Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/April 5
On April 5:
- 1614 - Native American Pocahontas married English colonist John Rolfe.
- 1945 - Tito allowed temporary entry of USSR troops into Yugoslavia.
- 1955 - U.K. Prime Minister Winston Churchill resigned.
- 1994 - Kurt Cobain died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
- 1998 - The Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge opened to traffic.
- 1999 - Russell Henderson pleaded guilty for the hate crime killing of Matthew Shepard.
