Historical Events for 5th April 2023

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1804 - High Possil Meteorite: The first recorded meteorite in Scotland falls in Possil
1905 - James Barrie's "Alice-sit-by-the-fire" premieres in London
1946 - 100th Grand National: Capt. Robert Petre wins aboard 25/1 shot Lovely Cottage; first true GN since 1940 due to World War II; last on a Friday
1967 - ATS II launched but fails to reach orbit
1969 - Massive anti-Vietnam War demonstrations occur in many U.S. cities
1982 - 43 year old St. Louis reliever Jim Kaat pitches 1 inning for the Cardinals in a season-opening, 14-3 rout of Houston; sets a MLB record for pitchers by playing in his 24th consecutive season
1991 - Space Shuttle STS 37 (Atlantis 8) launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida
1994 - Miami Heat beat NY Knicks ending 15 game NBA winning streak
1998 - The Arizona Diamondbacks record their first win in team history with a 3-2 victory over the San Francisco Giants in Phoenix, AZ; ends second-worst start ever (0-5) by an expansion team
2022 - Shanghai lockdown extended to cover the whole city as COVID-19 cases increase, as China remains one of the last to employ a "zero-Covid" system

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