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.
  • 1812
    U.S. President James Madison enacted a ninety-day embargo on trade with the United Kingdom.
  • 1814
    Napoleon abdicates for the first time.
  • 1850
    Los Angeles, California is incorporated as a city.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 1944
    World War II: First bombardment of Bucharest by Anglo-American forces kills 3000 civilians.
  • 1945
    World War II: American troops capture Kassel.
  • 1949
    Twelve nations sign the North Atlantic Treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
  • 1960
    France agrees to grant independence to the Mali Federation, a union of Senegal and French Sudan.
  • 1968
    Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated by James Earl Ray at a motel in Memphis, Tennessee.
  • 1969
    Dr. Denton Cooley implants the first temporary artificial heart.
  • 1976
    Prince Norodom Sihanouk resigns as leader of Cambodia and is placed under house arrest.
  • 1983
    Space Shuttle Challenger makes its maiden voyage into space (STS-6).
  • 1988
    Governor Evan Mecham of Arizona is convicted in his impeachment trial and removed from office.
  • 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.
  • 1994
    Marc Andreessen and Jim Clark found Netscape Communications Corporation under the name “Mosaic Communications Corporation”.

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