April 5th

• 1621

  Mayflower departs Plymouth, Massachusetts for return to England.

• 1722

  Jacob Roggeveen first European to discover Easter Island.

• 1814

  Netherlands Bank issues its first banknotes.

• 1815

  Mount Tambora erupts after centuries of dormancy.

• 1887

  Anne Sullivan teaches 'water' to Helen Keller.

• 1906

  Mount Vesuvius erupts, devastating Naples, over 100 dead.

• 1923

  Firestone starts producing inflatable tires.

• 1943

  Poon Lim found after 133 days adrift at sea. View Post →

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• 1971

  Mount Etna erupts in Sicily.

• 1997

  'The Crocodile Hunter' debuts with Steve Irwin.

• 1998

  Akashi Kaikyō Bridge, world's largest suspension bridge, opens.

• 1614

  Pocahontas marries John Rolfe in Virginia.

• 1869

  Daniel Bakeman, last Revolutionary War soldier, dies at 109.