On this day in history
April 5
EgyptianBuddhistScience
YahrzeitHebrew-calendar remembrance
The Hebrew anniversary of a passing drifts against the civil calendar; these fall on April 5 this year.
- R. Joseph B. Soloveitchik (the Rav)d. 1993 CE
Rosh yeshiva at RIETS/YU; modern Jewish philosopher
- 1858 CEEgyptian · born
Mary Brodrick, among the first women to excavate in Egypt and a widely-published guide to its antiquities, was born in London.
- 1984 CEBuddhist · died
Giuseppe Tucci, the Italian scholar of Tibetan culture and the history of Buddhism who led expeditions across the Himalaya, died at San Polo dei Cavalieri.
- 1827 CEScience · born
Joseph Lister, the British surgeon who introduced antiseptic methods that sharply reduced infection after operations, was born in Upton, Essex, in 1827.
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