MONDAY, APRIL 5, 2010

Today is Monday, April 5, the 95th day of 2010. There are 270 days left in the year.

2348 B.C. _ Noah's ark grounded, Mount Ararat (calculated date)

1614 _ Indian princess Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe

1621 _ Mayflower sails from Plymouth on a return trip to England

1887 _ Anne Sullivan teaches ``water" to Helen Keller

1895 _ Oscar Wilde loses libel case against Marquess of Queensberry, who accused him of homosexual practices

1896 _ First modern Olympic Games officially open in Athens

1902 _ Soccer match riot between Scotland & England kills 25

1955 _ Winston Churchill resigns as British P.M., Anthony Eden succeeds him

1963 _ Beatles receive their first silver disc (Please Please Me)

2063 _ Earth's first contact by extra-terrestrials (Vulcan); according to Star Trek