April 5

On This Day In History
	1818: Battle of Maipú Chile's independence movement, led by José de San Martín and Bernardo O'Higgins, won a decisive victory over Spain in the Battle of Maipú, which left 2,000 Spaniards and 1,000 Chilean patriots dead on this day in 1818.
1818: Battle of Maipú
Biography Of The Day
	U.S. Department of StateColin Powell U.S. general and statesman Colin Powell, born this day in 1937, served as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1989–93) and secretary of state (2001–05), the first African American to hold either position.
Colin Powell, 2001
More Events On This Day In History
2000	2000 Mori Yoshiro of the Liberal-Democratic Party became prime minister of Japan, replacing Obuchi Keizo, who had suffered a stroke earlier in the month and subsequently died.
1994	1994 American grunge rocker Kurt Cobain, leader of the band Nirvana, committed suicide.
	1984 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar surpassed Wilt Chamberlain as the all-time leading scorer in the National Basketball Association.
	1856 American educator and reformer Booker T. Washington was born in Virginia.
	1621 The Mayflower departed for England after having deposited 102 Pilgrims at what became the American colony of Plymouth (Massachusetts).
	1614 Powhatan Indian Pocahontas married Virginia planter and colonial official John Rolfe.
	1588 English philosopher and political theorist Thomas Hobbes, best known for his publications on individual security and the social contract, was born.