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| April 5th, 2008 (April 05 2008) | Death | Charlton Heston, American Actor (born in 1923) | |
| April 5th, 1998 (April 05 1998) | Event | In Japan, the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge linking Shikoku with Honshu and costing about $3.8 billion USD, opens to traffic, becoming the largest suspension bridge in the world. | |
| April 5th, 1998 (April 05 1998) | Death | Cozy Powell, British musician (born in 1947) | |
| April 5th, 1978 (April 05 1978) | Birth | Franziska van Almsick, German swimmer | |
| April 5th, 1978 (April 05 1978) | Birth | Stephen Jackson, American basketball player | |
| April 5th, 1968 (April 05 1968) | Birth | Paula Cole, American musician | |
| April 5th, 1958 (April 05 1958) | Event | Ripple Rock, an underwater threat to navigation in the Seymour Narrows in Canada is destroyed in one of the largest non-nuclear controlled explosions of the time. | |
| April 5th, 1958 (April 05 1958) | Birth | Johan Kriek, South African born tennis player | |
| April 5th, 1948 (April 05 1948) | Birth | Les Binks, British musician, former drummer for Judas Priest | |
| April 5th, 1948 (April 05 1948) | Birth | Dave Holland, British musician (Judas Priest) | |
| April 5th, 1928 (April 05 1928) | Birth | Tony Williams, American singer (The Platters) (died in 1992) | |
| April 5th, 1928 (April 05 1928) | Death | Roy Kilner, English cricketer (born in 1890) | |
| April 5th, 1908 (April 05 1908) | Birth | Bette Davis, American actress (died in 1989) | Bette Davis Quotes |
| April 5th, 1908 (April 05 1908) | Birth | Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor (died in 1989) | |
| April 5th, 1908 (April 05 1908) | Birth | Jagjivan Ram, Indian politician (died in 1986) | |
| April 5th, 1818 (April 05 1818) | Event | In the Battle of Maipu, Chile s independence movementled by Bernardo O Higgins and Jose de San Martinwin a decisive victory over Spain, leaving 2,000 Spaniards and 1,000 Chilean patriots dead. | Jose de San Martin Quotes |
| April 5th, 1588 (April 05 1588) | Birth | Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher (died in 1679) | Thomas Hobbes Quotes |
| April 5th, 1288 (April 05 1288) | Birth | Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (died in 1336) | |
| April 5th, 1168 (April 05 1168) | Death | Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester (born in 1104) | |
