4 April

April 4 is the 94th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 271 days remain until the end of the year.

We have some interesting facts & historic events all about April 4^th, including areas in religion, crime, health and more.

Keep reading for more interesting facts about April 4^th in history!

Table of Contents

1. Global Celebrations
2. Historic Events
3. Famous Birthdays
4. Heartbreaking Deaths

Global Celebrations

• International Day For Mine Awareness.
• International Carrot Day
• National Walk Around Things Day
• National Cordon Bleu Day
• World Rat Day
• Vitamin C Day
• National Tell A Lie Day

Historic Events

What Happened On This Day – April 4

1979: Zulfikar Ali Bhutto is executed

The former President of Pakistan had been deposed by a coup d’etat. He was hanged despite international calls to stop the execution.

1975: Bill Gates and Paul Allen establish Microsoft

Microsoft has developed into a multinational corporation, and it is the world’s largest software maker by revenue.

1969: Denton Cooley implants the first artificial heart

The machine kept patient Haskell Karp alive for 65 hours. He died before a human heart could become available.

1968: Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated

The civil rights activist was killed by James Earl Ray. Ray, a segregationist, received a 99-year prison sentence. He died in jail in 1998.

1949: NATO is formed

12 nations signed the North Atlantic Treaty to establish what is today one of the world’s most important military alliances.

1975: Microsoft is founded as a partnership between Bill Gates and Paul Allen to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800 in 1975.

1968: On 4th April in 1968 civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr was shot and killed while standing on a balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. His slaying was followed by a wave of rioting.

1938: Spanish women to protest State Department. Washington DC, led by Mrs. Ernestina Gonzales, PH.D. and former Director of the Madrid University Library, April 4, 1938

1868: British troops capture Addis Ababa Ethiopia in 1868.

Famous Birthdays

Births On This Day, April 4

1979: Heath Ledger, Australian actor, director

1979: Roberto Luongo, Canadian ice hockey player

1952: Gary Moore, Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer

1928: Maya Angelou, American author, poet, actress, director

1875: Pierre Monteux, French conductor

Robert Downey Jr. was born.

Heath Ledger was born.

Parveen Babi was born.

Heartbreaking Deaths

Deaths On This Day, April 4

2013: Roger Ebert, American journalist, critic, screenwriter

1984: Oleg Antonov, Soviet aircraft designer, founded the Antonov Aircraft Company

1979: Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Pakistani politician, 4th President of Pakistan

1968: Martin Luther King, Jr., American minster, activist, Nobel Prize laureate

1929: Karl Benz, German engineer, businessman, founded Mercedes-Benz

Martin Luther King Jr. died.

Karl Benz died.

William Henry Harrison died.