04-05-2006, 05:29 AM
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April 5th
1588 ~ Birthday of Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher.
1614 ~ In Virginia, Pocahontas married English colonist John Rolfe.
1792 ~ President Washington vetoed a bill. This was the first time the presidential veto was used.
1827 ~ Birthday of Joseph Lister, Surgeon.
1908 ~ Birthday of Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor.
1930 ~ In an act of civil disobedience, Mahatma Gandhi breaks British law after marching to the sea and making salt.
1951 ~ Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were sentenced to death for spying for the Soviet Union.
1955 ~ Winston Churchill resigned as Prime Minister of the U.K. due to failing health.
1964 ~ Death of General Douglas MacArthur, US Army.
1976 ~ Death of Howard Hughes, aviation pioneer.
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