births
April 5, 1949
Judith Resnik, American engineer and astronaut (died 1986)
Judith Resnik
Judith Arlene Resnik was an American electrical engineer, software engineer, biomedical engineer, pilot and NASA astronaut who died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. She was the fourth woman, the second American woman and the first Jewish woman of any nationality to fly in space, logging 145 hours in orbit.
April 5
April 5 is the 95th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 270 days remain until the end of the year.