Today is Friday, April 5, the 95th day of 2013. There are 270 days left in the year.
2348 B.C. ― Noah's ark grounded, Mt. Ararat (calculated date)
1614 ― Indian princess Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe
1621 ― Mayflower sails from Plymouth on a return trip to England
1803 ― First performance of Beethoven's 2nd Symphony in D
1887 ― Anne Sullivan teaches “water” to Helen Keller
1896 ― First modern Olympic Games officially open in Athens
1955 ― Winston Churchill resigns as British P.M., Anthony Eden succeeds him
1971 ― Fran Phipps is first woman to reach North Pole
1974 ― Then tallest building, World Trade Center opens in NYC (110 stories)
1984 ― Kareem Abdul-Jabbar breaks Wilt Chamberlain's all-time career scoring record of 31,419 points (31,421)