April 5: Qingming Festival in the Chinese calendar
- 1614 - Native American Pocahontas married English colonist John Rolfe.
- 1936 - Tupelo-Gainesville Outbreak: An F5 tornado hit Tupelo, Mississippi, killing 233.
- 1945 - Tito allowed temporary entry of Soviet troops into Yugoslavia.
- 1955 - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill resigned.
- 1998 - The Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge opened to traffic.