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)
World War II: United States Army Air Forces bomber aircraft accidentally cause more than 900 civilian deaths, including 209 children, and 1,300 wounded among the civilian population of the Belgian town of Mortsel. Their target was the Erla factory 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) from the residential area hit. Date: April 5, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia…
Cold War: Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito signs an agreement with the Soviet Union to allow "temporary entry of Soviet troops into Yugoslav territory". Date: April 5, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 5 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today)
A Fleet Air Arm Vickers Wellington crashes into a residential area in Rabat, Malta during a training exercise, killing all four crew members and 16 civilians on the ground. Date: April 5, 1946 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 5 📅 Events on this day in 1946 📅 On This Day…
Soviet troops end their year-long occupation of the Danish island of Bornholm. Date: April 5, 1946 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 5 📅 Events on this day in 1946 📅 On This Day (Today)
A fire in a hospital in Effingham, Illinois, kills 77 people and leads to nationwide fire code improvements in the United States. Date: April 5, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 5 📅 Events on this day in 1949 📅 On This Day (Today)