A stand box collapses at Ibrox Park (now Ibrox Stadium) in Glasgow, Scotland, which led to the deaths of 25 and injuries to more than 500 supporters during an international association football match between Scotland and England. Date: April 5, 1902 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 5 📅 Events on…
The Transandine Railway connecting Chile and Argentina is inaugurated. Date: April 5, 1910 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 5 📅 Events on this day in 1910 📅 On This Day (Today)
The American Birth Control League, forerunner of Planned Parenthood, is incorporated. Date: April 5, 1922 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 5 📅 Events on this day in 1922 📅 On This Day (Today)
Dominion of Newfoundland: Ten thousand rioters seize the Colonial Building leading to the end of self-government. Date: April 5, 1932 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 5 📅 Events on this day in 1932 📅 On This Day (Today)
Andorran Revolution: The Young Andorrans occupy the Casa de la Vall and force the government to hold democratic elections with universal male suffrage. Date: April 5, 1933 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 5 📅 Events on this day in 1933 📅 On This Day (Today)
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs two executive orders: 6101 to establish the Civilian Conservation Corps, and 6102 "forbidding the Hoarding of Gold Coin, Gold Bullion, and Gold Certificates" by U.S. citizens. Date: April 5, 1933 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 5 📅 Events on this day in 1933 📅…
Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak: An F5 tornado kills 233 in Tupelo, Mississippi. Date: April 5, 1936 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 5 📅 Events on this day in 1936 📅 On This Day (Today)
Spanish Civil War: Two days after the Nationalist army occupied the Catalan city of Lleida, dictator Francisco Franco decrees the abolition of the Generalitat (the autonomous government of Catalonia), the self-government granted by the Republic, and the official status of the Catalan language. Date: April 5, 1938 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events…
World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy launches a carrier-based air attack on Colombo, Ceylon during the Indian Ocean raid. Port and civilian facilities are damaged and the Royal Navy cruisers HMS Cornwall and HMS Dorsetshire are sunk southwest of the island. Date: April 5, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 5…
World War II: Adolf Hitler issues Fuhrer Directive No. 41 summarizing Case Blue, including the German Sixth Army's planned assault on Stalingrad. Date: April 5, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 5 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today)