About April 4

April 4, 2021 is the 94th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 271 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.

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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 303 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).
  • 1850 –
    The Great Fire of Cottenham, a large part of the Cambridgeshire village (England) is burnt to the ground under suspicious circumstances.
  • 1873 –
    The Kennel Club is founded, the oldest and first official registry of purebred dogs in the world.
  • 1905 –
    In India, the 1905 Kangra earthquake hits the Kangra valley, kills 20,000, and destroys most buildings in Kangra, Mcleodganj and Dharamshala
  • 1930 –
    The Communist Party of Panama is founded.
  • 1939 –
    Faisal II becomes King of Iraq.
  • 1945 –
    World War II: American troops liberate Ohrdruf forced labor camp in Germany.
  • 1945 –
    World War II: Soviet Army takes control of Hungary.
  • 1949 –
    Twelve nations sign the North Atlantic Treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
  • 1958 –
    The CND Peace Symbol displayed in public for the first time in London.
  • 1968 –
    Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated by James Earl Ray at a motel in Memphis, Tennessee.
  • 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.
  • 1983 –
    Space Shuttle Challenger makes its maiden voyage into space (STS-6).
  • 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.
  • 2002 –
    In what is known as the Society Murders, Matthew Wales kills his parents in Melbourne, Australia.
  • 2002 –
    The Angolan government and UNITA rebels sign a peace treaty ending the Angolan Civil War.

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