About April 4

April 4, 2025 is the 94th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 271 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.

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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 319 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On April 4

  • 1081 –
    Alexios I Komnenos is crowned Byzantine emperor at Constantinople, bringing the Komnenian dynasty to full power.
  • 1581 –
    Francis Drake is knighted for completing a circumnavigation of the world.
  • 1812 –
    U.S. President James Madison enacted a ninety-day embargo on trade with the United Kingdom.
  • 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).
  • 1850 –
    Los Angeles, California is incorporated as a city.
  • 1850 –
    The Great Fire of Cottenham, a large part of the Cambridgeshire village (England) is burnt to the ground under suspicious circumstances.
  • 1866 –
    Alexander II of Russia narrowly escapes an assassination attempt in the city of Kiev.
  • 1873 –
    The Kennel Club is founded, the oldest and first official registry of purebred dogs in the world.
  • 1887 –
    Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.
  • 1913 –
    The Greek aviator Emmanouil Argyropoulos becomes the first pilot victim of the Hellenic Air Force when his plane crashes.
  • 1939 –
    Faisal II becomes King of Iraq.
  • 1945 –
    World War II: American troops capture Kassel.
  • 1960 –
    France agrees to grant independence to the Mali Federation, a union of Senegal and French Sudan.
  • 1969 –
    Dr. Denton Cooley implants the first temporary artificial heart.
  • 1973 –
    The World Trade Center in New York is officially dedicated.
  • 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.
  • 1984 –
    President Ronald Reagan calls for an international ban on chemical weapons.
  • 1988 –
    Governor Evan Mecham of Arizona is convicted in his impeachment trial and removed from office.
  • 1994 –
    Marc Andreessen and Jim Clark found Netscape Communications Corporation under the name “Mosaic Communications Corporation”.
  • 1996 –
    Comet Hyakutake is imaged by the USA Asteroid Orbiter Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous.

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