April 5

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[edit] Events

• 1242 - During a battle on the ice of Lake Peipus, Russian forces, led by Alexander Nevsky, rebuff an invasion attempt by the Teutonic Knights.
• 1862 - American Civil War: The Battle of Yorktown begins.
• 1945 - Cold War: Yugoslav leader Josip "Tito" Broz signs an agreement with the USSR to allow "temporary entry of Soviet troops into Yugoslav territory."

[edit] Births

• 1588 - Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher (d. 1679)
• 1937 - Colin Powell, 65th United States Secretary of State

[edit] Deaths

• 1697 - King Charles XI of Sweden (b. 1655)
• 1945 - Karl Otto Koch, German SS officer (b. 1897)
• 1969 - Ain-Ervin Mere, Estonian National Socialist (b. 1903)
• 1976 - Howard Hughes, American film producer and aviator (b. 1905)