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