Today in History for 5th April 2025
Historical Events
1975 – American tennis #1 Chris Evert wins her 3rd WTA Tour Championship at the Los Angeles Sports Arena; beats Martina Navratilova 6-4, 6-2
1990 – NY Rangers beat NY Islanders 2-1 in 1st game of preliminary
1991 – Space Shuttle STS 37 (Atlantis 8) launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida
1992 – The Tradition Senior Men’s Golf, GC at Desert Mountain: Lee Trevino win his second Champions Tour major by 1 stroke from Jack Nicklaus
1996 – John Bobbitt is put under house arrest in Las Vegas for 120 days
2009 – Kraft Nabisco Championship Women’s Golf, Mission Hills CC: Brittany Lincicome eagles the final hole to win her first major title, 1 stroke ahead of fellow American Cristie Kerr
Famous Birthdays
1882 – Don Blackie, Australian cricket spin bowler (3 Tests, 14 wickets, BB 6/94; Victoria), born in Bendigo, Australia (d. 1955)
1886 – Jacques Handschin, Swiss musicologist (Der Toncharakter), born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1955)
1901 – Alexander Alexeieff, Russian-French painter and graphic artist, born in Kazan, Russia (d. 1982)
1906 – Grady Sutton, American actor (The Bank Dick; The Pruitts of Southhampton), born in Chattanooga, Tennessee (d. 1995)
1917 – Richard Yardumian, American composer (Come Creator Spirit), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1985)
1956 – Diamond Dallas Page, American professional wrestler, born in Point Pleasant, New Jersey
Famous Deaths
1617 – Alonso Lobo, Spanish composer (Versa est in luctum), dies at 62
1908 – Gaetano Coronaro, Italian conductor, pedagogue, and composer (La Creola), dies at 55
1969 – Shelby Storck, American television producer, dies at 52
1994 – Marlon Riggs, American writer, director and producer (Ethnic notions), dies at 37
2005 – Dale Messick [Dalia Messick], American comic strip artist (Brenda Starr, Reporter), dies at 98
2011 – Baruch Samuel Blumberg, American scientist, (1976 Nobel Laureate for Physiology or Medicine, for work on Hepatitis B), dies at 85
