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April 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Cold Food Festival, held on April 4 if it is a leap year (China); and its related observances: Earliest day on which Sham el-Nessim can fall, while May 9 is the latest; celebrated on Monday after the Orthodox Easter ; Children's Day (Palestinian territories) First Contact Day (International observance) [68]
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1915 – First World War: The Australian and New Zealand Army Corps landed at Anzac Cove while British and French troops landed at Cape Helles to begin the Allied invasion of the Gallipoli peninsula in the Ottoman Empire. 1960 – The U.S. Navy submarine Triton (pictured) completed the first submerged circumnavigation of the world.
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1581 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I; 1609 - Death of Charles de L'Ecluse, Flemish botanist (b. 1526) 1617 - Death of John Napier, Scottish mathematician (b. 1550) 1688 - Birth of Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768)
Image credits: Rafal Oleksiewicz / Getty Images #2 Lionel Messi. Lionel Messi is yet another soccer player on this list. Like Ronaldo, the Argentinian megastar started his football career early on ...
Joe Meek (April 5, 1929–February 3, 1967), English record producer, would have turned 95 this year. Stan Levey (April 5, 1925 –April 19, 2005), American drummer, would have turned 99 this year. Herb Fleming (April 5, 1900 –October 03, 1976), (born Nicolaiih El-Michelle) Moroccan trombonist, would have turned 124 this year.
1 April 1997 – Comet Hale-Bopp at perihelion; 12 April 1633 – Galileo Galilei's trial starts; 15 April 1707 – Leonhard Euler's birthday; 18 April 1955 – Albert Einstein's death; 22 April 1904 – J. Robert Oppenheimer's birthday; 23 April 1858 – Max Planck's birthday; 24 April 1990 – Hubble Space Telescope launched