20 head-shaking, iconic images that were taken on this date in history
A funnel cloud bearing down on Xenia, Ohio, April 5, 1974, was one of several moments captured by the AP on this date in history.
The Associated Press has won 31 Pulitzer prizes for photography, since the award was established in 1917. Each day we offer a curated collection of some of the best AP images that were captured from that date.
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1915: Heavyweight championship bout
Heavyweight championship bout between Jess Willard and Jack Johnson, April 5, 1915, at Havana Cuba. Willard knocked out Johnson in the 26th round (old count) to win bout and title from Johnson. (AP Photo)
1923: Bette Davis
Actress Bette Davis is shown at the age of 15, in 1923. (AP Photo)
1934: H.L. Mencken
Henry L. Mencken, "The Sage of Baltimore" and America's most famous cynic, pictured with his wife, the former Sara Haardt, aboard the liner Europa on their return to New York following a Mediterranean cruise, April 5, 1934. Mr. Mencken spoke with reporters about Palestine, Mussolini, Hitler, the New Deal, Samuel Insull, veterans and clergymen. (AP Photo)
1935: Hitler Youth
German youngsters are shown at a Hitler rally during the early days of Hitler’s regime in Germany, April 5, 1935. To de-Nazify these German children who from kindergarten have been taught the misrepresentations, hate and obscenities of Nazi Ideology is the tremendous task facing the United Nations' educators and statesmen. The council of education on world citizenship and the London international assembly has advanced a general plan for the reeducation of German youth. It believes reform must start from the cradle and work up through every facet of German life. (AP Photo)
1936: Hoover Dam Construction
For the first time since boulder dam was completed, Colorado River water from all six outlet valves on the for use downstream in photo the huge concrete dam at its base is shown with realeasing water, April 5, 1936, from mean 30,000 gallons a second installation is completed in the powerhouses, this water for energy. (AP Photo)
1937: Robert Wadlow
Robert Wadlow, 18, of Alton, Ill., poses with a flight attendant next to the airplane in which he arrived in New York City on April 5, 1937. (AP Photo)
1943: New York Stock Exchange
A view of the Stock Exchange trading floor, April 5, 1943, during the rush where stock and bonds are "bid" and "asked." On a turnover of around 25,500,000 shares, Monday, April 5, the largest since December 30, 1941. The leading stoch rose 1 to 2 points and the rail list was lifted, on the average, to the best. (AP Photo)
1948: Rocky Graziano
Rocky Graziano, left, Middleweight Champion, ducks a left thrown by Sonny Horne, of Valley Stream, Long Island, in the first round of their ten round non-title bout at Uline Arena in Washington, D.C. on April 5, 1948. Graziano won the decision. The referee is Harry Volkman. (AP Photo)
1950: Passion Play
Christ on the cross between the two crucified thieves, guarded by Roman soldiers during the Passion Play at Sezze, Italy on April 5, 1950. (AP Photo/Max Desfor)
1951: Julius Rosenberg
Julius Rosenberg, left, 32-year-old electrical engineer, is led into the Federal Courthouse, in New York City, April 5, 1951 where he received the death sentence for his participation in supplying Russia with secret material about the atom bomb. He is handcuffed to another prisoner. Both are in custody of a U.S. deputy marshal, right. Rosenberg?s wife, Ethel, also received the death sentence at the same time. (AP Photo)
1955: 10 DOWNING STREET
A battery of press photographers are massed outside the door of 10 Downing Street to photograph ministers arriving for what may be Winston Churchill's last cabinet meeting on April 5, 1955. (AP Photo)
1962: Art Linkletter
As Art Linkletter performs on his TV show in Hollywood, Los Angeles, April 5, 1962, youngsters on the show look over prizes given out by Dorothea Gillespie, left, the show?s teacher. Dorothea is an accredited teacher. The Board of Education allows children to skip school to attend the show. (AP Photo/David F. Smith)
1965: Soupy Sales Fans
Teenage fans of comedian Soupy Sales react during an appearance at the Paramount Theater in the Brooklyn borough of New York, April 5, 1965. (AP Photo/Robert Kradin)
1966: Race Riots
Mississippi Highway patrolmen, wearing helmets, sit watching demonstrators who heckled them at Alcorn A&M College at Lorman, Mississippi, April 5, 1966. The troopers later gave chase to the hecklers and dispersed them. (AP Photo/Jack Thornell)
1966: Rockettes
Left to right are Louise Thompson of Long Beach, Calif., Judy Little of Camden, N.J., and Joyce Hector of West Orange, N.J., fitted for costumes for a new show in the Radio City Music Hall’s costuming department in New York on April 5, 1966. Fittings are sandwiched into periods between rehearsals and performances. (AP Photo/Anthony Camerano)
1968: Washington D.C.
Smoke rises from burning buildings in downtown Washington on April 5, 1968 as renewed looting and arson broke out, in the nation's capital. Troops were ordered into the downtown area. (AP Photo/Charles Tasnadi)
1968: Washington Riots
This aerial photo shows fire-gutted buildings, some still smoldering, along a block on H Street between 12th and 13th Streets in the northeast section of Washington, D.C. on April 5, 1968. Rioting broke out after the assassination of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in Memphis, Tenn. on April 4. (AP Photo)
1974: Tornado
A tornado funnel moves through the southeast Pine Crest Garden section of Xenia, Ohio, April 3, 1974. The tornado caused millions of dollars in damage and killed at least 29 persons and injuring scores of others. The photo was taken by Fred Stewart, an employee of a Zenia hospital. (AP Photo/Fred Stewart)
Editor's note: The caption to this image originally gave the incorrect date for the tornado.
1976: ALL THE PRESIDENTS MEN
Washington Post reporters Carl Bernstein, second from left, and Bob Woodward, third from left, are flanked by actors Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford as they attend the premiere of the motion picture "All the President's Men," in Washington, D.C., on April 5, 1976. The film is based on the two reporters' book documenting their investigation of the Watergate Scandal. (AP Photo)
1984: SPACE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER
Hundreds of birds fly past the Space Shuttle Challenger, April 5, 1984, at the Kennedy Space Center. The Challenger is scheduled for liftoff early Friday morning for a six-day mission. (AP Photo/Bob Self)
1990: Donald Trump and Taj Mahal
Donald Trump ascends the stairs with his fist raised from the genie's lamp after opening the Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort in a spectacular show of fireworks and laser lights Thursday evening in Atlantic City, N.J., on April 5, 1990. Behind Trump is the 42-story hotel. (AP Photo/Chaarles Rex Arbogast)
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