Today in History for 5th April 2018:
Historical Events
1609 – Daimyo (Lord) of the Satsuma Domain in southern Ky?sh?, Japan, completes his successful invasion of the Ry?ky? Kingdom in Okinawa
1861 – Federals abandon Ft Quitman, Texas
1901 – Under threats from the Ottoman Turkish Government, Bulgaria is forced to arrest the leaders of the Macedonian Committee
1964 – Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA St Petersburg Women’s Golf Open
1965 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
2012 – Severe storms in Argentina kill 14 people
Famous Birthdays
1588 – Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher (Leviathan), born in Westport, England (d. 1679)
1832 – Jules-Francois Camille Ferry, French statesman
1871 – Jeanne Bougeois, [La Mistinguette], artist (French revue)
1931 – Denis Lawton, director (London University Institute of Educ)
1972 – Shigemasa Ito, WLAF offensive linebacker (Rhein Fire)
1980 – Lee Jae Won, South Korean actor, singer, and rapper
Famous Deaths
1712 – John Luyken, poet/etcher (species company), dies at 63
1794 – Georges Danton, French politician and revolutionary (1st president of the Committee of Public Safety during the French Revolution), executed by guillotine at 34
1985 – Arthur Negus, English antiques expert and broadcaster (Antiques Roadshow), dies at 82
1992 – Sam Walton, American businessman (founder and CEO of Walmart and Sam’s Club), dies of multiple myeloma at 74
1998 – Cozy Powell, British musician (b. 1947)
2005 – Debralee Scott, American actress (Cathy-Mary Hartman, Angie), dies at 52