Below are five interesting facts about April 5 in Arkansas history based on available data.

1. In 1890, Arkansas became the 25th state to join the National Guard.

2. On April 5, 1932, Arkansas Governor Harvey Parnell signed Act 35, which established the University of Arkansas School of Law in Little Rock.

3. In 1968, civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. addressed a crowd of over 22,000 at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.

4. On April 5, 2011, Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe signed the "Private Option" Medicaid expansion into law, which provided healthcare coverage to over 200,000 low-income Arkansans.

5. In 2014, a tornado outbreak occurred in central Arkansas, leaving 16 people dead and over 200 injured. The town of Vilonia, Arkansas was hit particularly hard by the tornadoes.

These are just a few notable events that have occurred in Arkansas on April 5 throughout history.