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What happend on 4. April in History
In our data base we found 414 events happened on 4. April:
• 188: Caracalla, Roman emperor (d. 217) [category: Births]
• 397: St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan (b. c. 338) [category: Deaths]
• 636: Isidore of Seville (b. c. 560) [category: Deaths]
• 814: Plato of Sakkoudion, Byzantine monk and saint (b. ca. 735) [category: Deaths]
• 896: Pope Formosus (b. 816) [category: Deaths]
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• 1147: First historical record of Moscow. [category: Events]
• 1284: Alfonso X of Castile (b. 1221) [category: Deaths]
• 1287: King Wareru founds Kingdom of Ramannadesa, and proclaims independence from Pagan Empire [category: Events]
• 1292: Pope Nicholas IV (b. 1227) [category: Deaths]
• 1305: Jeanne of Navarre, wife of Philip IV of France (b. 1273) [category: Deaths]
• 1492: Ambrosius Blarer, German reformer (d. 1564) [category: Births]
• 1536: Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (b. 1460) [category: Deaths]
• 1572: William Strachey, English writer (d. 1621) [category: Births]
• 1581: Francis Drake is knighted for completing a circumnavigation of the world. [category: Events]
• 1588: Frederick II of Denmark (b. 1534) [category: Deaths]
• 1593: Edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669) [category: Births]
• 1609: Charles de L'Ecluse, Flemish botanist (b. 1526) [category: Deaths]
• 1617: John Napier, Scottish mathematician (b. 1550) [category: Deaths]
• 1640: Gaspar Sanz, Aragonese composer, guitarist, organist and priest (d. 1710) [category: Births]
• 1643: Simon Episcopius, Dutch theologian (b. 1583) [category: Deaths]
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• 1646: Antoine Galland, French archaeologist (d. 1715) [category: Births]
• 1648: Grinling Gibbons, Dutch woodcarver (d. 1721) [category: Births]
• 1660: Declaration of Breda by King Charles II of England. [category: Events]
• 1661: Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven, Scottish soldier (b. c. 1580) [category: Deaths]
• 1676: Giuseppe Maria Orlandini, Italian baroque composer (d. 1760) [category: Births]
• 1688: Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768) [category: Births]
• 1701: Joseph Haines, English entertainer and author [category: Deaths]
• 1718: Benjamin Kennicott, English churchman and scholar (d. 1783) [category: Births]
• 1721: Sir Robert Walpole takes office as the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom under King George I. [category: Events]
• 1743: Daniel Neal, English historian (b. 1678) [category: Deaths]
• 1752: Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli, Italian composer (d. 1837) [category: Births]
• 1761: Theodore Gardelle, Swiss painter and enameler (b. 1722) [category: Deaths]
• 1762: Stephen Storace, English composer (d. 1796) [category: Births]
• 1766: John Taylor, English scholar (b. 1704) [category: Deaths]
• 1772: Nachman of Breslov, Ukrainian founder of Breslov Hasidut (d. 1810) [category: Births]
• 1774: Oliver Goldsmith, English writer (b. 1728) [category: Deaths]
• 1785: Bettina von Arnim, German writer (d. 1859) [category: Births]
• 1792: James Sykes, American politician (b. 1725) [category: Deaths]
• 1802: Dorothea Dix, American social activist (d. 1887) [category: Births]
• 1807: Joseph Jérôme Lefrançais de Lalande, French astronomer (b. 1732) [category: Deaths]
• 1812: U.S. President James Madison enacts a ninety-day embargo on trade with the United Kingdom. [category: Events]
• 1814: Napoleon abdicates for the first time. [category: Events]
• 1817: André Masséna, Duke of Rivoli, Prince of Essling and Marshal of France (b. 1758) [category: Deaths]
• 1818: Thomas Mayne Reid, Irish-American novelist (d. 1883) [category: Births]
• 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). [category: Events]
• 1819: Maria II of Portugal (d. 1853) [category: Births]
• 1821: Linus Yale, Jr., American inventor and manufacturer (d. 1868) [category: Births]
• 1826: Zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer (d. 1901) [category: Births]
• 1835: John Hughlings Jackson, English neurologist (d. 1911) [category: Births]
• 1841: William Henry Harrison, American politician, 9th President of the United States (b. 1773) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1842: Édouard Lucas, French mathematician (d. 1891) [category: Births]
• 1843: William Henry Jackson, American photographer (d. 1942) [category: Births]
• 1846: Comte de Lautréamont, French writer (d. 1870) [category: Births]
• 1846: Solomon Sibley, American senator (b. 1769) [category: Deaths]
• 1850: Los Angeles, California is incorporated as a city. [category: Events]
• 1850: The Great Fire of Cottenham, a large part of the Cambridgeshire village (England) is burnt to the ground in suspicious circumstances. [category: Events]
• 1853: Tad Lincoln, American son of president Abraham Lincoln (d. 1871) [category: Births]
• 1858: Remy de Gourmont, French poet (d. 1915) [category: Births]
• 1859: Bryant's Minstrels debut "Dixie" in New York City in the finale of a blackface minstrel show. [category: Events]
• 1861: John McLean, American Supreme Court Justice (b. 1785) [category: Deaths]
• 1863: Ludwig Emil Grimm, German painter and engraver (b. 1790) [category: Deaths]
• 1864: Joseph Pitty Couthouy, American naval officer (b. 1808) [category: Deaths]
• 1865: American Civil War: A day after Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln visits the Confederate capital. [category: Events]
• 1866: Alexander II of Russia narrowly escapes an assassination attempt by Dmitry Karakozov in the city of Kiev. [category: Events]
• 1869: Mary Jane Colter, American architect (d. 1958) [category: Births]
• 1870: Heinrich Gustav Magnus, German chemist and physicist (b. 1802) [category: Deaths]
• 1873: The Kennel Club is founded, the oldest and first official registry of purebred dogs in the world. [category: Events]
• 1874: Charles Ernest Beulé, French archaeologist and politician (b. 1826) [category: Deaths]
• 1875: Pierre Monteux, French conductor (d. 1964) [category: Births]
• 1876: Maurice de Vlaminck, French painter (d. 1958) [category: Births]
• 1878: Richard M. Brewer, American outlaw and cowboy (b. 1850) [category: Deaths]
• 1879: Gustav Goßler, German rower (d. 1940) [category: Births]
• 1879: Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, German physicist (b. 1803) [category: Deaths]
• 1882: Kurt von Schleicher, German general and Chancellor of Germany (d. 1934) [category: Births]
• 1883: Peter Cooper, American industrialist, inventor and philanthropist (b. 1791) [category: Deaths]
• 1884: Giacomo Alberione, Italian priest and publisher (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1884: Isoroku Yamamoto, Japanese naval commander (d. 1943) [category: Births]
• 1887: Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States. [category: Events]
• 1888: Tris Speaker, American baseball player (d. 1958) [category: Births]
• 1888: Zdzisław Żygulski, Sr., Polish literary historian (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1890: Edmond Hébert, French geologist (b. 1812) [category: Deaths]
• 1890: Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau, Canadian politician (b. 1820) [category: Deaths]
• 1895: Arthur Murray, American dance teacher (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1896: Robert E. Sherwood, American playwright (d. 1955) [category: Births]
• 1897: Dina Manfredini, Italian-American super-centenarian (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1897: Pierre Fresnay, French actor (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1898: Agnes Ayres, American actress (d. 1940) [category: Births]
• 1899: Hillel Oppenheimer, German-Israeli botanist (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1902: Louise Leveque de Vilmorin, French writer (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1902: Stanley G. Weinbaum, American author (d. 1935) [category: Births]
• 1905: Eugene Bozza, French composer (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1905: In India, the an earthquake hits the Kangra valley, killing 20,000, and destroying most buildings in Kangra, Mcleodganj and Dharamshala [category: Events]
• 1906: Bea Benaderet, American actress (d. 1968) [category: Births]
• 1906: John Cameron Swayze, American journalist (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1907: Robert Askin, Australian politician, 32nd Premier of New South Wales (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1908: Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, American author (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1910: Dang Van Ngu, Vietnamese physician (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1911: Max Dupain, Australian photographer (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1912: Charles Brantley Aycock, American politician, 50th Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina (b. 1859) [category: Deaths]
• 1912: Isaac Kaufmann Funk, American lexicographer, co-founder of Funk & Wagnalls (b. 1839) [category: Deaths]
• 1913: Frances Langford, American actress (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1913: Jules Léger, Canadian diplomat and Governor general of Canada (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1913: Muddy Waters, American Singer, songwriter, guitarist, and bandleader (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1913: The Greek aviator Emmanouil Argyropoulos becomes the first pilot victim of the Hellenic Air Force when his plane crashes. [category: Events]
• 1914: Marguerite Duras, French writer (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1915: Louis Archambault, Canadian sculptor (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1916: David White, American actor (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1916: Mickey Owen, American baseball player (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1916: Nikola Ljubicic, Yugoslav general, Serbian communist politician (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1918: George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1919: Sir William Crookes, English chemist and physicist (b. 1832) [category: Deaths]
• 1920: Ignatius IV of Antioch, Syrian patriarch (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1920: Éric Rohmer, French director (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1922: Elmer Bernstein, American composer (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1923: Peter Vaughan, English actor [category: Births]
• 1923: John Venn, British mathematician (b. 1834) [category: Deaths]
• 1924: Gil Hodges, American baseball player and manager (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1925: Claude Wagner, French-Canadian politician and judge (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1925: Emmett Williams, American poet (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1925: Gene Reynolds, American actor [category: Births]
• 1926: Mildred Fay Jefferson, American physician and pro-life activist (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1928: Estelle Harris, American actor [category: Births]
• 1928: Maya Angelou, American writer [category: Births]
• 1929: Karl Benz, German engine designer, inventor, and engineer (b. 1844) [category: Deaths]
• 1930: The Communist Party of Panama is founded. [category: Events]
• 1931: Bobby Ray Inman, American admiral and intelligence director [category: Births]
• 1931: André Michelin, French industrialist (b. 1853) [category: Deaths]
• 1932: Andrei Tarkovsky, Soviet-Russian director (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1932: Anthony Perkins, American actor (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1932: Clive Davis, American record producer [category: Births]
• 1932: Estelle Harris, American actress [category: Births]
• 1932: Richard Lugar, American politician [category: Births]
• 1932: Wilhelm Ostwald, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853) [category: Deaths]
• 1933: Bill France, Jr., American motorsports executive (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1933: U.S. Navy airship, USS Akron, is wrecked off the New Jersey coast due to severe weather. [category: Events]
• 1934: Kronid Lyubarsky, Russian journalist (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1938: A. Bartlett Giamatti, American university president and Commissioner of Baseball (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1939: Ernie Terrell, American singer, record producer, and boxer [category: Births]
• 1939: Hugh Masekela, South African singer, musician, and composer [category: Births]
• 1939: JoAnne Carner, American golfer [category: Births]
• 1939: Major Lance, American singer (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1939: Faisal II becomes King of Iraq. [category: Events]
• 1940: Richard Attwood, British race car driver [category: Births]
• 1940: Sharon Sheeley, American songwriter (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1940: Gustav Goßler, German rower (b. 1879) [category: Deaths]
• 1942: Elizabeth Levy, American author [category: Births]
• 1942: Jim Fregosi, American baseball player and manager [category: Births]
• 1942: Kitty Kelley, American writer [category: Births]
• 1944: Craig T. Nelson, American actor [category: Births]
• 1944: Magda Aelvoet, Belgian politician [category: Births]
• 1944: World War II: First bombardment of Bucharest by Anglo-American forces kills 3000 civilians. [category: Events]
• 1945: Caroline McWilliams, American actress (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1945: Daniel Cohn-Bendit, French political activist [category: Births]
• 1945: Konrad von Finckenstein, Canadian public servant, chairman of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission [category: Births]
• 1945: World War II: American troops capture Kassel. [category: Events]
• 1945: World War II: American troops liberate Ohrdruf forced labor camp in Germany. [category: Events]
• 1946: Colin Coates, Australian speed skater [category: Births]
• 1946: Dave Hill, English guitarist (Slade) [category: Births]
• 1946: György Spiró, Hungarian novelist and playwright [category: Births]
• 1946: Katsuaki Sato, Japanese martial artist [category: Births]
• 1947: Luke Halpin, American actor [category: Births]
• 1947: Ray Fosse, American baseball player and broadcaster [category: Births]
• 1947: Wiranto, Indonesian general [category: Births]
• 1947: William O'Donnell, Irish politician (b. ?) [category: Deaths]
• 1948: Berry Oakley, American bassist (The Allman Brothers Band) (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1948: Dan Simmons, American writer [category: Births]
• 1948: Derek Thompson, Irish actor [category: Births]
• 1948: Michael Blassie, American military officer (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1948: Pick Withers, British drummer (Dire Straits and Magna Carta) [category: Births]
• 1948: Werner Roth, American soccer player [category: Births]
• 1949: Junior Braithwaite, Jamaican singer (The Wailers) (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1949: Shing-Tung Yau, Chinese mathematician [category: Births]
• 1949: Twelve nations sign the North Atlantic Treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. [category: Events]
• 1950: Christine Lahti, American actress [category: Births]
• 1951: Hun Sen, Cambodian politician, Prime Minister of Cambodia [category: Births]
• 1951: John Hannah, American football player [category: Births]
• 1951: Al Christie, Canadian director and producer (b. 1881) [category: Deaths]
• 1951: George Albert Smith, American religious leader, President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1870) [category: Deaths]
• 1952: Gary Moore, Northern Irish guitarist (Thin Lizzy, Skid Row, and Bruce-Baker-Moore) (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1952: Gregg Hansford, Australian motorcycle and car racer (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1952: Karen Magnussen, Canadian figure skater [category: Births]
• 1952: Pat Burns, Canadian hockey coach (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1952: Rosemarie Ackermann, German athlete [category: Births]
• 1952: Villy Søvndal, Danish politician [category: Births]
• 1953: Chen Yi, Chinese composer and violinist [category: Births]
• 1953: Henry Fotheringham, South African cricketer [category: Births]
• 1953: Robert Bertrand, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1953: Sammy Wilson, Northern Irish politician [category: Births]
• 1953: Simcha Jacobovici, Canadian director, producer, journalist, and writer [category: Births]
• 1953: Carol II of Romania (b. 1893) [category: Deaths]
• 1954: Julie Carmen, American actress [category: Births]
• 1955: Casey Biggs, American actor [category: Births]
• 1956: David E. Kelley, American writer and producer [category: Births]
• 1956: Evelyn Hart, Canadian ballerina [category: Births]
• 1956: Tom Herr, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1957: Aki Kaurismäki, Finnish director [category: Births]
• 1957: Ali El Haggar, Egyptian singer and actor [category: Births]
• 1957: Graeme Kelling, Scottish musician (Deacon Blue) (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1957: Kelso, American race horse (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1957: Nobuyoshi Kuwano, Japanese musician (Rats & Star) [category: Births]
• 1957: E. Herbert Norman, Canadian diplomat (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1958: Cazuza, Brazilian singer and composer (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1958: Mary-Margaret Humes, American actress [category: Births]
• 1958: Johnny Stompanato, American organized crime figure (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 1958: The CND peace symbol is displayed in public for the first time in London. [category: Events]
• 1959: Phil Morris, American actor [category: Births]
• 1960: Hugo Weaving, English-Australian actor [category: Births]
• 1960: Jane Eaglin, English soprano [category: Births]
• 1960: France agrees to grant independence to the Mali Federation, a union of Senegal and French Sudan. [category: Events]
• 1961: Hildi Santo-Tomas, American interior decorator [category: Births]
• 1961: Tom Byron, American porn actor and director [category: Births]
• 1961: Simion Stoilow, Romanian mathematician (b. 1873) [category: Deaths]
• 1962: Ava Fabian, American model and actress [category: Births]
• 1962: Craig Adams, English musician (The Sisters of Mercy, The Mission, The Alarm, Spear of Destiny, and Theatre of Hate) [category: Births]
• 1962: Marco Giovannetti, Italian cyclist [category: Births]
• 1962: James Hanratty, British rapist and murderer (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 1963: A. Michael Baldwin, American actor, producer, and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1963: Dale Hawerchuk, Canadian hockey player [category: Births]
• 1963: Graham Norton, Irish actor, comedian, and talk show host [category: Births]
• 1963: Jack Del Rio, American football coach [category: Births]
• 1963: Jane McDonald, British singer, actress and broadcaster [category: Births]
• 1964: Anthony Clark, American actor and comedian [category: Births]
• 1964: Branco, Brazilian footballer and coach [category: Births]
• 1964: Dang Than, Vietnamese poet and writer [category: Births]
• 1964: David Cross, American actor and comedian [category: Births]
• 1964: Dr. Chud, American drummer and singer (Misfits, Graves, Kryst the Conqueror, and Dr. Chud's X-Ward) [category: Births]
• 1964: Laurie Hibberd, Canadian reporter [category: Births]
• 1964: Riduan Isamuddin, Indonesian terrorist [category: Births]
• 1964: Robbie Rist, American actor [category: Births]
• 1964: Sertab Erener, Turkish singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1964: The Beatles occupy the top five positions on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart. [category: Events]
• 1965: Robert Downey, Jr., American actor [category: Births]
• 1965: Sean Wilson, English actor, [category: Births]
• 1965: The first model of the new Saab Viggen fighter aircraft is unveiled. [category: Events]
• 1966: Christos Tsekos Greek basketball player [category: Births]
• 1966: Mike Starr, American musician (Alice In Chains, Sun Red Sun, and Days of the New) (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1966: Nancy McKeon, American actor [category: Births]
• 1966: Riduan Isamuddin, Indonesian terrorist [category: Births]
• 1967: George Mavrotas, Greek water polo player [category: Births]
• 1967: Al Lewis, American songwriter (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 1967: Héctor Scarone, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1967: Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence" speech in New York City's Riverside Church. [category: Events]
• 1968: Jesús Rollán, Spanish water polo player (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1968: Xenia Seeberg, German actress [category: Births]
• 1968: Martin Luther King, Jr., American civil rights activist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: AEK Athens BC becomes the first Greek team to win the European Basketball Cup. [category: Events]
• 1968: Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 6. [category: Events]
• 1968: Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated by James Earl Ray at a motel in Memphis, Tennessee. [category: Events]
• 1969: Karren Brady, British sports executive and broadcaster [category: Births]
• 1969: Dr. Denton Cooley implants the first temporary artificial heart. [category: Events]
• 1970: Anthony Green, British actor [category: Births]
• 1970: Barry Pepper, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1970: Georgios Amanatidis, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1970: Greg Garcia, American television director, producer, and writer [category: Births]
• 1970: Wendy Bell, American news reporter [category: Births]
• 1970: Byron Foulger, American actor (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: John Zandig, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1971: Josh Todd, American singer (Buckcherry) [category: Births]
• 1971: Malik Yusef, American actor, musician, producer, and poet [category: Births]
• 1971: Mark Chapman, English sports presenter and DJ [category: Births]
• 1971: Tatia Rosenthal, Israeli-American animator and director [category: Births]
• 1971: Uwe Jahn, German sprinter [category: Births]
• 1971: Yanic Perreault, Canadian hockey player [category: Births]
• 1972: Jill Scott, American singer, songwriter, and actress [category: Births]
• 1972: Lisa Ray, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1972: Magnus Sveningsson, Swedish musician (The Cardigans) [category: Births]
• 1972: Xenia Seeberg, German actress [category: Births]
• 1972: Adam Clayton Powell Jr., American politician (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Stefan Wolpe, German composer (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Chris McCormack, Australian athlete [category: Births]
• 1973: David Blaine, American illusionist [category: Births]
• 1973: Kelly Price, American singer [category: Births]
• 1973: Loris Capirossi, Italian motorcycle racer [category: Births]
• 1973: Peter Hoekstra, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1973: The World Trade Center in New York is officially dedicated. [category: Events]
• 1974: Dave Mirra, American BMX athlete [category: Births]
• 1975: Delphine Arnault, French businesswoman [category: Births]
• 1975: Joyce Giraud, Puerto Rican actress and model [category: Births]
• 1975: Kevin Weekes, Canadian hockey player [category: Births]
• 1975: Miranda Lee Richards, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1975: Pamela Ribon, American author and actress [category: Births]
• 1975: Roy Padrick, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1975: Scott Rolen, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1975: Thobias Fredriksson, Swedish cross-country skier [category: Births]
• 1975: Microsoft is founded as a partnership between Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque, New Mexico [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1976: Emerson, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1976: James Roday, American actor [category: Births]
• 1976: Sébastien Enjolras, French race car driver (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1976: Harry Nyquist, Swedish contributor to information theory (b. 1889) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Prince Norodom Sihanouk resigns as leader of Cambodia and is placed under house arrest. [category: Events]
• 1977: Adam Dutkiewicz, American guitarist and producer (Killswitch Engage, Shadows Fall, Aftershock, and Times of Grace) [category: Births]
• 1977: Keith Bulluck, American football player and agent [category: Births]
• 1977: Omarr Smith, American football player [category: Births]
• 1977: Stephan Bonnar, American mixed martial artist [category: Births]
• 1977: Stephen Mulhern, British magician [category: Births]
• 1977: Andrey Dikiy, Russian American writer, historian, emigre politician and journalist (b.1893) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: Alan Mahon, Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Aska Yang, Taiwanese singer [category: Births]
• 1978: Irene Skliva, Greek model, Miss World 1996 [category: Births]
• 1978: Jason Ellison, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1978: Lemar, English singer [category: Births]
• 1978: Sam Moran, Australian actor and musician (The Wiggles) [category: Births]
• 1979: Andy McKee, American guitarist [category: Births]
• 1979: Heath Ledger, Australian actor (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1979: Jessica Napier, New Zealand actress [category: Births]
• 1979: Natasha Lyonne, American actress [category: Births]
• 1979: Roberto Luongo, Canadian hockey player [category: Births]
• 1979: Edgar Buchanan, American actor (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Pakistani politician, 4th President of Pakistan and 9th Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan is executed. [category: Events]
• 1979: The 2nd Congress of the Communist Youth of Greece starts. [category: Events]
• 1980: Björn Wirdheim, Swedish race car driver [category: Births]
• 1980: Eric Steinbach, American football player [category: Births]
• 1980: Johnny Borrell, English guitarist and singer (Razorlight and The Libertines) [category: Births]
• 1980: Trevor Moore, American comedian [category: Births]
• 1980: Red Sovine, American singer (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: Casey Daigle, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1981: Curren$y, American rapper (504 Boyz) [category: Births]
• 1981: Eduardo Luís Carloto, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Ned Vizzini American author [category: Births]
• 1982: Kett Turton, Canadian-American actor [category: Births]
• 1982: Magnus Lindgren, Swedish chef (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1983: Amanda Righetti, American actress and producer [category: Births]
• 1983: Angelle Tymon, American journalist and game-show host [category: Births]
• 1983: Ben Gordon, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1983: Doug Lynch, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1983: Evgeny Artyukhin, Russian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1983: Fabian Geiser, Swiss footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Natalie Pike, British model [category: Births]
• 1983: Gloria Swanson, American actress (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Space Shuttle Challenger makes its maiden voyage into space (STS-6). [category: Events]
• 1984: Arkady Vyatchanin, Russian swimmer [category: Births]
• 1984: Oleg Antonov, Soviet airplane engineer, founder of Antonov ASTC, (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: President Ronald Reagan calls for an international ban on chemical weapons. [category: Events]
• 1985: Ricardo Vilar, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Rudy Fernández, Spanish basketball player [category: Births]
• 1985: Kate Roberts, Welsh nationalist and writer (b. 1891) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Aiden McGeady, Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Alexander Tettey, Norwegian footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Cameron Barker, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1986: Eunhyuk, Korean singer (Super Junior) [category: Births]
• 1987: Cameron Maybin, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1987: Devon Anderson, English actor [category: Births]
• 1987: Lauri Pedaja, Estonian actor and hairdresser [category: Births]
• 1987: Markos Vellidis, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: McDonald Mariga, Kenyan footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Sami Khedira, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Sarah Gadon, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1987: C.L. Moore, American writer (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Chögyam Trungpa, Tibetan Buddhist meditation master (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Frank Fielding, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Zlatko Grgić, Croatian animator (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Governor Evan Mecham of Arizona is convicted in his impeachment trial and removed from office. [category: Events]
• 1989: Chris Herd, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Spencer Scott, American model [category: Births]
• 1989: Steven Finn, Middlesex and England cricketer [category: Births]
• 1989: Vurnon Anita, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1991: Jamie Lynn Spears, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1991: Edmund Adamkiewicz, German footballer (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Forrest Towns, American hurdler (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: H. John Heinz III, American senator (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Max Frisch, Swiss writer (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1992: Alexa Nikolas, American actress [category: Births]
• 1992: Christina Metaxa, Cypriot singer [category: Births]
• 1992: Lucy May Barker, British actress [category: Births]
• 1992: Arthur Russell, American cellist (b. 1951) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Jack Hamilton, Australian football player (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Yvette Brind'Amour, French-Canadian actress and director (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Samir Carruthers, Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1993: Alfred Mosher Butts, American architect and inventor of Scrabble (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Risako Sugaya, Japanese singer (Berryz Kobo, Guardians 4, and v-u-den) [category: Births]
• 1994: Marc Andreessen and Jim Clark found Netscape Communications Corporation under the name "Mosaic Communications Corporation". [category: Events]
• 1995: Kenny Everett, British radio DJ and television entertainer (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Priscilla Lane, American singer and actress (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Austin Mahone, American singer [category: Births]
• 1996: Barney Ewell, American athlete (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Boone Guyton, American test pilot (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Larry LaPrise, American songwriter (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Comet Hyakutake is imaged by the USA Asteroid Orbiter Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous. [category: Events]
• 1997: Leo Picard, Israeli geologist (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Bob Peck, British actor (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Early Wynn, American baseball player (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Faith Domergue, American actor (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Ed Roth, American artist and car designer (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Maury Van Vliet, American-Canadian educator (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: In what are known as the Society Murders, Matthew Wales kills his parents in Melbourne, Australia. [category: Events]
• 2002: The Angolan government and UNITA rebels sign a peace treaty ending the Angolan Civil War. [category: Events]
• 2003: Anthony Caruso, American actor (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Resortes, Mexican comedian (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Alberic Schotte, Belgian cyclist (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Edward Bronfman, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Bob Clark, American director (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Terry Hall, English ventriloquist (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: 15 British Royal Navy personnel held in Iran are released by the Iranian President. [category: Events]
• 2008: Francis Tucker, South African race car driver (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Gonzalo Olave, Chilean actor (b. 1983) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Juliano Mer-Khamis, Israeli actor, director, and political activist (b. 1958) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Scott Columbus, American drummer (Manowar) (b. 1956) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Dubravko Pavličić, Croatian footballer (b. 1967) [category: Deaths]
• _: April 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Benedict the Moor [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Children's Day (Republic of China and Hong Kong) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Gaetano Catanoso [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Independence Day (Senegal) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: International Day for Landmine Awareness and Assistance (International) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Isidore of Seville [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Megalesia (Roman Empire) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Peace Day (Angola) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Tigernach of Clones [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Zosimas of Palestine (Eastern Church) [category: Holidays and observances]