APRIL 5 | Birthdays and Events
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Notable Birthdays for April 5
Sybil Ludington (1761-1839) - The daughter of a Colonel Henry Ludington who apparently rode 40 miles throughout the night on horseback to alert British militiamen were on their way.
Prentice Mulford (1834-1891) - Author who contributed to the New Thought Movement, including the Law of Attraction theory.
Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) - The first Black person on a U.S. stamp.
Samuel Cate Prescott (1872-1962) - Food scientist who help establish food safety rules.
Lawrence Dale Bell (1894-1959) - Founder of the Bell Aircraft Corporation.
Alfred Blalock (1899-1964) - Academic and surgeon who is widely known for his on Tetralogy of Fallot, which is commonly known as blue baby syndrome.
Bette Davis (1908-1989) - Actress who is celebrated as one of Hollywood's greatest actresses.
Albert R. Broccoli (1909-1996) - Co-founder of Eon Productions.
Gregory Peck (1916-2003) - Actor listed as the 12th-greatest male actor of Classic Hollywood Cinema.
Bernard Baily (1916-1996) - Co-creator of DC Comics.
Janet Rowley (1925-2013) - Geneticist who was the first to identify chromosomal translocation as the cause of leukemia and other cancers in order to prove cancer is a genetic disease.
Mary Costa (1930-Still Living) - The voice of Princess Aurora in the original Sleeping Beauty.
Allan R. Thieme (1937-Still Living) - Inventor of the first power operated scooter.
Judith Resnik (1949-1986) - Engineer and NASA astronaut who died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
Dean Kamen (1951-Still Living) - Founder of Segway Inc.
Mike McCready (1966-Still Living) - Lead guitarist and founding member of the rock band Pearl Jam.
Memorable Events for April 5
1768 - The first Chamber of Commerce forms in NY City.
1792 - President Washington vetoes his the first bill.
1887 - Anne Sullivan teaches "water" to a 6-year old Helen Keller.
1922 - The American Birth Control League (later Planned Parenthood) is founded.
1923 - The Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. begins production of inflatable tires.
1974 - Stephen King published his first novel (Carrie), which was later turned into a horror film.