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.
  • 1147 –
    First historical record of Moscow.
  • 1814 –
    Napoleon abdicates for the first time.
  • 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).
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 1873 –
    The Kennel Club is founded, the oldest and first official registry of purebred dogs in the world.
  • 1913 –
    The Greek aviator Emmanouil Argyropoulos becomes the first pilot victim of the Hellenic Air Force when his plane crashes.
  • 1944 –
    World War II: First bombardment of Bucharest by Anglo-American forces kills 3000 civilians.
  • 1945 –
    World War II: American troops liberate Ohrdruf forced labor camp in Germany.
  • 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.
  • 1967 –
    Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence” speech in New York City’s Riverside Church.
  • 1973 –
    The World Trade Center in New York is officially dedicated.
  • 1983 –
    Space Shuttle Challenger makes its maiden voyage into space (STS-6).
  • 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.
  • 1996 –
    Comet Hyakutake is imaged by the USA Asteroid Orbiter Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous.
  • 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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