About April 4
April 4, 2024 is the 95th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 271 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
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Aries is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Diamond is the modern birthstone for this month. Opal is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 300 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On April 4
- 1581 –Francis Drake is knighted for completing a circumnavigation of the world.
- 1660 –Declaration of Breda by King Charles II of England.
- 1814 –Napoleon abdicates for the first time.
- 1850 –The Great Fire of Cottenham, a large part of the Cambridgeshire village (England) is burnt to the ground under suspicious circumstances.
- 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 in the city of Kiev.
- 1887 –Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.
- 1905 –In India, the 1905 Kangra earthquake hits the Kangra valley, kills 20,000, and destroys most buildings in Kangra, Mcleodganj and Dharamshala
- 1913 –The Greek aviator Emmanouil Argyropoulos becomes the first pilot victim of the Hellenic Air Force when his plane crashes.
- 1930 –The Communist Party of Panama is founded.
- 1958 –The CND Peace Symbol 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.
- 1968 –AEK Athens BC becomes the first Greek team to win the European Basketball Cup.
- 1968 –Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 6.
- 1973 –The World Trade Center in New York is officially dedicated.
- 1975 –Microsoft is founded as a partnership between Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque, New Mexico
- 1984 –President Ronald Reagan calls for an international ban on chemical weapons.
- 2002 –The Angolan government and UNITA rebels sign a peace treaty ending the Angolan Civil War.
- 2007 –15 British Royal Navy personnel held in Iran are released by the Iranian President.
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