On April 5, 1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death for conspiring to commit espionage for the Soviet Union.
On April 5, 1856, Booker T. Washington, the educator and reformer who became an important spokesperson for black Americans at the turn of the 20th century, was born. Following his death on Nov. 14, 1915, his obituary appeared in The Times.
On This Date
1614 | Pocahontas, daughter of the leader of the Powhatan tribe, married English colonist John Rolfe in Virginia. |
1649 | Elihu Yale, the English philanthropist for whom Yale University is named, was born in Boston. |
1792 | George Washington cast the first presidential veto, rejecting a congressional measure for apportioning representatives among the states. |
1856 | Black educator Booker T. Washington was born in Franklin County, Va. |
1887 | British historian Lord Acton wrote in a letter, "All power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely." |
1895 | Playwright Oscar Wilde lost his criminal libel case against the Marquess of Queensberry, who had accused the writer of homosexual practices. |
1908 | Actress Bette Davis was born in Lowell, Mass. |
1951 | Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death for conspiring to commit espionage for the Soviet Union. |
1964 | Army Gen. Douglas MacArthur died at age 84. |
1975 | Nationalist Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek died at age 87. |
1976 | Reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes died at age 72. |
1984 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar became the highest-scoring player in NBA history with 31,421 career points. (He still holds the career record with with 38,387 points.) |
1987 | Fox Broadcasting Co. made its prime-time TV debut. |
1992 | Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton died at age 74. |
1997 | Beat poet Allen Ginsberg died at age 70. |
2008 | Actor Charlton Heston died at age 84. |
2009 | President Barack Obama, visiting Prague, launched an effort to rid the world of nuclear weapons, calling them "the most dangerous legacy of the Cold War." |
Current Birthdays
Filmmaker Roger Corman turns 85 years old today.
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Country singer Troy Gentry (Montgomery-Gentry) turns 44 years old today.
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1922 | Gale Storm, Actress, turns 89 |
1937 | Colin Powell, Former secretary of state, turns 74 |
1941 | Michael Moriarty, Actor, turns 70 |
1942 | Allan Clarke, Rock singer (The Hollies), turns 69 |
1943 | Max Gail, Actor ("Barney Miller"), turns 68 |
1950 | Agnetha Faltskog, Singer (ABBA), turns 61 |
1968 | Paula Cole, Rock singer, turns 43 |
1973 | Pharrell Williams, Rapper, producer, turns 38 |
Historic Birthdays
Booker T. Washington4/5/1856 - 11/14/1915American educator and spokesman for black Americans.Go to obituary »
91 | Thomas Hobbes 4/5/1588 - 12/4/1679
English philosopher and political theorist |
72 | Elihu Yale 4/5/1649 - 7/8/1721
American-born English merchant and benefactor of Yale University |
74 | Jean-Honore Fragonard 4/5/1732 - 8/22/1806
French rococo painter |
51 | Vincenzo Gioberti 4/5/1801 - 11/26/1852
Italian philosopher, politician and cleric |
85 | Baron Joseph Lister 4/5/1827 - 2/10/1912
English surgeon and scientist |
72 | Algernon Chas. Swinburne 4/5/1837 - 4/10/1909
English poet and critic |
92 | Lincoln Filene 4/5/1865 - 8/27/1957
American business executive and philanthropist; chairman of Federated Department Stores (1929-57) |
85 | Chester Bowles 4/5/1901 - 5/25/1986
American politician and advertising entrepreneur |
81 | Bette Davis 4/5/1908 - 10/6/1989
American motion-picture dramatic actress |
78 | Jagjivan Ram 4/5/1908 - 7/6/1986
Indian politician and spokesman for the untouchables |
81 | Herbert von Karajan 4/5/1908 - 7/16/1989
Austrian-born conductor |
72 | Chaim Grade 4/5/1910 - 6/26/1982
Russian-born Yiddish poet, short-story writer and novelist |
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