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| April 5th |
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| About April 5th is the 95th day of the year (96th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 270 days remaining until the end of the calendar year. Births 1900 - Spencer Tracy, actor (The Old Man and the Sea, The Last Hurrah) 1916 - Gregory Peck, actor (To Kill a Mockingbird) 1917 - Robert Bloch, writer (Psycho) 1922 - Christopher Hewett, actor (Mr. Belvedere) 1933 - Frank Gorshin, actor (Batman) 1937 - Colin Powell, former U.S. Secretary of State Deaths 1994 - Kurt Cobain, sing, songwriter, musician 2008 - Charlton Heston, actor, activist (Planet of the Apes, The Ten Commandments) Events 1936 - Tornadoes strike two small towns in Mississippi and Georgia leaving 200 people dead. 1972 - The first presidential veto is issued by President George Washington, rejecting a bill to apportion representatives among the states. 1992 - A pro-choice rally occurs in Washington D.C. as several hundred thousand people demonstrate in the nation's capital in support of Roe v. Wade. |
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