{"id":19498,"date":"2022-04-05T00:00:28","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T18:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/?p=19498"},"modified":"2022-04-02T16:58:35","modified_gmt":"2022-04-02T11:28:35","slug":"history-of-5-april-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/history-of-5-april-2\/","title":{"rendered":"History of 5 April"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>1998<\/strong> &#8211; The Akashi Kaikyo Bridge in Japan opened becoming the largest suspension bridge in the world. It links Shikoku and Honshu. The bridge cost about $3.8 billion.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1999<\/strong> &#8211; Two Libyans suspected of bombing a Pan Am jet in 1988 were handed over so they could be flown to the Netherlands for trial. 270 people were killed in the bombing.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1999<\/strong> &#8211; In Laramie, WY, Russell Henderson pled guilty to kidnapping and felony murder in the death of Matthew Shepard.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2004<\/strong> &#8211; Near Mexico City&#8217;s international airport, lightning struck the jet Mexican President Vicente Fox was on.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2009<\/strong> &#8211; North Korea launched the Kwangmyongsong-2 rocket, prompting an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1998<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 In&nbsp;Japan, the&nbsp;Akashi Kaiky\u014d Bridge&nbsp;opens to traffic, becoming the longest bridge span in the world.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1999<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 Two&nbsp;Libyans&nbsp;suspected of bringing down&nbsp;Pan Am Flight 103&nbsp;in&nbsp;1988&nbsp;are handed over for eventual trial in the Netherlands.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2000<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;UEFA Cup semi-final violence: Four&nbsp;Galatasaray&nbsp;fans are arrested for the stabbings to death of two&nbsp;Leeds United&nbsp;fans.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2009<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;North Korea&nbsp;launches its controversial&nbsp;Kwangmy\u014fngs\u014fng-2&nbsp;rocket. The satellite passed over mainland&nbsp;Japan, which prompted an immediate reaction from the&nbsp;United Nations Security Council, as well as participating states of&nbsp;Six-party talks.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2010<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 Twenty-nine coal miners are killed in an explosion at the&nbsp;Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Celebrating Birthday Today<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1990<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Alex Cuthbert, Welsh rugby player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1990<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Amer Said Al-Shatri, Omani footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1990<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Fredy Hinestroza, Colombian footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1990<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Chen Huijia, Chinese swimmer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1990<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Haruma Miura, Japanese actor and singer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1990<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Ismaeel Mohammad, Qatari footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1990<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Iryna Pamialova, Belarusian canoeist<\/li>\n<li><strong>1990<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Jakub Sedl\u00e1\u010dek, Czech ice hockey player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1990<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Sercan Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m, Turkish footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1990<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;G\u00e9nero Zeefuik, Dutch footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1991<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Yassine Bounou, Moroccan footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1991<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Nathaniel Clyne, English footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1991<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Adriano Grimaldi, Italian-German footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1991<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Jo\u00ebl Mall, Swiss footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1991<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Guilherme dos Santos Torres, Brazilian footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1992<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Emmalyn Estrada, Canadian singer-songwriter and dancer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1992<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Shintaro Kurumaya, Japanese footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1992<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Kaveh Rezaei, Iranian footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1992<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Dmytro Ryzhuk, Ukrainian footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1993<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Andreas Bouchalakis, Greek footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1993<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Maya DiRado, American swimmer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1993<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Laura Feiersinger, Austrian footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1993<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Scottie Wilbekin, American-born naturalized Turkish basketball player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1994<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Mateusz Bieniek, Polish volleyball player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1994<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Edem Rja\u00efbi, Tunisian footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1994<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Richard S\u00e1nchez, Mexican footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1994<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Noah Willis, Really nice dude<\/li>\n<li><strong>1995<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Viliame Kikau, Fijian rugby league player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1995<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Sei Muroya, Japanese footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1995<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Gleb Rassadkin, Belarusian footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1995<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Sebastian Starke Hedlund, Swedish footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1996<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Nicolas Beer, Danish race car driver<\/li>\n<li><strong>1996<\/strong> \u2013 Raouf Benguet, Algerian footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1997<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Borja Mayoral, Spanish footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>2000<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Ayush Mahesh Khedekar, Indian actor<\/li>\n<li><strong>2001<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Thylane Blondeau, French model and actress<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1998 &#8211; The Akashi Kaikyo Bridge in Japan opened becoming the largest suspension bridge in the world. It links Shikoku and Honshu. The bridge cost about $3.8 billion. 1999 &#8211; Two Libyans suspected of bombing a Pan Am jet in 1988 were handed over so they could be flown to the Netherlands for trial. 270 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1294,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[82],"tags":[83,1127,498],"class_list":{"0":"post-19498","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-history","8":"tag-history","9":"tag-history-of-5-april","10":"tag-todays-history"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/today-history-img.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pab1DJ-54u","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19498"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23718,"href":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19498\/revisions\/23718"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}