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On This Day · The 95th day of the year

April 5

50 years on from China, April 5 is a date with an anniversary worth pausing on. Most of the weight falls in the 20th century, where conflict is a recurring thread.

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Aries is the sign for April 5 — read more on the Aries page, or see April's birthstone & birth flower.

Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed September 6, 2026

What happened on April 5?

April 5 is the 95th day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1792 and 2018. Famous people born on April 5 include Roman Herzog, Julio Ángel Fernández and Pharrell Williams.

Released on April 5

Movies, games, albums & shows

2024

  • Game Biomorph
  • TV WIND BREAKER

2023

  • Movie The Super Mario Bros. Movie

2022

  • Game LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1792

    George Washington

  2. 1902

    1902 Ibrox disaster

  3. 1942

    World War II

  4. 1966

    Buddhist Uprising

  5. 1974

    Carrie (novel)

  6. 1976

    China

  7. 1983

    People's Armed Police

  8. 1998

    Japan

  9. 2010

    2010 North-West Frontier Province attacks

  10. 2018

    United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Famous birthday twins

Born on April 5

Roman Herzog

b. 1934

Julio Ángel Fernández

b. 1946

Pharrell Williams

b. 1973

Quade Cooper

b. 1988

Lisa Zane

b. 1961

Thomas Hobbes

b. 1588

Nadar

b. 1820

George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

b. 1539

Deaths

  • 2014Alan Davie
  • 2004Heiner Zieschang
  • 1998Cozy Powell
  • 1997Allen Ginsberg
  • 1994Kurt Cobain
  • 1975Chiang Kai-shek

Holidays & observances

  • —Christian feast day: Agape, Chionia, and Irene
  • —Christian feast day: Albert of Montecorvino
  • —Christian feast day: Catherine of Palma
  • —Christian feast day: Derfel Gadarn
  • —Christian feast day: Æthelburh of Kent
  • —Christian feast day: Gerald of Sauve-Majeure
  • —Christian feast day: Juliana of Liège
  • —Christian feast day: Maria Crescentia Höss

The factual record above — event titles, dates, names, and observances — is drawn from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. DateLore adds curation, structure, and original editorial commentary. DateLore is not affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.

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