04-04-2010, 07:25 PM
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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 cast the first presidential veto, rejecting a congressional measure for apportioning representatives among the states.
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.
1942 ~ The Japanese Imperial Navy attacked Colombo, Sri Lanka, and sank the Royal Navy cruisers HMS Cornwall and HMS Dorsetshire southwest of the island.
1951 ~ Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were sentenced to death for spying for the Soviet Union.
1964 ~ Death of General Douglas MacArthur, US Army.
1976 ~ Death of Howard Hughes, aviation pioneer.
2008 ~ Death of Charlton Heston, Actor & activist.
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