General Information for April 5th 2016 |
There are 2 public holidays today. |
Day 96 of 2016 |
270 days left in 2016 |
Week 14 of the year |
On this Day in History |
2008 - US actor Charlton Heston, star of the film Ben-Hur and president of the National Rifle Association, dies (born 1923). |
1951 - Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are sentenced to jail for conspiring to steal secrets about the atomic bomb - a historical moment documented in the song 'We Didn't Start the Fire'. |
1841 - William Henry Harrison, 9th US President, dies of a pneumonia he contracted during his inaugural speech 32 days earlier. |
1815 - People around the world learn the name 'Tambora' - the greatest volcanic eruption in recorded history. |