Is anybody born on the 5th of April like I am and has anything famous happened on that date?

Question

I heard that it is rare to find people born on the same day as you.

Answer 1

Yes, that's my birthday! Yes, quiet a few famous events have happened on our birthday. In fact, did you know that according to scholars' estimate, they believe that Noah's Ark was grounded the 5th of April at Mt. Ararat!
Here are a few other notable events that happened on April 5th in History:
1614-Pocahontas married John Rolfe
1621-the Mayflower set sail from Plymouth to Great Britain
1792-Pres. George Washington signed the first veto in U.S.
1804-First Meteroid falls in Scotland
Some famous people that share our birthday:
1649-Elihu Yale-American benefactor of Yale University
1827-Joseph Lister-Surgeon that discovered antiseptics
1856-Booker T. Washington-American Educator
1900-Spencer Tracy-Actor
1908-Bette Davis-Actress
1916-Gregory Peck-Actor
1920-Arthur Hailey-Writer
1937-Colin Powell-U.S. Secretary of State
1964-Christopher "Kid" Reid of "Kid 'N' Play"-rapper
1965-Mike McCready of "Pearl Jam"-musician
1968-Paula Cole-singer
1976-Ross Gload-professional baseball player
1976-Ryan Drese-Baseball player
1978-Stephen Jackson-American basketball player
1980-Matt Bonner, NBA player

And it's also Arbor Day for South Korea.

Answer 2

My partner was born on the 5th April 1982

Answer 3

Yes I was born on April 5th but the year is probably way off I was born in 1963.

Answer 4

One of my best friends was born 5th April 1982, ten days before me and we were carried outta hospital together...

Answer 5

Lots of stuff happened; check the link.

A sample - 1994 - Lead Singer of Nirvana, Kurt Cobain commits suicide, and is found three days later (April 8th).

Answer 6

yes you have to have your tax returns done or u get a whopping fine

i was born on the 20th april which is the birthday of one famous person that everyone has heard of:

Adolf Hitler - and guess what im part german aswell, bow to ur new fuhrer hiel

Answer 7

nicely i'm an Aussie with ancestors from specially Lebanon, a tiny bit from England, and the very slightest section from eire. So extraordinarily a lot, in simple terms Lebanon. i'm not regarding all people renowned that i comprehend of, even although that my Mum professes to be Australia's fastest ironer (yeah, yeah, in spite of the indisputable fact that mom!) yet my tremendous Grandfather became an Aussie contained in the first international warfare to blame of something or different, i rather do not get protection force words. anyhow, there became one American - ordinary McArthur - who became curiously remarkable - and he became to blame of *all* the Australian troops, and he suggested that my tremendous Grandfather became *the*, the proper Australian soldier and a staggering strategist. Yeah, it really is nice, I examine it on my tremendous Grandfather's wikipedia web page. easily, my Mum informed me he suggested that, and then I searched it on Google, and my G-Grandfather had his own web page, alongside with different web pages on him. It became extraordinary. So he retired after the first international warfare, yet they pulled him out retirement and compelled him to wrestle contained in the 2d international warfare to boot. Then after that he retired for sturdy. there's a portrait of him contained in the Australian warfare Memorial. curiously he used to sit in protection force conferences and sleep for hours at the same time as they were attempting to confirm out a frame of mind and at the same time as they concept that they'd complete he'd open one eye and ought to tell them that ''which could under no circumstances paintings''. and then he'd ought to assist them.

Answer 8

Weren't you born, isn't that fabulous enough. Actually its the day after Martin Luther King was murdered so you're close enough.

Answer 9

Not mine but its my aunties birthday on April 5th.

Answer 10

April 5th in History
0: Noah's ark grounded, Mt Ararat (acording to scholars' estimate)
1895: Writer Oscar Wylde is arrested for "Gross Behavior"
1951: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg sentenced to death for allegedly giving American atomic secrets to the USSR
1955: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill resigns
1981: The Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev goes to Czechoslovakia to discuss Polish crisis
1982: A British Naval Task Force leaves for the Falkland Islands, which have been invaded by Argentina


April 5th birthdays
1588: Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher
1649: Elihu Yale, Founder of American Yale University
1900: Spencer Tracy, American actor
1908: Bette Davis, American actress
1916: Gregory Peck, American actor
1920: Arthur Halley, British author
April 5th in History
0: Noah's ark grounded, Mt Ararat (acording to scholars' estimate)
1895: Writer Oscar Wylde is arrested for "Gross Behavior"
1951: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg sentenced to death for allegedly giving American atomic secrets to the USSR
1955: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill resigns
1981: The Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev goes to Czechoslovakia to discuss Polish crisis
1982: A British Naval Task Force leaves for the Falkland Islands, which have been invaded by Argentina

Births
1288 - Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (d. 1336)
1472 - Bianca Maria Sforza, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1510)
1479 - Guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (d. 1574)
1523 - Blaise de Vigenère, French cryptographer (d. 1596)
1588 - Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher (d. 1679)
1604 - Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1675)
1622 - Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician (d. 1703)
1649 - Elihu Yale, American benefactor of Yale University (d. 1721)
1692 - Adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (d. 1730)
1732 - Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French artist (d. 1806)
1784 - Louis Spohr, German violinist (d. 1859)
1816 - Samuel Freeman Miller, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1890)
1827 - Joseph Lister, English surgeon (d. 1912)
1832 - Jules Ferry, French statesman (d. 1893)
1837 - Algernon Charles Swinburne, English poet (d. 1909)
1856 - Booker T. Washington, American educator (d. 1915)
1869 - Sergei Chaplygin, Russian physicist and engineer (d. 1942)
1871 - Mirko Seljan, Croatian explorer
1875 - Mistinguett, French vaudeville performer (d. 1956)
1893 - Clas Thunberg, Finnish speed skater (d. 1973)
1900 - Spencer Tracy, American actor (d. 1967)
1901 - Melvyn Douglas, American actor (d. 1981)
1908 - Bette Davis, American actress (d. 1989)
1908 - Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor (d. 1989)
1908 - Jagjivan Ram, Indian politician (d. 1986)
1909 - Albert R. Broccoli, American film producer (d. 1996)
1911 - Jussi Björling, Swedish tenor (d. 1960)
1912 - John Le Mesurier, British actor (d. 1983)
1916 - Gregory Peck, American actor (d. 2003)
1917 - Robert Bloch, American author (d. 1994)
1920 - Arthur Hailey, American writer (d. 2004)
1920 - Rafique Zakaria, Indian author (d. 2005)
1922 - Christopher Hewett, British actor (d. 2001)
1922 - Gale Storm, American singer
1923 - Michael V. Gazzo, American actor (d. 1995)
1923 - Nguyen Van Thieu, President of South Vietnam (d. 2001)
1926 - Roger Corman, American film director
1929 - Hugo Claus, Belgian writer
1929 - Ivar Giaever, Norwegian physicist, Nobel laureate
1929 - Nigel Hawthorne, British actor (d. 2001)
1929 - Joe Meek, English record producer
1933 - Larry Felser, American sports columnist
1934 - Frank Gorshin, American actor (d. 2005)
1934 - Roman Herzog, German politician
1935 - Peter Grant (music manager), British manager (Led Zeppelin, Bad Company) (d. 1995)
1937 - Colin Powell, U.S. Secretary of State
1941 - Michael Moriarty, American actor
1942 - Peter Greenaway, Welsh film director
1943 - Max Gail, American actor
1944 - Pedro Rossello, Puerto Rican politician
1945 - Tommy Smith, English footballer
1946 - Jane Asher, British actress
1947 - Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, 14th President of the Philippines
1948 - Dave Holland, British musician (Judas Priest)
1949 - Judith Resnik, astronaut (d. 1986)
1950 - Agnetha Fältskog, Swedish singer (ABBA)
1952 - Mitch Pileggi, American actor
1954 - Stan Ridgway, American musician (Wall of Voodoo)
1955 - Janice Long, English broadcaster
1955 - Akira Toriyama, Japanese manga artist
1961 - Lisa Zane, American actress
1962 - Lana Clarkson, American actress (d. 2003)
1964 - Christopher "Kid" Reid, American rapper (Kid 'n Play)
1965 - Mike McCready, American musician (Pearl Jam)
1965 - Cris Carpenter, baseball player
1968 - Paula Cole, American musician
1970 - Miho Hatori, Japanese singer and songwriter (Cibo Matto)
1972 - Tom Coronel, Dutch racing driver
1973 - Pharrell Williams, American producer (The Neptunes)
1974 - Uhm Tae Woong, South Korean actor
1975 - John Hartson, Welsh footballer
1976 - Fernando Morientes, Spanish footballer
1976 - Kim Collins, Nevisian sprinter
1976 - Ross Gload, professional baseball player
1976 - Ryan Drese, Baseball player
1978 - Stephen Jackson, American basketball player
1978 - Franziska van Almsick, German swimmer
1979 - Timo Hildebrand, German footballer
1980 - Matt Bonner, NBA player
1980 - Lee Jae Won, South Korean actor, singer, and rapper
1982 - Thomas Hitzlsperger, German footballer
1982 - Alexandre Prémat, French racing driver
1984 - Shin Min-a, South Korean model and actress
1985 - Lastings Milledge, Baseball player
1988 - Asumi Nakata, Japanese voice actress (seiyū)
Events
456 - St. Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary Bishop.
1242 - During a battle on the ice of Lake Peipus, Russian forces, led by Alexander Nevsky, rebuff an invasion attempt by the Teutonic Knights.
1566 - 200 Netherlands noblemen, led by Hendrik van Brederode, force themselves into the presence of Margaret of Parma and present the Petition of Compromise, denouncing the Inquisition in the Netherlands and demanding its immediate dismantling. Margaret agrees to suspend the Inquisition while a delegation is sent to Spain to petition Philip II himself.
1609 - Daimyo (Lord) of the Satsuma clan in Southern Kyūshū, Japan, completes his successful invasion of the Ryūkyū Kingdom in Okinawa.
1614 - In Virginia, Native American Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe.
1621 - The Mayflower sets sail from Plymouth on a return trip to Great Britain.
1654 - The Treaty of Westminster, ending the First Anglo-Dutch War, is signed.
1792 - U.S. President George Washington vetoes a bill designed to apportion representatives among U.S. states. This was the first time the presidential veto had been used in the United States.
1804 - The first recorded meteorite falls in Possil, Scotland (High Possil Meteorite).
1862 - American Civil War: Battle of Yorktown. The battle begins when Union forces under General George McClellan close in on the Confederate capital Richmond, Virginia.
1874 - Birkenhead Park, the first civic public park, was opened in Birkenhead.
1923 - Firestone Tire and Rubber Company starts production of balloon-tires.
1930 - In an act of civil disobedience, Mohandas Gandhi breaks British law after marching to the sea and making salt.
1936 - Tupelo-Gainesville Outbreak: An F5 tornado slams into the north side of Tupelo, Mississippi, killing 233. It is the 4th deadliest tornado in U.S. history.
1942 - Second World War: Japanese Navy attacks Colombo in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Royal Navy Cruisers HMS Cornwall and HMS Dorsetshire are sunk southwest of the island.
1945 - Cold War: Yugoslav leader Josip "Tito" Broz signs an agreement with the USSR allowing "temporary entry of Soviet troops into Yugoslav territory."
1946 - Soviet troops leave the island of Bornholm, Denmark after occupying it for approximately 11 months.
1949 - Fireside Theater debuts on television.
1949 - A fire in a hospital in Effingham, Illinois, United States, kills 77 people resulting in nationwide fire code improvements.
1951 - Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are sentenced to death for performing espionage for the Soviet Union.
1955 - Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom amid indications of failing health.
1956 - Fidel Castro declares himself at war with the President of Cuba.
1956 - In Sri Lanka, the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna won the general elections in a lanslide and S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike sworn in as the Prime Minister.
1957 - In India, Communists won the first elections in united Kerala and E. M. S. Namboodiripad sworn in as the first chief minister.
1969 - Vietnam War: Massive antiwar demonstrations are held in New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and other cities around the United States.
1971 - In Sri Lanka, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna launches insurrection against the United Front government of Mrs Sirimavo Bandaranaike.
1972 - Vietnam War: North Vietnamese forces invade Binh Long Province, launching a second front of the Nguyen Hue Offensive.
1973 - Pierre Messmer becomes Prime Minister of France.
1976 - In the People's Republic of China, the April Fifth Movement leads to the Tiananmen incident.
1986 - Bombing of the La Belle Discotheque in West Berlin, Germany, kills three.
1991 - ASA Embraer EMB 120 crashes in Brunswick, Georgia, United States, killing all 23 aboard.
1992 - Several hundred-thousand abortion rights demonstrators march in Washington, D.C.
1992 - Siege of Sarajevo begins when Serb paramilitaries murder peace protestor Suada Dilberovic on the Skenderija Bridge.
1993 - The Child Support Act 1991, administered by the Child Support Agency, comes into effect in the United Kingdom.
1994 - Lead Singer of Nirvana, Kurt Cobain commits suicide, and is found three days later (April 8th).
1998 - In Japan, the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge linking Shikoku with Honshū and costing about US$3.8 billion, opens to traffic, becoming the largest suspension bridge in the world.
1999 - Two Libyans suspected of bringing down Pan Am flight 103 in 1988 are handed over for eventual trial in the Netherlands.
2002 - Alice in Chains singer Layne Staley dies of a heroin overdose.
2005 - ABC News anchor Peter Jennings informs his viewers that he has Lung Cancer. This was his final broadcast.
2006 - The first case of H5N1 avian flu was confirmed in the UK after tests on a dead swan found in Cellardyke, Fife.
so your birthday is a bit more exciting now