April 5 - Going Up

Going Up

This Day In History

1242

During a battle on the ice of Lake Peipus, Russian forces, led by Alexander Nevsky, 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, Massachusetts on a return trip to Great Britain.

1874

Birkenhead Park, the first civic public park, is opened in Birkenhead.

1900

Archaeologists in Knossos, Crete, discover a large cache of clay tablets with hieroglyphic writing in a script they call Linear B.

1949

Fireside Theater debuts on television.

1958

Ripple Rock, an underwater threat to navigation in the Seymour Narrows in Canada is destroyed in one of the largest non-nuclear controlled explosions of the time.

1998

In Japan, the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge linking Shikoku with Honshū and costing about $3.8 billion USD, opens to traffic, becoming the largest suspension bridge in the world.

Famous Birthdays

1588

Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher (d. 1679)

1649

Elihu Yale, American benefactor of Yale University (d. 1721)

1732

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French artist (d. 1806)

1827

Joseph Lister, English surgeon and pioneer of antiseptic surgery (d. 1912)

1856

Booker T. Washington, American educator (d. 1915)

1872

Samuel Cate Prescott, American food scientist and microbiologist (d. 1962)

1900

Spencer Tracy, American actor (d. 1967)

1908

Bette Davis, American actress (d. 1989)

1917

Robert Albert Bloch, American crime, horror & science fiction author (d. 1994)

1926

Roger Corman, American film director

1934

Richard Peck, American author

1937

Colin Powell, U.S. Army General, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and Secretary of State

1949

Judith Resnik, American astronaut (d. 1986)

1961

Lisa Zane, American actress

1967

Anu Garg, Indian/American author and speaker

1976

Ross Gload, American baseball player