April 4
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April 4 is the 95th day of the year (96th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 270 days remaining after April 4 until the end of the year.
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[change] Births
- 188 – Caracalla, Roman Emperor (d. 217)
- 1648 – Grinling Gibbons, Dutch woodcarver (d. 1721)
- 1785 – Bettina von Arnim, German writer (d. 1859)
- 1802 – Dorothea Dix, American social activist (d. 1887)
- 1819 – Queen Maria II of Portugal (d. 1853)
- 1884 – Isoroku Yamamoto, Japanese naval commander (d. 1943)
- 1910 – Barthelemy Boganda, Central African politician (d. 1959)
- 1914 – Marguerite Duras, French writer (d. 1996)
- 1915 – Muddy Waters, American musician (d. 1983)
- 1916 – Nikola Ljubicic, Yugoslavian general and politician (d. 2005)
- 1928 – Maya Angelou, American writer and poet
- 1932 – Andrei Tarkovsky, Soviet filmmaker (d. 1986)
- 1932 – Anthony Perkins, American actor (d. 1993)
- 1934 – Clive Davis, American music manager and producer
- 1939 – Hugh Masekela, South African musician
- 1942 – Kitty Kelley, American actress
- 1944 – Craig T. Nelson, American actor
- 1945 – Daniel Cohn-Bendit, French political activist
- 1949 – Junior Braithwaite, Jamaican musician (d. 1999)
- 1950 – Christine Lahti, American actress
- 1952 – Gary Moore, Northern Irish musician (d. 2011)
- 1956 – David E. Kelley, American writer and television producer
- 1963 – Graham Norton, Irish television host
- 1964 – Branco, Brazilian footballer
- 1965 – Robert Downey Jr., American actor
- 1966 – Mike Starr, American musician (d. 2011)
- 1966 – Stefan Mappus, German politician
- 1969 – Karren Brady, British sports executive and broadcaster
- 1970 – Georgius Amanatidis, Greek footballer
- 1972 – Jill Scott, American singer and actress
- 1973 – David Blaine, American illusionist and magician
- 1976 – Emerson, Brazilian footballer
- 1978 – Lemar, English singer
- 1979 – Heath Ledger, Australian actor (d. 2008)
- 1980 – Johnny Borrell, English singer (Razorlight)
- 1986 – Aiden McGeady, Scottish-Irish footballer
- 1987 – Sami Khedira, German footballer
- 1991 – Jamie Lynn Spears, American singer and actress
- 1992 – Alexa Nikolas, American actress
[change] Deaths
- 397 – Saint Ambrose of Milan (b. 338)
- 1406 – King Robert III of Scotland (b. 1337)
- 1588 – King Frederick II of Denmark (b. 1534)
- 1774 – Oliver Goldsmith, Irish writer (b. 1728)
- 1841 – William Henry Harrison, 9th President of the United States (b. 1773)
- 1929 – Karl Benz, German automobile designer and inventor (b. 1844)
- 1932 – Wilhelm Ostwald, German chemist (b. 1853)
- 1953 – King Carol II of Romania (b. 1893)
- 1968 – Martin Luther King, Jr., American civil rights activist (b. 1929)
- 1979 – Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Pakistani politician (b. 1928)
- 1984 – Oleg Antonov, Russian airplane designer (b. 1906)
- 1991 – Edmund Adamkiewicz, German footballer (b. 1920)
- 1991 – H. John Heinz III, US Senator (b. 1938)
- 1991 – Max Frisch, Swiss writer (b. 1911)
- 1993 – Alfred Mosher-Butts, American inventor of Scrabble (b. 1899)
- 1995 – Kenny Everett, British entertainer (b. 1944)
- 1995 – Priscilla Lane, American singer and actress (b. 1915)
- 2003 – Anthony Caruso, American actor (b. 1916)
- 2007 – Bob Clark, American director (b. 1941)
[change] Events
- 1147 – First historic record of Moscow
- 1789 – The HMAV Bounty leaves Tahiti.
- 1814 – Napoleon Bonaparte abdicates as Emperor of France.
- 1841 – William Henry Harrison dies, making him the shortest –serving President of the United States, with 31 days in office. John Tyler succeeds him.
- 1850 – Los Angeles is incorporated as a city.
- 1866 – Tsar Alexander II of Russia survives an assassination attempt in Kiev.
- 1905 – An earthquake in Kangra, Northern India, kills around 20,000 people.
- 1939 – Faisal II becomes King of Iraq.
- 1945 – The Soviet Army takes control of Hungary.
- 1949 – NATO is founded.
- 1960 – France agrees to the independence of Senegal and French Sudan (Mali).
- 1968 – Martin Luther King, Jr. is shot dead in Memphis, Tennessee.
- 1973 – The World Trade Center in New York is officially dedicated.
- 1976 – Microsoft is founded.
- 1976 – Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia resigns and is placed under house arrest.
- 1979 – Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto is executed.
- 1983 – The Challenger Space Shuttle makes its first space flight.
- 2003 – Voodoo becomes an official religion in Haiti.
- 2007 – Iran releases 15 Royal Navy personnel, that were arrested 12 days earlier for allegedly trespassing in Iranian waters.
- 2009 – Anders Fogh Rasmussen is announced to succeed Jaap de Hoop Scheffer as NATO Secretary-General. He takes up the post on August 1 of the same year.
[change] Holidays and Observances
- Independence Day in Senegal
- International Day for Landmine Awareness and Assistance
