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History Events on April 04

By  Melly Mel  04 Apr   84 Views

History Events on April 04

Napoleon
Napoleon abdicates for the first time and names his son Napoleon II as Emperor of the French.

#Napoleon

In 1814
Cold War
Cold War: Twelve nations sign the North Atlantic Treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

#Cold_War

In 1949
American Civil War
American Civil War: A day after Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln visits the Confederate capital.

#American_Civil_War

In 1865
Space Shuttle program
Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Challenger makes its maiden voyage into space.

#Space_Shuttle_program

In 1983
Schutzstaffel
The Schutzstaffel (SS) is founded under Adolf Hitler's Nazi party in Germany.

#Schutzstaffel

In 1925
Byzantine-Venetian treaty of 1268
A five-year Byzantine-Venetian peace treaty is concluded between Venetian envoys and Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos.

#Byzantine-Venetian_treaty_of_1268

In 1268
Francis Drake
Francis Drake is knighted for completing a circumnavigation of the world.

#Francis_Drake

In 1581
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
The CND peace symbol is displayed in public for the first time in London.

#Campaign_for_Nuclear_Disarmament

In 1958
Georges Cuvier
Georges Cuvier delivers the first paleontological lecture.

#Georges_Cuvier

In 1796
Roman consul
Roman consul Agrippa Menenius Lanatus celebrates a triumph for a military victory over the Sabines.

#Roman_consul

In 503 BC
Comet Hyakutake
Comet Hyakutake is imaged by the USA Asteroid Orbiter Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous.

#Comet_Hyakutake

In 1996
Vietnam War
Vietnam War: A United States Air Force Lockheed C-5A Galaxy transporting orphans, crashes near Saigon, South Vietnam shortly after takeoff, killing 172 people.

#Vietnam_War

In 1975
France
France returns to being a member of NATO.

#France

In 2009
Hungary
World War II: Soviet troops liberate Hungary from German occupation and occupy the country itself.

#Hungary

In 1945
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan is executed.

#Zulfikar_Ali_Bhutto

In 1979
United States Congress
The United States Congress, affirming the Second Continental Congress, adopts the flag of the United States with 13 red and white stripes and one star for each state (20 at that time).

#United_States_Congress

In 1818
Cottenham
A large part of the English village of Cottenham burns to the ground in suspicious circumstances.

#Cottenham

In 1850
Apollo program
Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 6.

#Apollo_program

In 1968
Flag of Hong Kong
The current flag of Hong Kong is adopted for post-colonial Hong Kong during the Third Session of the Seventh National People's Congress.

#Flag_of_Hong_Kong

In 1991
World War II
World War II: First bombardment of oil refineries in Bucharest by Anglo-American forces kills 3000 civilians.

#World_War_II

In 1944
Philip Astley
In London, Philip Astley stages the first modern circus.

#Philip_Astley

In 1768
The Beatles
The Beatles occupy the top five positions on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart.

#The_Beatles

In 1964
William Henry Harrison
William Henry Harrison dies of pneumonia, becoming the first President of the United States to die in office, and setting the record for the briefest administration. Vice President John Tyler succeeds Harrison as President.

#William_Henry_Harrison

In 1841
Battle of Kassel (1945)
World War II: American troops capture Kassel.

#Battle_of_Kassel_(1945)

In 1945
France
France agrees to grant independence to the Mali Federation, a union of Senegal and French Sudan.

#France

In 1960
James Madison
United States President James Madison enacts a ninety-day embargo on trade with the United Kingdom.

#James_Madison

In 1812
Iran-Iraq War
Iran-Iraq War: The Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force mounts an attack on H-3 Airbase and destroys about 50 Iraqi aircraft.

#Iran-Iraq_War

In 1981
First Balkan War
First Balkan War: Greek aviator Emmanouil Argyropoulos becomes the first pilot to die in the Hellenic Air Force when his plane crashes.

#First_Balkan_War

In 1913
2013 Thane building collapse
More than 70 people are killed in a building collapse in Thane, India.

#2013_Thane_building_collapse

In 2013
Marc Andreessen
Marc Andreessen and Jim Clark found Netscape Communications Corporation under the name Mosaic Communications Corporation.

#Marc_Andreessen

In 1994
Angola
The Angolan government and UNITA rebels sign a peace treaty ending the Angolan Civil War.

#Angola

In 2002
Lockheed C-141 Starlifter
A Lockheed C-141 Starlifter, dubbed the Hanoi Taxi, makes the last flight of Operation Homecoming.

#Lockheed_C-141_Starlifter

In 1973
Argonia, Kansas
Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.

#Argonia,_Kansas

In 1887
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence" speech in New York City's Riverside Church.

#Martin_Luther_King_Jr.

In 1967
World Trade Center (1973-2001)
The Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City are officially dedicated.

#World_Trade_Center_(1973-2001)

In 1973
Los Angeles
Los Angeles is incorporated as a city.

#Los_Angeles

In 1850
Ronald Reagan
President Ronald Reagan calls for an international ban on chemical weapons.

#Ronald_Reagan

In 1984
Airship
U.S. Navy airship USS Akron is wrecked off the New Jersey coast due to severe weather.

#Airship

In 1933
1905 Kangra earthquake
In India, an earthquake hits the Kangra Valley, killing 20,000, and destroying most buildings in Kangra, McLeod Ganj and Dharamshala.

#1905_Kangra_earthquake

In 1905
Microsoft
Microsoft is founded as a partnership between Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

#Microsoft

In 1975
Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated by James Earl Ray at a motel in Memphis, Tennessee.

#Assassination_of_Martin_Luther_King_Jr.

In 1968
Faisal II of Iraq
Faisal II becomes King of Iraq.

#Faisal_II_of_Iraq

In 1939
John Heinz
Senator John Heinz of Pennsylvania and six others are killed when a helicopter collides with their airplane over an elementary school in Merion, Pennsylvania.

#John_Heinz

In 1991
Robert Walpole
Sir Robert Walpole becomes the first British prime minister.

#Robert_Walpole

In 1721
Moscow
Moscow is mentioned for the first time in the historical record, when it is named as a meeting place for two princes.

#Moscow

In 1147
Denton Cooley
Dr. Denton Cooley implants the first temporary artificial heart.

#Denton_Cooley

In 1969
Alexander II of Russia
Alexander II of Russia narrowly escapes an assassination attempt by Dmitry Karakozov in the city of Saint Petersburg.

#Alexander_II_of_Russia

In 1866
Governor Evan Mecham of Arizona is convicted in his impeachment trial and removed from office.
In 1988
A.E.K. Athens B.C. becomes the first Greek team to win the European Basketball Cup.
In 1968
The first model of the new Saab Viggen fighter aircraft is unveiled.
In 1965
World War II: American troops liberate Ohrdruf forced labor camp in Germany.
In 1945
Vltava, composed by Czech composer Bed?ich Smetana and also known by its German name Die Moldau, premiered in Prague.
In 1875
The Kennel Club is founded, the oldest and first official registry of purebred dogs in the world.
In 1873
Bryant's Minstrels debut "Dixie" in New York City in the finale of a blackface minstrel show.
In 1859
Declaration of Breda by King Charles II of Great Britain promises, among other things, a general pardon to all royalists for crimes committed during the English Civil War and the Interregnum.
In 1660
Basel University is founded.
In 1460

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