Tom Coronel, Dutch racing driver
• 1972 - Pat Green, American singer and songwriter
• 1972 - Paul Okon, Australian former footballer
• 1973 - Tony Banks, American football player
• 1973 - Élodie Bouchez, French actress
• 1973 - Pharrell Williams, American music producer (The Neptunes)
• 1974 - Sahaj Ticotin, American musician/producer (Ra)
• 1974 - Uhm Tae Woong, South Korean actor
• 1975 - John Hartson, Welsh footballer
• 1976 - Kim Collins, Nevisian sprinter
• 1976 - Ryan Drese, American baseball player
• 1976 - Ross Gload, American baseball player
• 1976 - Simone Inzaghi, Italian footballer
• 1976 - Fernando Morientes, Spanish footballer
• 1978 - Franziska van Almsick, German swimmer
• 1978 - Stephen Jackson, American basketball player
• 1979 - Timo Hildebrand, German footballer
• 1980 - Matt Bonner, American basketball player
• 1980 - Lee Jae Won, South Korean actor, singer, and rapper
• 1980 - John McLaughlin, American television reporter
• 1981 - Jorge de la Rosa, Mexican baseball player
• 1981 - Michael A. Monsoor, a United States Navy SEAL killed in Iraq and posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.
• 1982 - Thomas Hitzlsperger, German footballer
• 1982 - Matt Pickens, American soccer player
• 1982 - Alexandre Prémat, French racing driver
• 1984 - Shin Min-a, South Korean model and actress
• 1990 - Haruma Miura, Japanese Actor

Deaths

• 582 - Eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople (c. 512)
• 1168 - Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester (b. 1104)
• 1419 - Vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1350)
• 1605 - Adam Loftus, English Protestant archbishop in Ireland (c.1513)
• 1617 - Alonso Lobo, Spanish composer (b. 1555)
• 1673 - François Caron, French explorer (b. 1600)
• 1676 - John Winthrop, the Younger, American politician (b. 1606)
• 1693 - Anne, Duchess of Montpensier, French writer (b. 1627)
• 1695 - George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax, English writer (b. 1633)
• 1697 - King Charles XI of Sweden (b. 1655)
• 1717 - Jean Jouvenet, French painter (b. 1647)
• 1735 - William Derham, English minister and writer (b. 1657)
• 1735 - Samuel Wesley, English poet (b. 1662)
• 1765 - Edward Young, English poet (b. 1683)
• 1794 - Georges Danton, French Revolutionary leader (b. 1759)
• 1794 - Camille Desmoulins, French journalist and politician (b. 1760)
• 1900 - Joseph Louis François Bertrand, French mathematician (b. 1822)
• 1923 - George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, English financier (b. 1866)
• 1928 - Roy Kilner, English cricketer (b. 1890)
• 1941 - Sir Nigel Gresley, Steam locomotive engineer (b. 1876)
• 1945 - Karl Otto Koch, German SS-officer (b. 1897)
• 1946 - Vincent Youmans, American songwriter (b. 1898)
• 1952 - Charles Collett, GWR chief mechanical engineer (b. 1871)
• 1964 - General Douglas MacArthur, American general (b. 1880)
• 1967 - Hermann Joseph Muller, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (b. 1890)
• 1967 - Mischa Elman, Ukrainian violinist (b. 1891)
• 1969 - Ain-Ervin Mere, Estonian Nazi (b. 1903)
• 1969 - Shelby Storck, American television producer (b. 1917)
• 1970 - Alfred Henry Sturtevant, American geneticist (b. 1891)
• 1972 - Brian Donlevy, American actor (b. 1901)
• 1973 - John Coleman, Australian rules footballer (b. 1928)
• 1974 - A. Y. Jackson, Canadian painter (b. 1882)
• 1975 - Chiang Kai-shek, 1st President of the Republic of China (b. 1887)
• 1976 - Howard Hughes, American aviator (b. 1905)
• 1976 - Wilder Penfield, Canadian surgeon (b. 1891)
• 1979 - Eugène Gabritschevsky, Russian biologist and artist (b. 1893)
• 1981 - Bob Hite, American singer (Canned Heat) (b. 1945)
• 1982 - Abe Fortas, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1910)
• 1983 - Danny Rapp, American musician (Danny & the Juniors) (b. 1941)
• 1989 - María Cristina Gómez, Salvadoran Teacher (b. 1938)
• 1991 - John Tower, American politician (b. 1925)
• 1991 - Sonny Carter, American astronaut (b. 1947)
• 1992 - Molly Picon, American actress (b. 1898)
• 1992 - Sam Walton, American retailer (b. 1918)
• 1994 - Kurt Cobain, American musician (Nirvana) (b. 1967)
• 1997 - Allen Ginsberg, American poet (b. 1926)
• 1998 - Cozy Powell, British musician (b. 1947)
• 1999 - Paul David, French-Canadian cardiologist (b. 1919)
• 2000 - Lee Petty, American race car driver (b. 1914)
• 2001 - Brother Theodore, German comedian (b. 1906)
• 2002 - Layne Staley, American musician (Alice in Chains) (b. 1967)
• 2004 - Heiner Zieschang, German mathematician (b. 1936)
• 2004 - Sławomir Rawicz, Polish soldier (b. 1915)
• 2005 - Saul Bellow, Canadian born writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1915)
• 2005 - Dale Messick, American comic strip artist (b. 1906)
• 2005 - Debralee Scott, American actress (b. 1953)
• 2005 - John Sichel, British film and television director (b. 1937)
• 2006 - Gene Pitney, American singer (b. 1941)
• 2007 - Mark St. John, American musician (Kiss)(b. 1956)
• 2007 - Darryl Stingley, American football player (b. 1951)
• 2007 - Maria Gripe, Swedish writer (b. 1923)
• 2007 - Leela Majumdar, Bengali writer (b. 1908)
• 2007 - Poornachandra Tejaswi, Kannada writer (b. 1938)
• 2008 - Charlton Heston, American Actor (b. 1923)

Holidays and observances

• Mauritius: Ougadie.
• Qingming Festival in the Chinese calendar
• Arbor Day and Hansik in South Korea
• Saint Vincent Ferrer
• Saint Irene (d. 304)
• Saint Ruadhan (d. 584)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

• April