10 History Lessons + 4 Births & 5 Deaths for April 5, 2025
Today’s History:
- 1614 – Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe in Virginia.
- 1792 – U.S. President George Washington exercises the first presidential veto.
- 1887 – Anne Sullivan successfully teaches Helen Keller her first word: “water.”
- 1923 – Firestone Tire and Rubber Company begins producing inflatable car tires.
- 1951 – Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are sentenced to death for espionage in the U.S.
- 1955 – Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
- 1971 – Canadian Fran Phipps becomes the first woman to reach the North Pole.
- 1992 – Serbian troops begin the siege of Sarajevo, starting the Bosnian War.
- 1994 – Kurt Cobain, lead singer of Nirvana, is found dead in Seattle.
- 2007 – 15 British Royal Navy personnel held by Iran are released after 13 days in captivity.
Today’s Birthdays:
- 1950 – Agnetha Fältskog, Swedish pop singer and ABBA member (75)
- 1973 – Pharrell Williams, singer, producer, and fashion designer (52)
- 1982 – Hayley Atwell, actress (Agent Carter, Captain America) (43)
- 1990 – Lily James, British actress (Cinderella, Pam & Tommy) (35)
Today’s Deaths:
- 1794 – Georges Danton, French Revolutionary leader (34)
- 1964 – Douglas MacArthur, U.S. general and World War II hero (84)
- 1992 – Sam Walton, founder of Walmart and Sam’s Club (74)
- 1997 – Allen Ginsberg, American poet and leading figure of the Beat Generation (70)
- 1994 – Kurt Cobain, musician and frontman of Nirvana (27)
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