Historical events on April 5
APRIL 5, 2010
An explosion at a coal mine in West Virginia killed 29 miners in the United States' worst mining disaster in 40 years.
Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground or from a mine. Coal is valued for its energy content
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APRIL 5, 1936
An F5 tornado struck Tupelo, Mississippi, killing at least 216 people during one of the deadliest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history.
The Fujita scale, or Fujita–Pearson scale, is a scale for rating tornado intensity, based primarily on the damage tornadoes inflict on human-built
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APRIL 5, 1863
New Zealand Wars: The invasion of the Waikato ended after the Kīngitanga forces of King Tāwhiao abandoned their pā at Te Tiki o te Ihingarangi and migrated east to what became known as the King Country.
The New Zealand Wars took place from 1845 to 1872 between the New Zealand colonial government and allied Māori on one side,
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APRIL 5, 2018
Agents with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raided a slaughterhouse in Tennessee, detaining nearly 100 Hispanic workers in one of the largest immigration raids in the history of the U.S.
The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement is a federal law enforcement agency under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. ICE's stated
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APRIL 5, 2002
In the first reported data breach, 250,000 social security numbers collected by the State of California were stolen from a data center.
A data breach, also known as data leakage, is "the unauthorized exposure, disclosure, or loss of personal information".
APRIL 5, 1902
A spectator stand collapsed (pictured) during a football match at Ibrox Park in Govan, Scotland, killing 25 supporters and injuring more than 500 others.
The 1902 Ibrox disaster was the collapse of a stand at Ibrox Park in Govan, Scotland. The collapse caused the deaths of
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APRIL 5, 1944
Siegfried Lederer, a Czech Jew, escaped from Auschwitz with the aid of an SS officer who opposed the Holocaust.
The history of the Jews in the Czech lands, historically the Lands of the Bohemian Crown, including the modern Czech Republic, goes
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APRIL 5, 1614
Pocahontas (pictured), a Native American woman, married English colonist John Rolfe, leading to a period of peace between the Powhatan people and the inhabitants of Jamestown, Virginia.
Pocahontas was a Native American woman belonging to the Powhatan people, notable for her association with the colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia.
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APRIL 5, 1933
Nazi sympathisers attempted to kidnap two German-Jewish filmmakers in Liechtenstein.
The Rotter kidnapping was a failed kidnapping in Liechtenstein of Fritz Rotter and Alfred Rotter, German film directors and theatre managers of
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APRIL 5, 2000
Fan violence broke out before a UEFA Cup semifinal in Istanbul, Turkey, resulting in two Leeds United supporters being stabbed to death and Galatasaray supporters being banned from attending the second leg in England.
The 2000 UEFA Cup semi-final violence in Istanbul, Turkey, between fans of English football team Leeds United and Turkish team Galatasaray on
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APRIL 5, 919
The Fatimid Caliphate began a second unsuccessful invasion of Egypt, then under Abbasid rule.
The Fatimid Caliphate, also known as the Fatimid Empire, was a caliphate extant from the tenth to the twelfth centuries CE under
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APRIL 5, 1966
During the Buddhist Uprising, South Vietnamese military prime minister Nguyễn Cao Kỳ personally attempted to lead the capture of the restive city of Đà Nẵng before backing down.
The Buddhist Uprising of 1966, or more widely known in Vietnam as the Crisis in Central Vietnam, was a period of civil
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APRIL 5, 1710
The Statute of Anne, the first legislation in Great Britain providing for copyright regulated by the government and courts, received royal assent and entered into force five days later.
The Statute of Anne, also known as the Copyright Act 1709 or the Copyright Act 1710, was an act of the Parliament
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APRIL 5, 1847
Birkenhead Park, generally acknowledged as the world's first publicly funded civic park, opened in Birkenhead, England.
Birkenhead Park is a major public park located in the centre of Birkenhead, Merseyside, England. It was designed by Joseph Paxton and opened on 5 April 1847.
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"Grand Entrance, Birkenhead Park 2019" by Rodhullandemu - CC BY-SA 4.0
APRIL 5, 1955
Aware that he was slowing down both physically and mentally in his old age, Winston Churchill retired as prime minister of the United Kingdom.
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was a British statesman, military officer, and writer who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from
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APRIL 5, 1979
Faculty members, clerical workers, and librarians at Boston University went on strike.
Boston University (BU) is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. BU was founded in 1839 by a group of
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APRIL 5, 1998
The Akashi Kaikyo Bridge (pictured), then the world's longest suspension bridge, linking Awaji Island and Kobe in Japan, opened to traffic.
The Akashi Kaikyo Bridge is a suspension bridge that links the city of Kobe on the Japanese island of Honshu and
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APRIL 5, 1986
The Libyan secret service bombed a discotheque in West Berlin, resulting in three deaths and 229 others injured.
On 5 April 1986, three people were killed and 229 injured when La Belle discothèque was bombed in the Friedenau locality of
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