April 5th (1940) was a Friday. It's the 94th day of the year (95th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 271 days left to the end of the year.
Famous Birthdays on April 5 in 1940
» Tommy Cash, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
» Gilles Proulx, Canadian journalist, historian, and radio host
April 5th Famous Deaths for 1940
» Charles Freer Andrews, English-Indian priest, missionary, and educator (b. 1871)
April 5th Holidays in History
» Christian Feast Day:
» Albert of Montecorvino
» Æthelburh of Kent known as Ethelburga of Lyminge
» Saint Derfel or Derfel Gadarn
» Gerald of Sauve-Majeure
» Juliana of Liège
» Maria Crescentia Höss
» Pandita Mary Ramabai (Episcopal Church (USA))
» Ruadán of Lorrha
» Vincent Ferrer
» April 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Cold Food Festival, held on April 4 if it is a Leap year (China); and its related observances: