TODAY IN HISTORY
Today is Friday, April 5, the 96th day of 2024. There are 270 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On April 5, 1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death following their conviction in New York on charges of conspiring to commit espionage for the Soviet Union.
On this date:
In 1614, Indian Chief Powhatan’s daughter Pocahontas married Englishman John Rolfe, a widower, in the Virginia Colony.
In 1621, the Mayflower sailed from Plymouth Colony in present-day Massachusetts on a monthlong return trip to England.
In 1887, in Tuscumbia, Alabama, teacher Anne Sullivan achieved a breakthrough as her 6-year-old deaf-blind pupil, Helen Keller, learned the meaning of the word “water” as spelled out in the Manual Alphabet.
In 1976, reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes died in Houston at age 70.
In 1987, Fox Broadcasting Co. made its prime-time TV debut by airing the situation comedy “Married with Children” followed by “The Tracey Ullman Show”.
In 2008, actor Charlton Heston, bigscreen hero and later leader of the National Rifle Association, died in Beverly Hills, California, at age 84.
In 2016, UConn won an unprecedented fourth straight women’s national championship, capping another perfect season by routing Syracuse 82-51.
In 2018, in his first public comments about Stormy Daniels, President Donald Trump said he didn’t know about the $130,000 payment his personal attorney Michael Cohen had made to the porn actress who alleged she had an affair with Trump.
In 2023, Democrat Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an anti-vaccine activist and scion of one of the country’s most famous political families, announced he was running for president.
Today’s Birthdays: Movie producer Roger Corman is 98. Country singer Tommy Cash is 84. Actor Jane Asher is 78. Singer Agnetha Faltskog (ABBA) is 74. Actor Mitch Pileggi is 72. Rock musician Mike McCready (Pearl Jam) is 58. Singer Paula Cole is 56. Actor Krista Allen is 53. Actor Victoria Hamilton is 53. Country singer Pat Green is 52. Rapperproducer Pharrell Williams is 51. Rapper/ producer Juicy J is 49. Actor Sterling K. Brown is 48. Country singer-musician Mike Eli (The Eli Young Band) is 43. Actor Hayley Atwell is 42. Actor Lily James is 35.