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April 4 in History
Historical Events on April 4
503 BC
Roman consul Agrippa Menenius Lanatus celebrated a triumph for a military victory over the Sabines.
1147
First historical record of Moscow.
1287
King Wareru founds the Ramanya Kingdom, and proclaims independence from the Pagan Kingdom.
1460
Basel University is founded.
1581
Francis Drake is knighted for completing a circumnavigation of the world.
1660
Declaration of Breda by King Charles II of Great Britain.
1721
Sir Robert Walpole becomes the first British prime minister.
1768
In London, Philip Astley stages the first modern circus.
1796
Georges Cuvier delivers the first paleontological lecture.
1812
United States President James Madison enacts a ninety-day embargo on trade with the United Kingdom.
1814
Napoleon abdicates for the first time and names his son Napoleon II as Emperor of the French.
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 setting the record for the briefest administration. Vice President John Tyler succeeds Harrison as President.
1850
A large part of the English village of Cottenham burns to the ground in suspicious circumstances.
1850
Los Angeles 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 by Dmitry Karakozov in the city of Saint Petersburg.
1873
The Kennel Club is founded, the oldest and first official registry of purebred dogs in the world.
1887
Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.
1905
In India, an earthquake hits the Kangra Valley, killing 20,000, and destroying most buildings in Kangra, McLeod Ganj and Dharamshala.
1913
First Balkan War: Greek aviator Emmanouil Argyropoulos becomes the first pilot to die in the Hellenic Air Force when his plane crashes.
1925
The Schutzstaffel (SS) is founded in Germany.
1933
U.S. Navy airship, USS Akron, is wrecked off the New Jersey coast due to severe weather.
1939
Faisal II becomes King of Iraq.
1944
World War II: First bombardment of oil refineries in Bucharest by Anglo-American forces kills 3000 civilians.
1945
World War II: American troops liberate Ohrdruf forced labor camp in Germany.
1945
World War II: American troops capture Kassel.
1945
World War II: Soviet troops liberate Hungary from German occupation and occupy the country itself.
1949
Twelve nations sign the North Atlantic Treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
1958
The CND peace symbol is displayed in public for the first time in London.
1960
France agrees to grant independence to the Mali Federation, a union of Senegal and French Sudan.
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 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
A.E.K. Athens B.C. 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.
1973
A Lockheed C-141 Starlifter, dubbed the Hanoi Taxi, makes the last flight of Operation Homecoming.
1975
Microsoft is founded as a partnership between Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque, New Mexico
1975
A United States Air Force Lockheed C-5A Galaxy transporting orphans, crashes near Saigon, South Vietnam shortly after takeoff, killing 172 people.
1976
Prince Norodom Sihanouk resigns as leader of Cambodia and is placed under house arrest.
1979
Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan is executed.
1981
The Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force mounts an attack on H-3 Airbase and destroys about 50 Iraqi aircraft.
1983
Space Shuttle Challenger makes its maiden voyage into space.
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 airplane over an elementary school in Merion, Pennsylvania.
1991
The current flag of Hong Kong is adopted for post-colonial Hong Kong during the Third Session of the Seventh National People's Congress.
1994
Marc Andreessen and Jim Clark found Netscape Communications Corporation under the name Mosaic Communications Corporation.
1996
Comet Hyakutake is 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.
2013
More than 70 people are killed in a building collapse in Thane, India.
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