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| April 4th, 2008 (April 04 2008) | Event | 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. | |
| April 4th, 2008 (April 04 2008) | Death | Francis Tucker, South African Rally Driver (born in 1923) | |
| April 4th, 1988 (April 04 1988) | Event | Governor Evan Mecham of Arizona is convicted in his impeachment trial and removed from office. | Evan Mecham Quotes |
| April 4th, 1988 (April 04 1988) | Birth | Frank Fielding, English footballer | |
| April 4th, 1978 (April 04 1978) | Birth | Jason Ellison, American baseball player | |
| April 4th, 1978 (April 04 1978) | Birth | Lemar, English R n B singer | |
| April 4th, 1978 (April 04 1978) | Birth | Alan Mahon, Irish footballer | |
| April 4th, 1978 (April 04 1978) | Birth | Sam Moran, Australian entertainer | |
| April 4th, 1978 (April 04 1978) | Birth | Irene Skliva, Greek 1996 Miss World winner | |
| April 4th, 1978 (April 04 1978) | Birth | Aska Yang, Taiwanese singer | |
| April 4th, 1968 (April 04 1968) | Event | Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated by James Earl Ray at a motel in Memphis, Tennessee. | Martin Luther Quotes |
| April 4th, 1968 (April 04 1968) | Event | Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 6. | |
| April 4th, 1968 (April 04 1968) | Event | AEK Athens BC becomes the first Greek team to win the European Basketball Cup. | |
| April 4th, 1968 (April 04 1968) | Birth | Jennifer Lynch, American director | |
| April 4th, 1968 (April 04 1968) | Death | Martin Luther King, Jr., American civil rights activist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (born in 1929) | Martin Luther Quotes |
| April 4th, 1958 (April 04 1958) | Event | The CND Peace Symbol displayed in public for the first time in London. | |
| April 4th, 1958 (April 04 1958) | Birth | Cazuza, Brazilian poet, singer and composer (died in 1990) | |
| April 4th, 1958 (April 04 1958) | Birth | Mary-Margaret Humes, American actress | |
| April 4th, 1958 (April 04 1958) | Death | Johnny Stompanato, American organized crime figure (born in 1925) | Tom Ze Quotes |
| April 4th, 1948 (April 04 1948) | Birth | Michael Blassie, U.S. Air Force officer (died in 1972) | |
| April 4th, 1948 (April 04 1948) | Birth | Berry Oakley, American bassist (The Allman Brothers Band) (died in 1972) | |
| April 4th, 1948 (April 04 1948) | Birth | Abdullah Ocalan, leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party | |
| April 4th, 1948 (April 04 1948) | Birth | Dan Simmons, American writer | |
| April 4th, 1948 (April 04 1948) | Birth | Derek Thompson, Northern Irish actor | |
| April 4th, 1938 (April 04 1938) | Birth | A. Bartlett Giamatti, American university president and Commissioner of Baseball (died in 1989) | |
| April 4th, 1928 (April 04 1928) | Birth | Maya Angelou, American writer | Maya Angelou Quotes |
| April 4th, 1918 (April 04 1918) | Event | World War I: Second Battle of the Somme ends. | |
| April 4th, 1918 (April 04 1918) | Birth | George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe (died in 2007) | |
| April 4th, 1908 (April 04 1908) | Birth | Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, American memoirist (Cheaper by the Dozen) (died in 2006) | |
| April 4th, 1898 (April 04 1898) | Birth | Agnes Ayres, American actress (died in 1940) | |
| April 4th, 1888 (April 04 1888) | Birth | Tris Speaker, American baseball player (died in 1958) | |
| April 4th, 1888 (April 04 1888) | Birth | Zdzislaw Zygulski, Sr., Polish literary historian (died in 1975) | |
| April 4th, 1878 (April 04 1878) | Death | Richard Brewer, American gunslinger/cowboy (born in 1850) | |
| April 4th, 1858 (April 04 1858) | Birth | Remy de Gourmont, French poet (died in 1915) | |
| April 4th, 1818 (April 04 1818) | Event | 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). | |
| April 4th, 1818 (April 04 1818) | Birth | Thomas Mayne Reid, Irish-American novelist (died in 1883) | |
| April 4th, 1718 (April 04 1718) | Birth | Benjamin Kennicott, English churchman and Hebrew scholar (died in 1783) | |
| April 4th, 1688 (April 04 1688) | Birth | Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (died in 1768) | |
| April 4th, 1648 (April 04 1648) | Birth | Grinling Gibbons Dutch woodcarver (died in 1721) | |
| April 4th, 1588 (April 04 1588) | Death | King Frederick II of Denmark (born in 1534) | |
