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April 4 is the 94th day of the year (95th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 271 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
1581 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I .1655 - The miraculous statue entitled the Infant of Prague is solemnly crowned by command of Cardinal Harrach.1660 - Declaration of Breda by King Charles II of England .1721 - Sir Robert Walpole enters office as the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom under King George I .1812 - U.S. President James Madison enacted a ninety-day embargo on trade with the United Kingdom .1814 - Napoleon abdicates for the first time.1818 - The United States Congress adopts the flag of the United States with 13 red and white stripes and one star for each state (then 20).1841 - William Henry Harrison dies of pneumonia becoming the first President of the United States to die in office and the one with the shortest term served.1850 - The Great Fire of Cottenham , a large part of the Cambridgeshire village (England ) is burnt to the ground under suspicious circumstances.1850 - Los Angeles, California is incorporated as a city.
1859 - Bryant's Minstrels debut "Dixie " in New York City in the finale of a blackface minstrel show .1865 - American Civil War : A day after Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia , U.S. President Abraham Lincoln visits the Confederate capital.1866 - Alexander II of Russia narrowly escapes an assassination attempt in the city of Kiev.1887 - Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States .1905 - In India , an earthquake near Kangra kills 20,000.1913 - The Greek aviator Emmanuel Argyropoulos becomes the first pilot victim of the Hellenic Air Force when his plane crashes.1918 - World War I : Second Battle of the Somme ends.1930 - The Communist Party of Panama is founded.1939 - Faisal II becomes King of Iraq .1945 - World War II : American troops liberate Ohrdruf forced labor camp in Germany .1945 - World War II: Soviet Army takes control of Hungary .
1949 - Twelve nations sign the North Atlantic Treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation .1958 - The CND Peace Symbol displayed in public for the first time in London .1960 - Senegal independence day.1964 - The Beatles occupy the top five positions on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart.1965 - The first model of the new Saab Viggen fighter aircraft plane is unveiled.1967 - Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence" speech in New York City 's Riverside Church .1968 - Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated by James Earl Ray at a motel in Memphis , Tennessee .1968 - Apollo program : NASA launches Apollo 6 .
1968 - AEK Athens BC becomes the first Greek team to win the European Basketball Cup.
1969 - Dr. Denton Cooley implants the first temporary artificial heart .1973 - The World Trade Center in New York is officially dedicated.1975 - Microsoft is founded as a partnership between Bill Gates and Paul Allen .1975 - Vietnam War : Operation Baby Lift - A United States Air Force C-5A Galaxy crashes near Saigon , South Vietnam shortly after takeoff, transporting orphans - 172 die.
1976 - Prince Norodom Sihanouk resigns as leader of Cambodia and is placed under house arrest.1979 - President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan is executed.1983 - Space Shuttle Challenger STS-6 ).1984 - President Ronald Reagan calls for an international ban on chemical weapons .1988 - Governor Evan Mecham of Arizona is convicted in his impeachment trial and removed from office.1991 - Senator John Heinz of Pennsylvania and six others are killed when a helicopter collides with their plane over an elementary school in Merion, Pennsylvania .1994 - Marc Andreessen and Jim Clark found Netscape Communications Corporation under the name "Mosaic Communications Corporation".1996 - Comet Hyakutake was imaged by the USA Asteroid Orbiter Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous .2002 - The Angolan government and UNITA rebels sign a peace treaty ending the Angolan Civil War .2007 - 15 British Royal Navy personnel held in Iran are released by the Iranian President.2008 - The raid on the FLDS owned ranch called the YFZ Ranch in Texas , 401 children were taken into custody. 133 woman were taken into state custody also, the total number of woman and children is 534.
Births
186 - Caracalla , Roman emperor (d. 217)1492 - Ambrosius Blarer , German reformer (d. 1564)1572 - William Strachey , English writer (d. 1621)1593 - Edward Nicholas , English statesman (d. 1669)1646 - Antoine Galland , French archaeologist (d. 1715)1648 - Grinling Gibbons Dutch woodcarver (d. 1721)1688 - Joseph-Nicolas Delisle , French astronomer (d. 1768)1718 - Benjamin Kennicott , English churchman and Hebrew scholar (d. 1783)1772 - Nachman of Breslov , Ukrainian founder of Breslov Hasidut (d. 1810)1785 - Bettina von Arnim , German writer (d. 1859)1802 - Dorothea Dix , American social activist (d. 1887)1818 - Thomas Mayne Reid , Irish-American novelist (d. 1883)1819 - Queen Maria II of Portugal (d. 1853)1821 - Linus Yale, Jr. , American inventor and manufacturer (d. 1868)1826 - Zénobe Gramme , Belgian engineer (d. 1901)1842 - Edouard Lucas , French mathematician (d. 1891)1846 - Comte de Lautréamont , French writer (d. 1870)1853 - Tad Lincoln , son of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln 1858 - Remy de Gourmont , French poet (d. 1915)1875 - Pierre Monteux , French conductor (d. 1964)1876 - Maurice de Vlaminck , French painter (d. 1958)1882 - Kurt von Schleicher , Chancellor of Germany (d. 1934)1884 - Isoroku Yamamoto , Japanese naval commander (d. 1943)1888 - Tris Speaker , American baseball player (d. 1958)1888 - Zdzisław Żygulski, Sr. , Polish literary historian (d. 1975)
1895 - Arthur Murray , American dance teacher (d. 1991)1896 - Robert E. Sherwood , American playwright (d. 1955)1897 - Pierre Fresnay , French stage and film actor (d. 1975)1898 - Agnes Ayres , American actress (d. 1940)1902 - Louise Leveque de Vilmorin , French actress (d. 1969)1902 - Stanley G. Weinbaum , American science-fiction author (d. 1935)
1905 - Eugene Bozza , French modern composer (d. 1991)1906 - Bea Benaderet , American actress (d. 1968)1906 - John Cameron Swayze , American journalist (d. 1995)
1908 - Ernestine Gilbreth Carey , American memoirist (Cheaper by the Dozen 1911 - Max Dupain , Australian photographer (d. 1992)1913 - Frances Langford , American actress (d. 2005)1913 - Jules Léger , Quebec diplomat and Governor general of Canada (d. 1980)
1914 - Marguerite Duras , French writer (d. 1996)1915 - Muddy Waters , American musician (d. 1983)1916 - Nikola Ljubicic , Yugoslav general, Serbian communist politician (d. 2005)1916 - Mickey Owen , American baseball player (d. 2005)
1916 - David White , American actor (d. 1990)
1918 - George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe (d. 2007)1920 - Éric Rohmer , French film director1922 - Elmer Bernstein , American composer (d. 2004)1924 - Gil Hodges , American baseball player and manager (d. 1972)1925 - Claude Wagner , French-Canadian politician and judge (d. 1979)1925 - Emmett Williams , American poet (d. 2007)
1928 - Maya Angelou , American writer1931 - Bobby Ray Inman , American admiral and intelligence director1932 - Clive Davis , American record producer1932 - Estelle Harris , American actress
1932 - Richard Lugar , American politician
1932 - Anthony Perkins , American actor (d. 1992)
1932 - Andrei Tarkovsky , Soviet film director (d. 1986)
1933 - Bill France, Jr. , NASCAR pioneer (d. 2007)1938 - A. Bartlett Giamatti , American university president and Commissioner of Baseball (d. 1989)1939 - JoAnne Carner , American golfer1939 - Major Lance , American singer (d. 1994)
1939 - Hugh Masekela , South African musician
1940 - Richard Attwood , British racing driver1940 - Sharon Sheeley , American songwriter
1942 - Jim Fregosi , American baseball player and manager1942 - Kitty Kelley , American writer
1944 - Magda Aelvoet , Belgian politician1944 - Craig T. Nelson , American actor
1945 - Daniel Cohn-Bendit , French political activist1945 - Caroline McWilliams , American actress
1946 - Dave Hill , English guitarist (Slade )1946 - Katsuaki Sato , Japanese martial artist
1946 - Colin Coates , Australian speed skater
1947 - Ray Fosse , American baseball player and broadcaster1947 - Luke Halpin , American actor
1947 - Wiranto , Indonesian general
1948 - Michael Blassie , American military officer (d. 1972)1948 - Berry Oakley , American bassist (The Allman Brothers Band ) (d. 1972)
1948 - Abdullah Öcalan , leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party
1948 - Dan Simmons , American writer
1948 - Derek Thompson , Northern Irish actor
1949 - Junior Braithwaite , Jamaican singer (The Wailers ) (d. 1999)1949 - Shing-Tung Yau , Chinese mathematician
1950 - Christine Lahti , American actress1951 - John Hannah , American football player1951 - Hun Sen , Prime Minister of Cambodia
1952 - Rosemarie Ackermann , German athlete1952 - Pat Burns , Canadian ice hockey coach
1952 - Gary Moore , Irish guitarist (Thin Lizzy )
1952 - Gregg Hansford , Australian motorcycle and car racer (d. 1995)
1953 - Robert Bertrand , Canadian politician1953 - Sammy Wilson , Northern Irish politician
1956 - Tom Herr , American baseball player1956 - David E. Kelley , American writer and TV producer
1957 - Ali El Haggar , Egyptian singer and actor1957 - Aki Kaurismäki , Finnish film director
1957 - Graeme Kelling , Scottish musician (Deacon Blue ) (d. 2004)
1957 - Kelso , American racehorse (d. 1983)
1957 - Nobuyoshi Kuwano , Japanese musician (Rats & Star )
1958 - Cazuza , Brazilian poet, singer and composer (d. 1990)1958 - Mary-Margaret Humes , American actress
1960 - Jane Eaglin , English soprano1960 - Hugo Weaving , Nigerian-born English-Australian actor
1962 - Craig Adams , English musician(The Sisters of Mercy , Mission UK )1963 - Dale Hawerchuk , Canadian ice hockey player1963 - Graham Norton , Irish talk show host
1964 - Branco , Brazilian footballer and coach1964 - David Cross , American actor and comedian
1964 - Robbie Rist , American actor
1965 - Robert Downey Jr. , American actor1966 - Nancy McKeon , American actor1968 - Jennifer Lynch , American director1970 - Barry Pepper , Canadian actor1970 - Michael Schwartz , American turntablist, known as Mix Master Mike, DJ for the Beastie Boys
1971 - Yanic Perreault , Canadian ice hockey player1971 - Josh Todd , American lead singer of rock band Buckcherry
1971 - John Zandig , American professional wrestler
1972 - Jill Scott , American soul singer1972 - Magnus Sveningsson , Swedish musician (The Cardigans )
1972 - Lisa Ray , Indo-Canadian actress
1973 - David Blaine , American illusionist1973 - Chris McCormack , Australian triathlete
1973 - Loris Capirossi , Italian motorcycle racer
1974 - Dave Mirra , American athlete1975 - Delphine Arnault , French businesswoman1975 - Thobias Fredriksson , Swedish cross-country skier
1975 - Pamela Ribon , American author, actress
1975 - Scott Rolen , American baseball player
1976 - Emerson , Brazilian footballer1976 - Sébastien Enjolras , French racing driver (d. 1997)
1977 - Adam Dutkiewicz , American guitarist and producer(Killswitch Engage )1977 - Stephen Mulhern , British magician, CITV Presenter
1977 - Omarr Ali Hasan Smith , American Arena Football League defensive back
1978 - Jason Ellison , American baseball player1978 - Lemar , English singer
1978 - Alan Mahon , Irish footballer
1978 - Sam Moran , Australian entertainer
1978 - Irene Skliva , Greek 1996 Miss World winner
1978 - Aska Yang , Taiwanese singer
1979 - Heath Ledger , Australian/American actor. (d. 2008)1979 - Roberto Luongo , Canadian ice-hockey goaltender
1979 - Natasha Lyonne , American actress
1979 - Andy McKee , American musician
1979 - Jessica Napier , New Zealand actress
1980 - Johnny Borrell , English singer (Razorlight )1980 - Trevor Moore , American comedian
1980 - Björn Wirdheim , Swedish race car driver
1983 - Fabian Geiser , Swiss footballer1983 - Doug Lynch , Canadian ice-hockey player
1983 - Angelle Tymon , American journalist and TV game-show host
1983 - Ben Gordon , American professional basketball player
1984 - Arkady Vyatchanin , Russian swimmer1985 - Rudy Fernández , Spanish basketball player1986 - Aiden McGeady , Irish footballer,1986 - Cameron Barker , Canadian ice-hockey player
1987 - Devon Anderson , English actor1987 - Sarah Gadon , Canadian actress
1987 - Cameron Maybin , American baseball player
1988 - Frank Fielding , English footballer1991 - Jamie Lynn Spears , American actress1992 - Alexa Nikolas , American actress1994 - Risako Sugaya , Japanese singer
Deaths
397 - St. Ambrose , Bishop of Milan (b. c. 338)636 - Saint Isidore of Seville , Church Father and the proposed patron of Internet (b. c. 560)896 - Pope Formosus (b. 816)1284 - King Alfonso X of Castile (b. 1221)1292 - Pope Nicholas IV (b. 1227)1305 - Jeanne of Navarre , wife of Philip IV of France (b. c. 1217)1536 - Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (b. 1460)1588 - King Frederick II of Denmark (b. 1534)1609 - Charles de L'Ecluse , Flemish botanist (b. 1526)1617 - John Napier , Scottish mathematician (b. 1550)1643 - Simon Episcopius , Dutch theologian (b. 1583)1661 - Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven , Scottish soldier (b. c. 1580)1701 - Joseph Haines , entertainer and author1743 - Daniel Neal , English historian (b. 1678)1761 - Theodore Gardelle , Swiss painter and enameler (b. 1722)1766 - John Taylor , English classical scholar (b. 1704)1774 - Oliver Goldsmith , English writer (b. 1728)1792 - James Sykes , American politician (b. 1725)1807 - Joseph Jérôme Lefrançais de Lalande , French astronomer (b. 1732)1817 - André Masséna , Duke of Rivoli, Prince of Essling and Marshal of France (b. 1758)1841 - William Henry Harrison , 9th President of the United States (b. 1773)1846 - Solomon Sibley , American senator from Michigan Territory (b. 1769)1861 - John McLean , U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1785)1863 - Ludwig Emil Grimm , German painter and engraver (b. 1790)1864 - Joseph Pitty Couthouy , American naval officer (b. 1808)1870 - Heinrich Gustav Magnus , German chemist and physicist (b. 1802)1874 - Charles Ernest Beulé , French archaeologist and politician (b. 1826)1878 - Richard Brewer , American gunslinger/cowboy (b. 1850)1879 - Heinrich Wilhelm Dove , German physicist (b. 1803)1883 - Peter Cooper , American industrialist, inventor and philanthropist (b. 1791)1884 - Marie Bashkirtseff , Russian artist and diarist (b. 1860)1890 - Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau , Quebec politician (b. 1820)1890 - Edmond Hébert , French geologist (b. 1812)
1919 - William Crookes , English chemist and physicist (b. 1832)1923 - John Venn , British mathematician (b. 1834)1929 - Karl Benz , German engine designer, inventor, and automobile engineer (b. 1844)1931 - André Michelin , French industrialist (b. 1853)1932 - Wilhelm Ostwald , German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)1947 - William O'Donnell , Irish politician (b. ?)1951 - Al Christie , Canadian film director and producer (b. 1881)1951 - George Albert Smith , President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the LDS or Mormon Church) (b. 1870)
1953 - King Carol II of Romania (b. 1893)1957 - E. Herbert Norman , Canadian diplomat (b. 1909)1958 - Johnny Stompanato , American organized crime figure (b. 1925)1961 - Simion Stoilow , Romanian mathematician (b. 1873)1962 - James Hanratty , executed at Bedford Prison, England, for the murder of Michael Gregsten (b. 1936)1967 - Héctor Scarone , Uruguayan footballer (b. 1898)1967 - Al Lewis , American songwriter (b. 1901)
1968 - Martin Luther King, Jr. , American civil rights activist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1929)1972 - Adam Clayton Powell Jr. , American politician (b. 1908)1972 - Stefan Wolpe , German composer (b. 1902)
1976 - Harry Nyquist , Swedish contributor to information theory (b. 1889)1979 - Zulfikar Ali Bhutto , President and Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1928)1979 - Edgar Buchanan , American actor (b. 1903)
1980 - Red Sovine , American country music singer (b. 1917)1983 - Gloria Swanson , American actress (b. 1897)1984 - Oleg Antonov , Soviet airplane engineer (b. 1906)1985 - Kate Roberts , Welsh nationalist and writer (b. 1891)1987 - C.L. Moore , American writer (b. 1911)1987 - Chögyam Trungpa , Tibetan Buddhist master (b. 1939)
1991 - Edmund Adamkiewicz , German footballer (b. 1920)1991 - Max Frisch , Swiss writer (b. 1911)
1991 - H. John Heinz III , U.S. Senator (b. 1938)
1991 - Forrest Towns , American hurdler (b. 1914)
1992 - Yvette Brind'Amour , French Canadian stage actress and artistic director (b. 1918)1992 - Jack Hamilton , Australian Football Player (b. 1956)
1992 - Arthur Russell , American cellist (b. 1951)
1993 - Alfred Butts , American architect and inventor (Scrabble ) (b. 1899)1995 - Kenny Everett , British radio DJ and television entertainer (b. 1944)1995 - Priscilla Lane , American singer and actress (b. 1915)
1996 - Barney Ewell , American athlete (b. 1918)1996 - Larry LaPrise , American songwriter (b. 1913)
1999 - Faith Domergue , American actor (b. 1924)1999 - Early Wynn , American baseball player (b. 1920)
2001 - Ed "Big Daddy" Roth , American custom car designer (b. 1932)2002 - Harry L. O'Connor , Czech film stuntman2003 - Anthony Caruso , American actor (b. 1916)2003 - Resortes , Mexican comedian (b. 1916)
2004 - Alberic Schotte , Belgian cyclist (b. 1919)2004 - Casey Sheehan , American soldier, son of Cindy Sheehan (b. 1979)
2005 - Edward Bronfman , Canadian businessman (b. 1924)2005 - Pope John Paul II , Polish Roman Catholic Pope (b. 1920)
2007 - Bob Clark , American film director (b. 1941)2007 - Terry Hall , English ventriloquist (b. 1927)
2008 - Francis Tucker , South African Rally Driver (b. 1923)
Holidays and observances
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