This Day In History

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April 5th

1614
Pocahontas married John Rolfe.

1792
George Washington cast the first presidential veto.

1951
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death for giving away atomic secrets to the Russians.

1955
Winston Churchill resigned as prime minister of Britain.

1956
Fidel Castro declares himself at war with the President of Cuba.

1964
Army Gen. Douglas MacArthur died at age 84

1971
Canadian Fran Phipps became the first woman to reach the North Pole.

1976
Reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes died at age 72.

1984
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar became the highest-scoring player in NBA history with 31,421 career points. (He still holds the career record with with 38,387 points.)

1987
Fox Broadcasting Co. made its prime-time TV debut.

1992
Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton died at age 74.

1994
Kurt Cobain commited suicide, his body was not found until 4/8/94, he was 27.

1997
Beat poet Allen Ginsberg died at age 70.

2008
Actor Charlton Heston died at age 84.

Birthdays
87 Gale Storm Actress
72 Colin Powell Former Secretary of State, 4-star General
69 Tommy Cash Country singer
68 Michael Moriarty Actor
66 Max Gail Actor ("Barney Miller")
63 Jane Asher Actress
59 Agnetha Faltskog Singer (ABBA)
57 Mitch Pileggi Actor
53 Diamond Dallas Page Professional wrestler
43 Mike McCready Rock musician (Pearl Jam)
42 Troy Gentry Country singer (Montgomery-Gentry)
42 Kreth Cigar Asylum Inmate
41 Paula Cole Rock singer
38 Krista Allen Actress
37 Pat Green Country singer

72 Elihu Yale 4/5/1649 - 7/8/1721 American-born English merchant and benefactor of Yale University
67 Spencer Tracy 4/5/1900 - 6/10/1967 Two-time Academy Award winning actor of stage and screen, who appeared in 74 films from 1930 to 1967. He is generally regarded as one of the finest actors in motion picture history.
81 Bette Davis 4/5/1908 - 10/6/1989 American motion-picture dramatic actress
87 Gregory Peck 4/5/1916 - 6/12/2003 American film and stage actor