April 5
1614 - Indian Chief Powhatan’s daughter Pocahontas married Englishman John Rolfe, a widower, in the Virginia Colony.
1621 - The Mayflower sailed from Plymouth Colony in present-day Massachusetts on a monthlong return trip to England.
1764 - Britain’s Parliament passed The American Revenue Act of 1764, also known as the Sugar Act.
1792 - President George Washington cast the first presidential veto.
1887 - Anne Sullivan makes the breakthrough to Helen Keller by spelling "water" in the manual alphabet.
1951 - Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death for giving atomic secrets to the Soviet Union.
1955 - Winston Churchill resigned as prime minister of Great Britain.
1971 - Canadian Fran Phipps became the first woman to reach the North Pole.
1976 - Reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes died in Houston at age 70.
1986 - Two American servicemen and a Turkish woman were killed in the bombing of a West Berlin discotheque, an incident that prompted a U.S. air raid on Libya more than a week later.
1987 - Fox Broadcasting Co. made its prime-time TV debut by airing the situation comedy “Married with Children” followed by “The Tracey Ullman Show,” then repeating both premiere episodes two more times in the same evening.
1999 - Libya handed over two suspects in the Lockerbie, Scotland bombing of a Pan Am flight.
2008 - Actor Charlton Heston, big-screen hero and later leader of the National Rifle Association, died in Beverly Hills, California, at age 84.
2013 - Kansas legislators gave final passage to a sweeping anti-abortion measure declaring that life began “at fertilization.” (Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, a Republican, signed the measure two weeks later.)
2010 - An explosion at the Upper Big Branch mine near Charleston, West Virginia, killed 29 workers. In a televised rescue, 115 Chinese coal miners were freed after spending eight days trapped in a flooded mine, surviving an accident that had killed 38.
2022 - Barack Obama returned to the White House for the first time in more than five years to savor the 12th anniversary of his signature health care law and give a boost to President Joe Biden’s efforts to expand it.
Birthdays
22 - Thylane Blondeau (model)
26 - Dominik Mysterio (professional wrestler)
34 - Lily James (actress)
37 - Charlotte Flair (professional wrestler)
41 - Hayley Atwell (actress)
47 - Sterling K. Brown (actor)
50 - Pharrell Williams (rapper)
51 - Pat Green (singer)
69 - Peter Case (singer)
71 - Mitch Pileggi (actor)
77 - Jane Asher (actress)
80 - Max Gail (actor)
82 - Michael Moriarty (actor)
83 - Tommy Cash (singer)
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Today in Sports History - April 5
1965 - The color of National Football League penalty flags used by officials was changed from white to bright gold.
1967 - Wilt Chamberlain (Philadelphia 76ers) set an NBA playoff record when he got 41 rebounds in a game.
1970 - Bobby Orr (Boston Bruins) became the first NHL defenseman to win the Art Ross Trophy as the NHL's top scorer.
1984 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Los Angeles Lakers) became the all-time NBA regular season scoring leader when he broke Wilt Chamberlain's record of 31,419 career points.
1987 - Doug Jarvis (Hartford Whalers) completed his 12th NHL season in his 962nd consecutive game. Jarvis retired after playing the first two games of the 1987-88 season setting the iron-man record at 964 games.
1992 - Stanford defeats Western Kentucky 78-62 to win the NCAA Women's Tournament.
1992 - WrestleMania VIII is held in Indianapolis; "Macho Man" Randy Savage defeated Ric Flair for the WWF championship and Hulk Hogan defeated Sid Justice in the main events.
1993 - North Carolina defeats Michigan 77-71 to win the NCAA Tournament.
1993 - The Florida Marlins and Colorado Rockies make their MLB debuts.
1999 - Barry Bonds was walked intentionally for the 270th time of his career. He passed Hank Aaron on the all-time list.
2004 - Connecticut defeats Georgia Tech 82-73 to win the NCAA Tournament.
2005 - Baylor defeats Michigan State 84-62 to win the NCAA Women's Tournament.
2005 - The Washington Nationals lose their inaugural season opener, 8-4 to the Philadelphia Phillies; first team to represent the nation's capital since the Washington Senators left after the 1971 season.
2009 - WrestleMania 25 is held in Houston; Triple H defeated Randy Orton for the WWE championship in the main event.
2010 - Duke defeats Butler 61-59 to win the NCAA Tournament.
2011 - Texas A&M defeats Notre Dame 76-70 to win the NCAA Women's Tournament.
2016 - Connecticut won an unprecedented fourth consecutive NCAA women's basketball tournament championship.
2019 - Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook becomes first player in NBA history to average a triple-double for the third consecutive season during the Thunder's 123-110 win at home over Detroit Pistons.
2020 - WrestleMania 36 is held in Orlando; the main events featured Braun Strowman defeating Goldberg for the WWE Universal Championship and Drew McIntyre defeating Brock Lesnar for the WWE championship.
2021 - Baylor defeats Gonzaga 86-70 to win the NCAA Tournament.
1614 - Indian Chief Powhatan’s daughter Pocahontas married Englishman John Rolfe, a widower, in the Virginia Colony.
1621 - The Mayflower sailed from Plymouth Colony in present-day Massachusetts on a monthlong return trip to England.
1764 - Britain’s Parliament passed The American Revenue Act of 1764, also known as the Sugar Act.
1792 - President George Washington cast the first presidential veto.
1887 - Anne Sullivan makes the breakthrough to Helen Keller by spelling "water" in the manual alphabet.
1951 - Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death for giving atomic secrets to the Soviet Union.
1955 - Winston Churchill resigned as prime minister of Great Britain.
1971 - Canadian Fran Phipps became the first woman to reach the North Pole.
1976 - Reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes died in Houston at age 70.
1986 - Two American servicemen and a Turkish woman were killed in the bombing of a West Berlin discotheque, an incident that prompted a U.S. air raid on Libya more than a week later.
1987 - Fox Broadcasting Co. made its prime-time TV debut by airing the situation comedy “Married with Children” followed by “The Tracey Ullman Show,” then repeating both premiere episodes two more times in the same evening.
1999 - Libya handed over two suspects in the Lockerbie, Scotland bombing of a Pan Am flight.
2008 - Actor Charlton Heston, big-screen hero and later leader of the National Rifle Association, died in Beverly Hills, California, at age 84.
2013 - Kansas legislators gave final passage to a sweeping anti-abortion measure declaring that life began “at fertilization.” (Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, a Republican, signed the measure two weeks later.)
2010 - An explosion at the Upper Big Branch mine near Charleston, West Virginia, killed 29 workers. In a televised rescue, 115 Chinese coal miners were freed after spending eight days trapped in a flooded mine, surviving an accident that had killed 38.
2022 - Barack Obama returned to the White House for the first time in more than five years to savor the 12th anniversary of his signature health care law and give a boost to President Joe Biden’s efforts to expand it.
Birthdays
22 - Thylane Blondeau (model)
26 - Dominik Mysterio (professional wrestler)
34 - Lily James (actress)
37 - Charlotte Flair (professional wrestler)
41 - Hayley Atwell (actress)
47 - Sterling K. Brown (actor)
50 - Pharrell Williams (rapper)
51 - Pat Green (singer)
69 - Peter Case (singer)
71 - Mitch Pileggi (actor)
77 - Jane Asher (actress)
80 - Max Gail (actor)
82 - Michael Moriarty (actor)
83 - Tommy Cash (singer)
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Today in Sports History - April 5
1965 - The color of National Football League penalty flags used by officials was changed from white to bright gold.
1967 - Wilt Chamberlain (Philadelphia 76ers) set an NBA playoff record when he got 41 rebounds in a game.
1970 - Bobby Orr (Boston Bruins) became the first NHL defenseman to win the Art Ross Trophy as the NHL's top scorer.
1984 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Los Angeles Lakers) became the all-time NBA regular season scoring leader when he broke Wilt Chamberlain's record of 31,419 career points.
1987 - Doug Jarvis (Hartford Whalers) completed his 12th NHL season in his 962nd consecutive game. Jarvis retired after playing the first two games of the 1987-88 season setting the iron-man record at 964 games.
1992 - Stanford defeats Western Kentucky 78-62 to win the NCAA Women's Tournament.
1992 - WrestleMania VIII is held in Indianapolis; "Macho Man" Randy Savage defeated Ric Flair for the WWF championship and Hulk Hogan defeated Sid Justice in the main events.
1993 - North Carolina defeats Michigan 77-71 to win the NCAA Tournament.
1993 - The Florida Marlins and Colorado Rockies make their MLB debuts.
1999 - Barry Bonds was walked intentionally for the 270th time of his career. He passed Hank Aaron on the all-time list.
2004 - Connecticut defeats Georgia Tech 82-73 to win the NCAA Tournament.
2005 - Baylor defeats Michigan State 84-62 to win the NCAA Women's Tournament.
2005 - The Washington Nationals lose their inaugural season opener, 8-4 to the Philadelphia Phillies; first team to represent the nation's capital since the Washington Senators left after the 1971 season.
2009 - WrestleMania 25 is held in Houston; Triple H defeated Randy Orton for the WWE championship in the main event.
2010 - Duke defeats Butler 61-59 to win the NCAA Tournament.
2011 - Texas A&M defeats Notre Dame 76-70 to win the NCAA Women's Tournament.
2016 - Connecticut won an unprecedented fourth consecutive NCAA women's basketball tournament championship.
2019 - Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook becomes first player in NBA history to average a triple-double for the third consecutive season during the Thunder's 123-110 win at home over Detroit Pistons.
2020 - WrestleMania 36 is held in Orlando; the main events featured Braun Strowman defeating Goldberg for the WWE Universal Championship and Drew McIntyre defeating Brock Lesnar for the WWE championship.
2021 - Baylor defeats Gonzaga 86-70 to win the NCAA Tournament.
