What happend on 5th April

04.04
06.04
2005

ABC News anchor Peter Jennings announces on World News Tonight that he has been diagnosed with lung cancer. It would be his last on-air appearance.

1999

In Laramie, Wyoming, United States, Russell Henderson pleads guilty to kidnapping and felony murder in order to avoid a possible death penalty conviction for the hate crime killing of Matthew Shepard.

1999

Two Libyans suspected of bringing down Pan Am flight 103 in 1988 are handed over for eventual trial in the Netherlands.

1998

In Japan, the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge linking Shikoku with Honshu and costing about US$3.8 billion, opens to traffic, becoming the largest suspension bridge in the world.

1993

The Child Support Act 1991, administered by the Child Support Agency, comes into effect in the United Kingdom.

1992

Siege of Sarajevo begins when Serb paramilitaries murder peace protestor Suada Dilberovic on the Skenderija Bridge.

1992

Several hundred-thousand abortion rights demonstrators march in Washington, D.C.

1991

ASA Embraer EMB 120 crashes in Brunswick, Georgia, United States, killing all 23 aboard.

1986

Bombing of the La Belle Discotheque in West Berlin, Germany, kills three.

1976

In the People's Republic of China, the April Fifth Movement leads to the Tiananmen incident.