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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.

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• 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.
• 1654Events April 5 Signing of the Treaty of Westminster, ending the First Anglo-Dutch War. June 3 Louis XIV of France crowned at Rheims June 6 Charles X succedes his cousin Christina to the Swedish throne. After her abdication on June 5, Christina now the for - Signing of the Treaty of Westminster, ending the First Anglo-Dutch WarBattle of Scheveningen, 10 August 1653 by Jan Abrahamsz Beerstraaten, painted c. 1654, depicts the final battle of the First Anglo-Dutch-War . The First Anglo-Dutch War ( 1652- 54) (called the First Dutch War in England, and the First English War in the N.
• 1792Events January 25 The London Corresponding Society is founded. February 20 The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by President George Washington. March 16 King of Sweden Gustav III Shot in the back by Jaco - U.S. President George WashingtonGeorge Washington ( February 22, 1732— December 14, 1799), also called Father of his Country 1 was an American general and Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War ( 1775 1783) and later the first President of the Unite vetoThe word veto comes from Latin and literally means I forbid''. It is used to denote that a certain party has the right to unilaterally stop a certain piece of legislation. A veto thus gives unlimited power to stop changes, but not to adopt them. The vetos a bill designed to apportion representatives among U.S. statestate is any one of the 50 states which have membership of the federation known as the United States of America (USA or U. The separate state governments and the U. federal government share sovereignty. The United States Constitution allocates power betwes. This is the first time the presidential veto has been used in the United StatesThe United States of America also referred to as the United States U. America ¹ or the States is a federal republic in central North America, stretching from the Atlantic in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west. It shares land borders with Canada in.
• 1862 - American Civil War: Battle of Yorktown - The battle begins when Union forces under General George McClellan close in on the Confederate capital Richmond, Virginia.
• 1923 - Firestone Tire and Rubber Company starts production of balloon- tires.
• 1930 - In an act of civil disobedience, Mohandas Gandhi breaks British law after marching to the sea and making salt.
• 1936 - Tupelo-Gainesville Outbreak: A F5 tornado slams into the north side of Tupelo, Mississippi killing 233. It is the 4th deadliest tornado in U.S. history.
• 1945 - Cold War: Yugoslav leader Josip "Tito" Broz signs an agreement with the USSR allowing "temporary entry of Soviet troops into Yugoslav territory."
• 1949 - Fireside Theatre debuts on television.
• 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 health.
• 1957 - In India, Communists won the first elections in united Kerala and E. M. S. Namboodiripad sworn in as the first chief minister.
• 1969 - Vietnam War: Massive antiwar demonstration s are held in New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and other cities around the United States.
• 1972 - Vietnam War: North Vietnamese forces invade Binh Long Province , launching a second front of the Nguyen Hue Offensive .
• 1973 - Pierre Messmer becomes Prime Minister of France
• 1976 - In the People's Republic of China, the April Fifth Movement led to the Tiananmen incident.
• 1991 - ASA Embraer EMB 120 crashes in Brunswick, Georgia killing all 23 aboard.
• 1992 - Several hundred-thousand abortion rights demonstrators march in Washington, D.C.
• 1993 - The Child Support Act 1991 , administered by the Child Support Agency, comes into effect in the United Kingdom.
• 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 hate crime killing of Matthew Shepard.