What happened on April 5 ?

582 - Eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople

1168 - Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester (b. 1104)

1419 - Vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1350)

1605 - Adam Loftus, English Protestant archbishop in Ireland

1617 - Alonso Lobo, Spanish composer

1676 - John Winthrop, the Younger, American politican (b. 1606)

1693 - Anne, Duchess of Montpensier, French writer (b. 1627)

1695 - George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax, English writer (b. 1633)

1697 - King Charles XI of Sweden (b. 1655)

1717 - Jean Jouvenet, French painter (b. 1647)

1735 - William Derham, English minister and writer (b. 1657)

1735 - Samuel Wesley, English poet (b. 1662)

1765 - Edward Young, English poet (b. 1683)

1794 - Georges Danton, French Revolutionary leader (b. 1759)

1923 - George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, English financier (b. 1866)

1928 - Roy Kilner, English cricketer (b. 1890)

1964 - General Douglas MacArthur, American general (b. 1880)

1967 - Hermann Joseph Muller, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (b. 1890)

1967 - Mischa Elman, Ukrainian violinist (b. 1891)

1970 - Alfred Henry Sturtevant, American geneticist (b. 1891)

1972 - Brian Donlevy, American actor (b. 1901)

1974 - A. Y. Jackson, Canadian painter (b. 1882)

1975 - Chiang Kai-shek, Chinese nationalist leader (b. 1887)

1976 - Howard Hughes, American aviator (b. 1905)

1976 - Wilder Penfield, Canadian surgeon (b. 1891)

1979 - Eugène Gabritschevsky, Russian biologist and artist (b. 1893)

1982 - Abe Fortas, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1910)

1983 - Danny Rapp, American musician (Danny & the Juniors) (b. 1941)

1991 - John Tower, American politican(b. 1925)

1991 - Sonny Carter, astronaut (b. 1947)

1992 - Molly Picon, French actress (b. 1898)

1992 - Sam Walton, American retailer (b. 1918)

1994 - Kurt Cobain, American musician (b. 1967)

1997 - Allen Ginsberg, American poet (b. 1926)

1998 - Cozy Powell, British musician (b. 1947)

2000 - Lee Petty, American race car driver (b. 1914)

2001 - Brother Theodore, German comedian (b. 1906)

2002 - Layne Staley, American musician (Alice in Chains) (b. 1967)

2004 - Heiner Zieschang, German mathematician (b. 1936)

2004 - S?awomir Rawicz, (b. 1915)

2005 - Saul Bellow, Canadian-born writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1915)

2005 - Dale Messick, American comic strip artist (b. 1906)

2005 - Debralee Scott, American actress (b. 1953)

2006 - Gene Pitney, American singer (b. 1941)