Historical Events
Inflatable Tires
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company starts producing inflatable tires
Famous Birthdays
- Ernest Mandel, Belgian philosopher and economist (Marxist), born in Frankfurt, Germany (d. 1995)
- Michael V Gazzo, American playwright and actor (The Godfather Part II, Fear City), born in Hillside, New Jersey (d. 1995)
Nguyễn Văn Thiệu (1923-2001)
President of South Vietnam (1965-75), born in Phan Rang, Vietnam
- Stanley Orme, British Labour Party politician, born in Sale, Cheshire (d. 2005)
Famous Deaths
- George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, English financier and Egyptologist who funded the search for and excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings, dies at 56 after a severe mosquito bite became infected by a razor cut
Died in 1923 1923 Highlights
About April 5, 1923
Day of the Week: Thursday
How Long Ago? 101 years and 22 days
Leap Year: No
Generation: Greatest Generation
Chinese Zodiac: Pig
Star Sign: Aries
