April 4 Events |
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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, 2007 (April 04 2007) | Event | 15 British Royal Navy personnel held in Iran are released by the Iranian President. | |
| April 4th, 2002 (April 04 2002) | Event | The Angolan government and UNITA rebels sign a peace treaty ending the Angolan Civil War. | |
| April 4th, 1996 (April 04 1996) | Event | Comet Hyakutake was imaged by the USA Asteroid Orbiter Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous. | |
| April 4th, 1994 (April 04 1994) | Event | Marc Andreessen and Jim Clark found Netscape Communications Corporation under the name "Mosaic Communications Corporation". | |
| April 4th, 1991 (April 04 1991) | Event | Senator John Heinz of Pennsylvania and six others are killed when a helicopter collides with their plane over an elementary school in Merion, Pennsylvania. | |
| 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, 1984 (April 04 1984) | Event | President Ronald Reagan calls for an international ban on chemical weapons. | Ronald Reagan Quotes |
| April 4th, 1983 (April 04 1983) | Event | Space Shuttle Challenger makes its maiden voyage into space (STS-6). | |
| April 4th, 1979 (April 04 1979) | Event | President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan is executed. | |
| April 4th, 1976 (April 04 1976) | Event | Prince Norodom Sihanouk resigns as leader of Cambodia and is placed under house arrest. | |
| April 4th, 1975 (April 04 1975) | Event | Microsoft is founded as a partnership between Bill Gates and Paul Allen. | Bill Gates Quotes |
| April 4th, 1975 (April 04 1975) | Event | Vietnam War: Operation Baby LiftA United States Air Force C-5A Galaxy crashes near Saigon, South Vietnam shortly after takeoff, transporting orphans172 die. | |
| April 4th, 1973 (April 04 1973) | Event | The World Trade Center in New York is officially dedicated. | |
| April 4th, 1969 (April 04 1969) | Event | Dr. Denton Cooley implants the first temporary artificial heart. | |
| 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, 1967 (April 04 1967) | Event | Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence" speech in New York City s Riverside Church. | Martin Luther Quotes |
| April 4th, 1965 (April 04 1965) | Event | The first model of the new Saab Viggen fighter aircraft plane is unveiled. | |
| April 4th, 1964 (April 04 1964) | Event | The Beatles occupy the top five positions on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart. | |
| April 4th, 1960 (April 04 1960) | Event | Senegal independence day. | |
| April 4th, 1958 (April 04 1958) | Event | The CND Peace Symbol displayed in public for the first time in London. | |
| April 4th, 1949 (April 04 1949) | Event | Twelve nations sign the North Atlantic Treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. | |
| April 4th, 1945 (April 04 1945) | Event | World War II: American troops liberate Ohrdruf forced labor camp in Germany. | |
| April 4th, 1945 (April 04 1945) | Event | World War II: Soviet Army takes control of Hungary. | |
| April 4th, 1939 (April 04 1939) | Event | Faisal II becomes King of Iraq. | |
| April 4th, 1930 (April 04 1930) | Event | The Communist Party of Panama is founded. | |
| April 4th, 1918 (April 04 1918) | Event | World War I: Second Battle of the Somme ends. | |
| April 4th, 1913 (April 04 1913) | Event | The Greek aviator Emmanuel Argyropoulos becomes the first pilot victim of the Hellenic Air Force when his plane crashes. | |
| April 4th, 1905 (April 04 1905) | Event | In India, an earthquake near Kangra kills 20,000. | |
| April 4th, 1887 (April 04 1887) | Event | Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States. | |
| April 4th, 1866 (April 04 1866) | Event | Alexander II of Russia narrowly escapes an assassination attempt in the city of Kiev. | |
| April 4th, 1865 (April 04 1865) | Event | American Civil War: A day after Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln visits the Confederate capital. | Abraham Lincoln Quotes |
| April 4th, 1859 (April 04 1859) | Event | Bryant s Minstrels debut "Dixie" in New York City in the finale of a blackface minstrel show. | |
| April 4th, 1850 (April 04 1850) | Event | The Great Fire of Cottenham, a large part of the Cambridgeshire village (England) is burnt to the ground under suspicious circumstances. | |
| April 4th, 1850 (April 04 1850) | Event | Los Angeles, California is incorporated as a city. | |
| April 4th, 1841 (April 04 1841) | Event | 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. | William Henry Harrison Quotes |
| 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, 1814 (April 04 1814) | Event | Napoleon abdicates for the first time. | |
| April 4th, 1812 (April 04 1812) | Event | U.S. President James Madison enacted a ninety-day embargo on trade with the United Kingdom. | James Madison Quotes |
| April 4th, 1721 (April 04 1721) | Event | Sir Robert Walpole enters office as the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom under King George I. | |
| April 4th, 1660 (April 04 1660) | Event | Declaration of Breda by King Charles II of England. | |
| April 4th, 1655 (April 04 1655) | Event | The miraculous statue entitled the Infant of Prague is solemnly crowned by command of Cardinal Harrach. | |
| April 4th, 1581 (April 04 1581) | Event | Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I. | |
