What happened on April 5th in history?

1621

The Mayflower sailed from Plymouth Colony in present day Massachusetts on a month-long return trip to England.

1792

President George Washington cast his first veto, rejecting a congressional measure for apportioning representatives among the states.

1887

In Tuscumbia, Alabama, Anne Sullivan achieved a breakthrough as her 6-year-old deaf-blind pupil, Helen Keller, learned the meaning of the word “water” as spelled out in the Manual Alphabet.

2019

Inspecting a fence at the border in California, President Donald Trump declared that “our country is full,” and illegal crossings must stop.