See also: April 9, 2005 - April 2005 - April 11, 2005 April 9, 2005 A zircon crystal, thought to be the oldest piece of Earth at about 4. ... 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in April • 26: Augusto Roa Bastos • 24: Ezer Weizman • 23: Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen • 23: John Mills • 16: Marla Ruzicka • 9: Andrea Dworkin • 6: Prince Rainier III • 5: Dale Messick • 5: Saul Bellow • 2: Pope John... See also: April 10, 2005 - April 2005 - April 12, 2005 Yad Vashem bestow the honour of Righteous Among the Nations posthumously upon a Nazi Major, Karl Plagge. ...
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao pushed for cooperation between India and the PRC to dominate high-tech industries. Urging the historical rivals to forget past tension, Wen said cooperation "will signify the coming of the Asian century of the IT industry." (ABC News)
Israel arrests Hamas leader Sheikh Hassan Yousef on his return home after he illegally makes his way from Ramallah to the Al-AqsaMosque to deliver a sermon. (UPI) (Haaretz)
A large security operation in Jerusalem appears to have prevented IsraeliZionistextremists from staging a rally at the Temple Mount, also known as the Haram al-Sharif. The rally was to be in opposition to the proposed Israeli pull-out from the Gaza Strip. The police are also able to quell a stone-throwing Arab counter-demonstration. (BBC) (Haaretz)
IsraeliZionistextremists block a road near Tel Aviv during rush hour. Protesting the proposed Israeli pull-out from the Gaza Strip, they set tires alight and sit down on the road. Several are arrested and police are able to end the blockade within minutes. (BBC)(Al Jazeera)
American spammer Jeremy Jaynes is sentenced for nine years in prison. The sentence is suspended until further appeals. (Spamfo) (E-Commerce News) (CNN)
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake strikes Tokyo. There are no reports of serious damages. (Japan Times) (Reuters)
British carmaker MG Rover receives a loan of £6.5 million from the British government. (BBC) (Bloomberg) (Financial Times)
Spanish police seize an ETA cache of explosives in Hernani, near San Sebastián. (EITB) (Reuters AlertNet)
In Mexico, Raúl Gibb Guerrero, editor of La Opinión newspaper, who covered Mexican drug cartels is killed. (Prensa Latina) (Reuters AlertNet) (San Diego Tribune)
A Haitian police team and UN peacekeepers kill a prominent gang leader Grenn Sonnen (Jean Anthony Rene) and five of his supporters in a shootout. (Haiti Action Committee) (Reuters)
April102005 tornadoes in NW Kansas associated with a 500mb cold core low system by Jon Davies
Early spring 2005 has been the season of the 500 mb cold core low, with most tornadoes in the plains so far (prior to mid April) associated with such systems.
As will be seen in graphics below, the April10 case matched the basics of this composite well, though both the 500mb low and surface low were southwest of the surface "focus" area, with an occluded front extending back southwestward from this focus to the surface low.
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