Event:
Afghans show up at the polls in spite of potential violence to vote for their next president; this is the third such election since the 2001 removal of the Taliban from power
More Notable Events on April 5:
1987 Fox TV network premieres showing Married With Children
1951 Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, atomic spies, sentenced to death
1923 Firestone puts their inflatable tires into production
1896 1st modern Olympic Games officially opens in Athens
1722 Jacob Roggeveen discovers Easter Island
