On this day in history - Today, April, 5

Today in History

• 1895 Oscar Wilde loses his criminal libel case triggered by accusations of homosexuality

  The Marquess of Queensbury had left his calling card in the Albemarle Club with the added inscriptio

• 1951 Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are sentenced to death

  The U.S. couple was accused of passing information about nuclear weapons on to the Soviet Union. It

• 1955 Winston Churchill resigns as U.K. Prime Minister

  Churchill was instrumental in initiating the alliance between the U.K., the U.S., and the Soviet Uni

• 1986 A bomb kills 3 people at the La Belle in West Berlin

  The attack on the nightclub, which was frequented by U.S. soldiers, was later blamed on the Libyan s

• 1998 The world's largest suspension bridge opens to traffic

  The Akashi Kaikyō Bridge in Japan features the world's longest central span, measuring 1991 meters (