What happened this day in history April 4

What are the important events that happened on April 4? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

April 4: Facts & Myths About This Day

April 4 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.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 22, 2025 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 484,368 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘enneacontatetragon’ day.

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Aries is the zodiac 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.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,487 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

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April 4 Historical Events

  • 1147
    First historical record of Moscow.
  • 1581
    Francis Drake is knighted for completing a circumnavigation of the world.
  • 1850
    Los Angeles, California is incorporated as a city.
  • 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.
  • 1958
    The CND Peace Symbol displayed in public for the first time in London.
  • 1969
    Dr. Denton Cooley implants the first temporary artificial heart.
  • 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.
  • 1996
    Comet Hyakutake is imaged by the USA Asteroid Orbiter Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous.
  • 2002
    The Angolan government and UNITA rebels sign a peace treaty ending the Angolan Civil War.

Who were born on April 4?

  • 1718
    Benjamin Kennicott, English churchman and Hebrew scholar (d. 1783)
  • 1826
    Zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer (d. 1901)
  • 1902
    Louise Leveque de Vilmorin, French writer (d. 1969)
  • 1908
    Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, American memoirist (Cheaper by the Dozen) (d. 2006)
  • 1952
    Rosemarie Ackermann, German athlete
  • 1964
    Dang Than, Vietnamese poet and writer
  • 1971
    Mark Chapman, English radio sports newsreader and DJ
  • 1975
    Kevin Weekes, Canadian ice-hockey player
  • 1986
    Aiden McGeady, Irish footballer
  • 1992
    Christina Metaxa, Cypriot singer

Who died on April 4?

  • 1284
    King Alfonso X of Castile (b. 1221)
  • 1817
    André Masséna, Duke of Rivoli, Prince of Essling and Marshal of France (b. 1758)
  • 1976
    Harry Nyquist, Swedish contributor to information theory (b. 1889)
  • 1993
    Alfred Mosher Butts, American architect and inventor of Scrabble (b. 1899)
  • 1995
    Kenny Everett, British radio DJ and television entertainer (b. 1944)
  • 1995
    Priscilla Lane, American singer and actress (b. 1915)
  • 1997
    Leo Picard, Israeli geologist (b. 1900)
  • 2001
    Ed “Big Daddy” Roth, American custom car designer (b. 1932)
  • 2003
    Anthony Caruso, American actor (b. 1916)
  • 2008
    Francis Tucker, South African rally driver (b. 1923)

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