April 5: Rama Navami (Hinduism, 2017); Feast Day of Vincent Ferrer
Akashi Kaikyō Bridge
- 1081 – The Komnenian dynasty came to full power when Alexios I Komnenos was crowned Byzantine Emperor.
- 1614 – Native American Pocahontas married English colonist John Rolfe in Virginia, and was christened Lady Rebecca.
- 1936 – Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak: An F5 tornado hit Tupelo, Mississippi, killing at least 216 people.
- 1998 – Japan's Akashi Kaikyō Bridge (pictured), linking Awaji Island and Kobe, opened to traffic, becoming the longest suspension bridge in the world to date with a main span length of 1,991 metres (6,532 ft).
- 2009 – The North Korean satellite Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 was launched from the Tonghae Satellite Launching Ground and passed over Japan, sparking concerns by other nations that it may have been a trial run of technology that could be used to launch intercontinental ballistic missiles.
Sir Thomas Hardy, 1st Baronet (b. 1769) · Marie-Rosalie Cadron-Jetté (d. 1864) · Stella Creasy (b. 1977)
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