economist and politician, 3rd President of Malawi (b. 1934) 2013 – Regina Bianchi, Italian actress (b. 1921) 2013 – Piero de Palma, Italian tenor and actor (b. 1924) 2013 – Nikolaos Pappas, Greek Navy admiral (b. 1930) 2014 – Alan Davie, Scottish saxophonist and painter (b. 1920) 2014 – Mariano Díaz, Spanish cyclist (b. 1939) 2014 – Peter Matthiessen, American novelist, short story writer, editor, co-founded The Paris Review (b. 1927) 2014 – John Pinette, American comedian (b. 1964) 2014 – José Wilker, Brazilian actor, director, and producer (b. 1947) 2015 – Fredric Brandt, American dermatologist and author (b. 1949) 2015 – Juan Carlos Cáceres, Argentinian singer and pianist (b. 1936) 2016 – Koço Kasapoğlu, Turkish footballer (b. 1936) 2017 – Attilio Benfatto, Italian cyclist (b. 1943) 2017 – Arthur Bisguier, American chess Grandmaster (b. 1929) 2017 – Paul G. Comba, Italian-American computer scientist and astronomer (b. 1926) 2017 – Makoto Ōoka, Japanese poet and literary critic (b. 1931) 2017 – Paul O'Neill, American rock composer and producer (b. 1956) 2017 – Tim Parnell, British race car driver (b. 1932) 2017 – Memè Perlini, Italian actor and director (b. 1947) 2017 – Atanase Sciotnic, Romanian sprint canoeist (b. 1942) 2017 – Ilkka Sinisalo, Finnish ice hockey player (b. 1958) 2018 – Isao Takahata, Japanese director (b. 1935) 2019 – Sydney Brenner, South African biologist (b. 1927) 2021 – Paul Ritter, English actor (b. 1966) 2022 – Nehemiah Persoff, Israeli-American actor (b. 1919) 2022 – Jimmy Wang Yu, Taiwanese actor (b.1943) Holidays and observances Christian feast day: Albert of Montecorvino Derfel Gadarn Æthelburh of Kent Gerald of Sauve-Majeure Juliana of Liège Maria Crescentia Höss Blessed Mariano de la Mata Pandita Mary Ramabai (Episcopal Church (USA)) Ruadhán of Lorrha Vincent Ferrer April 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Cold Food Festival, held on April 4 if it is a leap year (China); and its related observances: Earliest day on which Sham el-Nessim can fall, while May 9 is the latest; celebrated on Monday after the Orthodox Easter (Egypt) Children's Day (Palestinian territories) First Contact Day (International observance) Sikmogil (South Korea) National Maritime Day is observed in India, in commemoration of the first voyage of SS Loyalty of the Scindia Steam Navigation Company Ltd. in 1919. International Day of Conscience Other April the Fifth (1929–1954), British Thoroughbred racehorse (ends 5 April) References External links BBC: On This Day Historical Events on April 5 Days of