please enjoy your travel through time on the 4th day of April, with interesting events, births & deaths on this day in history

4th April History Timeline

1100s / the 12th century on the 4th of April

1147 : Moscow was mentioned for the first time when it was named as a meeting place for two princes, in a historical record.

1400s / the 15th century on the 4th of April

1460 : Basel University was founded in Switzerland.

1500s / the 16th century on the 4th of April

1581 : Francis Drake was knighted for circumnavigating the world.

1800s / the 19th century on the 4th of April

1841 : William Henry Harrison died of pneumonia. He was the first President of the United States to die in office, which set a record for the briefest administration.

1850 : Los Angeles was incorporated as a city, in California, USA.

1873 : The Kennel Club was founded. It is the oldest and first official registry of purebred dogs in the world.

1900s / the 20th century on the 4th of April

1911 : Max Dupain the Australian photographer was born Maxwell Spencer Dupain in Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia (died in 1992 aged 81).

1913 : Muddy Waters the American singer-songwriter and guitarist was born McKinley Morganfield in Issaquena County, Mississippi, USA (died in 1983 aged 70).

1960 : Hugo Weaving the Nigerian-Australian actor was born in Ibadan, Colonial Nigeria.

1964 : The Beatles held the top 5 positions on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart.

1968 : MARTiN LUTHER KiNG Jr. was assassinated by James Earl Ray at a motel in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. He was fatally shot while standing on the balcony outside his second-story room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, just after 6 p.m. on the 4th April 1968. The civil rights leader was in Memphis to support a sanitation workers’ strike and was on his way to dinner when a bullet struck him in the jaw and severed his spinal cord. Martin Luther King Jr. was pronounced dead after his arrival at a Memphis hospital, at the age of 39 (born in 1929).

1968 : NASA launched Apollo 6 in the Apollo Program.

1973 : The Twin Towers of the World Trade Center were officially dedicated in New York City.

1975 : Microsoft was founded as a partnership between Bill Gates and Paul Allen, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.

1983 : Space Shuttle Challenger mades its maiden voyage into space.

1984 : President Ronald Reagan called for an international ban on chemical weapons. 1995 : Kenny Everett the English comedian died from a human immunodeficiency virus aged 50 (born in 1944).

Today in History for April 4th by Associated Press

Video features : Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, President William Henry Harrison died, Hank Aaron hit his 714th career home run, and Maya Angelou is born…

We hope you enjoyed your travel through time on the 4th day of April

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This page was last updated on the 4th April 2021

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