TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 2011
Today is Tuesday, April 5, the 95th day of 2011. 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
1887 ― Anne Sullivan teaches ``water" to Helen Keller
1896 ― First modern Olympic Games officially open in Athens
1951 ― Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, atomic spies, sentenced to death
1954 ― Elvis Presley records his debut single, ``That's All Right"
1955 ― Winston Churchill resigns as British P.M., Anthony Eden succeeds him
1974 ― Then tallest building, World Trade Center opens in NYC (110 stories)
1989 ― Solidarity granted legal status in Poland
2063 ― Earth's first contact by extraterrestrials (Vulcan); according to Star Trek