Today in History - History - April 5th

1887Anne Sullivan teaches "water" to Helen Keller

1954Elvis Presley records his debut single "That's All Right"

1967'76er Wilt Chamberlain sets NBA record of 41 rebounds

1989David Letterman becomes 1st network TV series to use dolby stereo

1961Barbra Streisand appears on "Jack Paar Show"

1996Marlon Brando makes anti-semetic remarks about hollywood on Larry King

1992Wrestlemania VIII, 62,167 at Hoosier Dome, Hulk Hogan DQs Sid Justice

1990John Stockton reaches 1000-assist mark for NBA record 3 yrs in a row

1923Firestone Co put their inflatable tires into production

1984Kareem Abdul-Jabbar breaks Wilt Chamberlain's all-time career scoring record of 31,419 points (31,421)

1937Colin Powell, Bronx NY, general/asst to president (Nat Sec Affairs)

1908(Ruth Elizabeth) Bette Davis, Lowell Mass, US actress (Of Human Bondage, Jezebel)

1856Booker Taliaferro Washington, pioneer educator (1st black on US stamp)

1588Thomas Hobbes, Westport England, philosopher (Leviathan)

1923Nguyen Van Thieu, South Vietnam President (1965-75)

1916Gregory Peck, La Jolla California, actor (To Kill a Mockingbird, MacArthur)

1947Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, President of the Philippines (2001-2010) in San Juan Philippines

1950Agnetha Fältskog [Anna Ulvaeus], Swedish singer (ABBA)

1999Talk show host Wayne Brady (26) weds dancer Mandie Taketa

1955Musician Ray Charles (24) weds Della Beatrice Howard

1994Kurt Cobain, grunge rocker (Nirvana), commits suicide by gun at 27 in Seattle, Washington

2008Charlton Heston, American Actor, dies at 84

1992Sam Walton, Billionaire CEO (Wal-Mart), dies of multiple myeloma at 74

1964Douglas MacArthur, US general (Pacific theater-WW II), dies at 84

2005Saul Bellow, Canadian born writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1915)

1997Allen Ginsberg, beat poet, dies at 80