Today's selected anniversaries: 5th April 2025

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 Today's selected anniversaries: 5th April 2025


1614:


Pocahontas, a Native American woman, married English colonist John Rolfe, leading to a period of peace between the Powhatan people and the inhabitants of Jamestown, Virginia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocahontas


1944:


Siegfried Lederer, a Czech Jew, escaped from Auschwitz with the aid of an SS officer who opposed the Holocaust.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siegfried_Lederer%27s_escape_from_Auschwitz


1986:


The Libyan secret service bombed a discotheque in West Berlin, resulting in three deaths and 229 others injured.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Berlin_discotheque_bombing


2009:


The North Korean satellite Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 was launched from the Tonghae Satellite Launching Ground and passed over Japan, sparking concerns it may have been a trial run of technology that could be used to launch intercontinental ballistic missiles.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwangmy%C5%8Fngs%C5%8Fng-2

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