April 5
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- 1930 - In an act of civil disobedience, Mohandas Gandhi breaks British law after marching to the sea and making salt.
- 1932 - Alcohol prohibition in Finland ended. Alcohol sales started in Alko liquor stores.
Births
- 1588 - Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher (d. 1679)
- 1604 - Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1675)
- 1622 - Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician (d. 1703)
- 1649 - Elihu Yale, American benefactor of Yale University (d. 1721)
- 1692 - Adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (d. 1730)
- 1732 - Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French artist (d. 1806)
- 1752 - Sébastien Érard, French musical instruments maker (d. 1831)
- 1784 - Louis Spohr, German violinist (d. 1859)
- 1816 - Samuel Freeman Miller, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1890)
- 1827 - Joseph Lister, English surgeon (d. 1912)
- 1832 - Jules Ferry, French statesman (d. 1893)
- 1837 - Algernon Charles Swinburne, English poet (d. 1909)
- 1856 - Booker T. Washington, American educator (d. 1915)
- 1869 - Sergei Chaplygin, Russian physicist and engineer (d. 1942)
- 1869 - Albert Roussel, French composer (d. 1937)
- 1871 - Mirko Seljan, Croatian explorer (d. 1913?)
- 1872 - Samuel Cate Prescott, American food scientist and microbiologist (d. 1962)
- 1875 - Mistinguett, French vaudeville performer (d. 1956)
- 1893 - Clas Thunberg, Finnish speed skater (d. 1973)
- 1900 - Spencer Tracy, American actor (d. 1967)
- 1901 - Melvyn Douglas, American actor (d. 1981)
- 1906 - Lord Buckley, American monologist (d. 1960)
- 1908 - Bette Davis, American actress (d. 1989)
- 1908 - Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor (d. 1989)
- 1908 - Jagjivan Ram, Indian politician (d. 1986)
- 1909 - Albert R. Broccoli, American film producer (d. 1996)
- 1912 - John Le Mesurier, British actor (d. 1983)
- 1916 - Gregory Peck, American actor (d. 2003)
- 1917 - Robert Bloch, American author (d. 1994)
- 1920 - Arthur Hailey, American writer (d. 2004)
- 1920 - Rafique Zakaria, Indian author (d. 2005)
- 1922 - Tom Finney, English footballer
- 1922 - Christopher Hewett, British actor (d. 2001)
- 1922 - Gale Storm, American singer
- 1923 - Michael V. Gazzo, American actor (d. 1995)
- 1923 - Nguyen Van Thieu, President of South Vietnam (d. 2001)
- 1926 - Roger Corman, American film director
- 1928 - Tony Williams, American singer (The Platters) (d. 1992)
- 1929 - Hugo Claus, Belgian writer (d. 2008)
- 1929 - Ivar Giaever, Norwegian physicist, Nobel laureate
- 1929 - Nigel Hawthorne, British actor (d. 2001)
- 1929 - Joe Meek, English record producer
- 1932 - Billy Bland, American singer and songwriter
- 1933 - Larry Felser, American sports columnist
- 1933 - Frank Gorshin, American actor (d. 2005)
- 1934 - Roman Herzog, German politician
- 1934 - Stanley Turrentine, American jazz saxophonist (d. 2000)
- 1935 - Peter Grant, British music manager (d. 1995)
- 1936 - John Kelly, Irish republican politician (d. 2007)
- 1937 - Colin Powell, U.S. Secretary of State
- 1937 - Allan R. Thieme, American inventor
- 1939 - Ronald White, American singer and songwriter (d. 1995)
- 1939 - Crispian St. Peters, British singer
- 1941 - Michael Moriarty, American actor
- 1941 - Dave Swarbrick, British folk musician
- 1942 - Peter Greenaway, Welsh film director
- 1943 - Max Gail, American actor
- 1944 - Pedro Rossello, Puerto Rican politician
- 1945 - Tommy Smith, English footballer
- 1946 - Jane Asher, British actress
- 1947 - Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, 14th President of the Philippines
- 1948 - Les Binks, British musician, former drummer for Judas Priest
- 1948 - Dave Holland, British musician (Judas Priest)
- 1949 - John Berg (actor), American actor (d. 2007)
- 1949 - Judith Resnik, American astronaut (d. 1986)
- 1950 - Agnetha Fältskog, Swedish singer (ABBA)
- 1951 - Dean Kamen, inventor
- 1952 - Mitch Pileggi, American actor
- 1954 - Stan Ridgway, American musician (Wall of Voodoo)
- 1955 - Janice Long, English broadcaster
- 1955 - Akira Toriyama, Japanese manga artist
- 1955 - Charlotte de Turckheim, French actress
- 1956 - Diamond Dallas Page, American professional wrestler
- 1961 - Lisa Zane, American actress
- 1962 - Lana Clarkson, American actress (d. 2003)
- 1964 - Steve Beaton, English darts player
- 1964 - Christopher "Kid" Reid, American rapper (Kid 'n Play)
- 1965 - Cris Carpenter, baseball player
- 1966 - Mike McCready, American musician (Pearl Jam)
- 1967 - Gary Gait, Canadian lacrosse player
- 1968 - Paula Cole, American musician
- 1970 - Miho Hatori, Japanese singer and songwriter (Cibo Matto)
- 1971 - Dong Abay, Filipino musician, singer-songwriter
- 1972 - Krista Allen, American actress
- 1972 - Tom Coronel, Dutch racing driver
- 1972 - Pat Green, American singer and songwriter
- 1972 - Paul Okon, Australian former footballer
- 1973 - Tony Banks, American football player
- 1973 - Élodie Bouchez, French actress
- 1973 - Pharrell Williams, American music producer (The Neptunes)
- 1974 - Sahaj Ticotin, musician/producer (Ra)
- 1974 - Uhm Tae Woong, South Korean actor
- 1975 - John Hartson, Welsh footballer
- 1976 - Kim Collins, Nevisian sprinter
- 1976 - Ryan Drese, American baseball player
- 1976 - Ross Gload, American baseball player
- 1976 - Simone Inzaghi, Italian footballer
- 1976 - Fernando Morientes, Spanish footballer
- 1978 - Franziska van Almsick, German swimmer
- 1978 - Stephen Jackson, American basketball player
- 1979 - Timo Hildebrand, German footballer
- 1980 - Matt Bonner, American basketball player
- 1980 - Lee Jae Won, South Korean actor, singer, and rapper
- 1980 - John McLaughlin, American television reporter
- 1981 - Jorge de la Rosa, Mexican baseball player
- 1982 - Thomas Hitzlsperger, German footballer
- 1982 - Matt Pickens, American soccer player
- 1982 - Alexandre Prémat, French racing driver
- 1984 - Shin Min-a, South Korean model and actress
Deaths
- 582 - Eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople
- 1168 - Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester (b. 1104)
- 1419 - Vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1350)
- 1605 - Adam Loftus, English Protestant archbishop in Ireland
- 1617 - Alonso Lobo, Spanish composer
- 1673 - François Caron, French explorer (b. 1600)
- 1676 - John Winthrop, the Younger, American politician (b. 1606)
- 1693 - Anne, Duchess of Montpensier, French writer (b. 1627)
- 1695 - George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax, English writer (b. 1633)
- 1697 - King Charles XI of Sweden (b. 1655)
- 1717 - Jean Jouvenet, French painter (b. 1647)
- 1735 - William Derham, English minister and writer (b. 1657)
- 1735 - Samuel Wesley, English poet (b. 1662)
- 1765 - Edward Young, English poet (b. 1683)
- 1794 - Georges Danton, French Revolutionary leader (b. 1759)
- 1794 - Camille Desmoulins, French journalist and politician (b. 1760)
- 1900 - Joseph Louis François Bertrand, French mathematician (b. 1822)
- 1923 - George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, English financier (b. 1866)
- 1928 - Roy Kilner, English cricketer (b. 1890)
- 1945 - Karl Otto Koch, German SS-officer (b. 1897)
- 1946 - Vincent Youmans, American songwriter (b. 1898)
- 1952 - Charles Collett, GWR Chief mechanical engineer (b. 1871)
- 1964 - General Douglas MacArthur, American general (b. 1880)
- 1967 - Hermann Joseph Muller, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (b. 1890)
- 1967 - Mischa Elman, Ukrainian violinist (b. 1891)
- 1969 - Ain-Ervin Mere, Estonian Nazi (b. 1903)
- 1969 - Shelby Storck, American television producer (b. 1917)
- 1970 - Alfred Henry Sturtevant, American geneticist (b. 1891)
- 1972 - Brian Donlevy, American actor (b. 1901)
- 1973 - John Coleman, Australian rules footballer (b. 1928)
- 1974 - A. Y. Jackson, Canadian painter (b. 1882)
- 1975 - Chiang Kai-shek, 1st President of the Republic of China (b. 1887)
- 1976 - Howard Hughes, American aviator (b. 1905)
- 1976 - Wilder Penfield, Canadian surgeon (b. 1891)
- 1979 - Eugène Gabritschevsky, Russian biologist and artist (b. 1893)
- 1981 - Bob Hite, American singer (Canned Heat) (b. 1945)
- 1982 - Abe Fortas, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1910)
- 1983 - Danny Rapp, American musician (Danny & the Juniors) (b. 1941)
- 1991 - John Tower, American politician (b. 1925)
- 1991 - Sonny Carter, American astronaut (b. 1947)
- 1992 - Molly Picon, French actress (b. 1898)
- 1992 - Sam Walton, American retailer (b. 1918)
- 1994 - Kurt Cobain, American musician (Nirvana (band)) (b. 1967)
- 1997 - Allen Ginsberg, American poet (b. 1926)
- 1998 - Cozy Powell, British musician (b. 1947)
- 1999 - Paul David, French Canadian cardiologist (b. 1919)
- 2000 - Lee Petty, American race car driver (b. 1914)
- 2001 - Brother Theodore, German comedian (b. 1906)
- 2002 - Layne Staley, American musician (Alice in Chains) (b. 1967)
- 2004 - Heiner Zieschang, German mathematician (b. 1936)
- 2004 - Sławomir Rawicz, Polish soldier (b. 1915)
- 2005 - Saul Bellow, Canadian-born writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1915)
- 2005 - Dale Messick, American comic strip artist (b. 1906)
- 2005 - Debralee Scott, American actress (b. 1953)
- 2005 - John Sichel, British film and television director
- 2006 - Gene Pitney, American singer (b. 1941)
- 2007 - Mark St. John, American musician (Kiss)(b. 1956)
- 2007 - Darryl Stingley, American football player (b. 1951)
- 2007 - Maria Gripe, Swedish writer (b. 1923)
- 2007 - Leela Majumdar, Bengali writer (b. 1908)
- 2007 - Poornachandra Tejaswi, Kannada writer (b. 1938)
Roger Corman
Allen Ginsberg
Hugo Claus
Allan Kaprow
Arthur Cravan
Algernon Charles Swinburne
Peter Greenaway
Edward Young
Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Geuzen
Bette Davis
Saul Bellow
David Goodis
Karel Zeman
Michael Moriarty
George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon
Melvyn Douglas
Jan Luyken
Vincenzo Gioberti
Pharrell Williams
Jane Ellen Harrison
Tod Robbins
Rita Cadillac
Dennis Potter
Howard Hughes
Thomas Hobbes
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