Historical Events on April 5

Civilian Conservation Corps

Here are some historical events that have happened on April 5th:

1614 - Pocahontas, daughter of the chief of the Powhatan Indian confederacy, married English colonist John Rolfe in Virginia.

1621 - The Mayflower set sail from Plymouth, Massachusetts, on a return trip to England.

1792 - U.S. President George Washington cast the first presidential veto, rejecting a bill that would have apportioned representatives among the states based on population.

1856 - Educator Booker T. Washington was born into slavery in Franklin County, Virginia.

1895 - Oscar Wilde was arrested in London for "gross indecency" after being accused of homosexual behavior.

1923 - Firestone Tire and Rubber Company began the first regular production of balloon tires.

1933 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an executive order establishing the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC).

1951 - Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death for passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union.

1976 - Billionaire Howard Hughes died in Houston, Texas, at age 70.

1992 - The Siege of Sarajevo began during the Bosnian War.

2010 - An explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia killed 29 coal miners.

2014 - The United Nations' International Court of Justice ruled that Japan's Antarctic whaling program was not for scientific purposes, ordering Japan to stop issuing whaling permits in the region.

These are just a few events from history that took place on April 5th.