Historical events on April 4
APRIL 4, 2013
A building collapsed on tribal land in Thane in Maharashtra, India, causing 74 deaths.
On 4 April 2013, a building collapsed on tribal land in Mumbra, a suburb of Thane in Maharashtra, India. It has been
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APRIL 4, 1975
Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded Microsoft in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800.
William Henry Gates III is an American businessman and philanthropist. A pioneer of the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, he
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APRIL 4, 1968
American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. (pictured) was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee.
The civil rights movement was a social movement in the United States from 1954 to 1968 which aimed to abolish legalized racial
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APRIL 4, 1841
William Henry Harrison (pictured) became the first U.S. president to die in office, sparking a brief constitutional crisis regarding questions of presidential succession that were unanswered by the U.S. Constitution.
William Henry Harrison was the ninth president of the United States, serving from March 4 to April 4, 1841, the shortest presidency
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APRIL 4, 1268
The Byzantine Empire and the Republic of Venice signed a five-year peace treaty.
The Byzantine Empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centred on Constantinople during late
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APRIL 4, 1973
A year after the completion of the second of the complex's twin towers, the World Trade Center in New York City was officially dedicated.
The original World Trade Center (WTC) was a complex of seven buildings in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York
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APRIL 4, 503 BC
Roman consul Agrippa Menenius Lanatus celebrated a triumph for a military victory over the Sabines.
The consuls were the highest elected public officials of the Roman Republic. Romans considered the consulship the second-highest level of the cursus
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APRIL 4, 1081
The Komnenos dynasty came to full power with the coronation of Alexios I Komnenos (pictured) as Byzantine emperor.
The House of Komnenos, Latinized as Comnenus, was a Byzantine Greek noble family who ruled the Byzantine Empire in the 11th and
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APRIL 4, 1975
Vietnam War: On a mission to evacuate children from South Vietnam, a U.S. Air Force plane crash-landed at Tan Son Nhut Air Base, killing 78 children and 60 others.
The Vietnam War was an armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam and their allies.
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APRIL 4, 1859
Bryant's Minstrels premiered the minstrel song "Dixie" in New York City as part of their blackface show.
Bryant's Minstrels was a blackface minstrel troupe that performed in the mid-19th century, primarily in New York City. The troupe was led
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APRIL 4, 1988
Evan Mecham, Governor of Arizona, was removed from office after being convicted in his impeachment trial.
Evan Mecham was an American businessman and the 17th governor of Arizona, serving from January 5, 1987, until his impeachment conviction on
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APRIL 4, 1949
Twelve nations signed the North Atlantic Treaty, establishing NATO, an international military alliance whereby its member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party.
The North Atlantic Treaty, also known as the Washington Treaty, forms the legal basis of, and is implemented by, the North Atlantic
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APRIL 4, 1905
An earthquake hit the Kangra Valley in India, killing at least 20,000 people and destroying 100,000 buildings.
The 1905 Kangra earthquake occurred in the Kangra Valley and the Kangra district of the Himachal Pradesh, in India on 4 April
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