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April 4 is the 94th day of the year (95th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. International holidays March 2 - Mothering Sunday (Britain March 7 - Nyepi (Indonesia International holidays and other major events April 1 - April Fools' Day April 4 - Qingming Festival (Mainland International holidays May 1 - Labour Day ( Pakistan) May 1 - Labour Day ( Singapore) Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Events 68 - Galba, Governor of Hispania, names himself legatus senatus populique Romani, breaking the line of Events 1043 - Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato in the Battle of Thapsus Events 529 - First draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in Jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Events 217 - Roman Emperor Caracalla is Assassinated (and succeeded by his Praetorian Events 193 - Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans) Events 879 - Louis III becomes King of the Western Franks. 1407 - the lama Events 491 - Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. Events 467 - Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Events 1111 - Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. 1204 - The Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople Events 43 BC - Battle of Forum Gallorum: Mark Antony, besieging Julius Caesar 's assassin Decimus Junius Brutus in Events 1450 - Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English Events 1178 BC - A Solar eclipse may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom Events 69 - After the First Battle of Bedriacum, Vitellius becomes Roman Emperor. Events 1025 - Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland. Events 1012 - Martyrdom of Alphege in Greenwich London. 1529 - At the Second Diet of Speyer Events 1303 - The University of Rome La Sapienza is instituted by Pope Boniface VIII. Events 753 BC - Romulus and Remus found Rome ( traditional date) Events 1500 - Portuguese Navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral becomes the first European to sight Brazil. Events 215 BC - A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Events 1479 BC - Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to Events 1607 - Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar. Events 1467 - The miraculous image in Our Lady of Good Counsel appear in Genazzano, Italy. Events 1124 - David I becomes King of Scotland. 1296 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated Events 1192 - Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title Events 1429 - Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orleans. Events 313 - Roman emperor Licinius unifies the entire Eastern Roman Empire under his rule 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common International holidays and other major events April 1 - April Fools' Day April 4 - Qingming Festival (Mainland April 2007 is the fourth month of that year It began on a Sunday and 30 days later ended on a Monday. Stories without links will be removed'. News stories must be in English 2004: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September April 2002: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September April 2001: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September April 2000: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing one or more extra days (or in the case of Lunisolar calendars an extra month in order to keep the The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today There are 271 days remaining until the end of the year.

Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances 5 External links

Events

• 1581 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I. Sir Francis Drake, Vice Admiral, (c 1540 &ndash 27 January 1595 was an English Privateer, navigator, Slaver, and politician
• 1655 - The miraculous statue entitled the Infant of Prague is solemnly crowned by command of Cardinal Harrach. Infant Jesus of Prague ( Czech Pražské Jezulátko) is a famous statue of infant Jesus located in the Church of Our Lady Victorious in Malá
• 1660 - Declaration of Breda by King Charles II of England. There are also two contemporary treaties known as the Treaty of Breda. Charles II (Charles Stuart 29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685 was the King of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
• 1721 - Sir Robert Walpole enters office as the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom under King George I. Year 1721 ( MDCCXXI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Robert Walpole 1st Earl of Orford, KG, KB, PC (26 August 1676 &ndash 18 March 1745 known before 1742 as Sir Robert Walpole, was a The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom George I (George Louis German Georg Ludwig; 28 May 1660 &ndash 11 June 1727 For the first year of his life George was the only heir to his father's and three childless
• 1812 - U. Year 1812 ( MDCCCXII) a leap year started on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year S. President James Madison enacted a ninety-day embargo on trade with the United Kingdom. James Madison Jr (March 16 1751 – June 28 1836 was an American Politician, the fourth President of the United States (1809–1817 and one of the Founding In international Commerce and politics, an embargo is the prohibition of commerce The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located
• 1814 - Napoleon abdicates for the first time. Year 1814 ( MDCCCXIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821 was a French military and political leader who had a significant impact on the History of Europe.
• 1818 - The United States Congress adopts the flag of the United States with 13 red and white stripes and one star for each state (then 20). Year 1818 ( MDCCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common The United States Congress is the bicameral Legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses Flags of the United States The Flag of the United States of America consists of 13 equal horizontal stripes of Red (top and bottom alternating
• 1841 - William Henry Harrison dies of pneumonia becoming the first President of the United States to die in office and the one with the shortest term served. For the game see 1841 (board game. Year 1841 ( MDCCCXLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link This article is about the general and president For his great-great-grandson see William H Pneumonia is an inflammatory illness of the Lung. Frequently it is described as lung Parenchyma / alveolar inflammation and abnormal The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by
• 1850 - The Great Fire of Cottenham, a large part of the Cambridgeshire village (England) is burnt to the ground under suspicious circumstances. For the game see 1850 (board game. 1850 ( MDCCCL) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link Cottenham is a village in Cambridgeshire, England. It is close to The Fens. History Cambridgeshire is noted as the site of some of the earliest known Neolithic permanent settlement in the United Kingdom, along with sites at Fengate A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet, but smaller than a Town or City. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland
• 1850 - Los Angeles, California is incorporated as a city. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West
• 1859 - Bryant's Minstrels debut "Dixie" in New York City in the finale of a blackface minstrel show. Year 1859 ( MDCCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Bryant's Minstrels was a Blackface minstrel troupe that performed in the mid-19th century primarily in New York City. " Dixie " also known as " I Wish I Was in Dixie " " Dixie's Land " and other titles is a popular American song. The City of New York Blackface in the narrow sense is a style of theatrical Makeup that originated in the United The minstrel show, or minstrelsy, was an American entertainment consisting of comic skits variety acts dancing, and Music,
• 1865 - American Civil War: A day after Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, U. Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South The United States of America —commonly referred to as the This article is about the city of Richmond the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia. S. President Abraham Lincoln visits the Confederate capital. Abraham Lincoln (February 12 1809 &ndash April 15 1865 the sixteenth President of the United States, successfully led his country through its greatest internal The Confederate States of America (also called the Confederacy, the Confederate States, and CSA) formed as the government set up from 1861
• 1866 - Alexander II of Russia narrowly escapes an assassination attempt in the city of Kiev. Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Alexander (Aleksandr II Nikolaevich (Александр II Николаевич ( Moscow, 29 April 1818 – 13 March 1881 in St
• 1887 - Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States. Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Argonia is a city in Sumner County, Kansas, United States. The population was 534 at the 2000 census. Susanna "Dora" Madora Salter ( March 2, 1860 &ndash March 17, 1961) was a U The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
• 1905 - In India, an earthquake near Kangra kills 20,000. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth 's crust that creates Seismic waves Earthquakes are recorded with a Seismometer
• 1913 - The Greek aviator Emmanuel Argyropoulos becomes the first pilot victim of the Hellenic Air Force when his plane crashes. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Hellenic Air Force ( HAF) (in Πολεμική Αεροπορία ( ΠΑ) Polemikí Aeroporía, literally "Military Aviation"
• 1918 - World War I: Second Battle of the Somme ends. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All During the First World War, the Second Battle of the Somme of 1918 was fought on the Western Front from the end of the summer in the basin of
• 1930 - The Communist Party of Panama is founded. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. People's Party of Panama ( Partido del Pueblo de Panamá) a Communist party in Panama.
• 1939 - Faisal II becomes King of Iraq. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Faisal II, GCVO ( Arabic: الملك فيصل الثاني Fayṣal) ( May 2, 1935 – July 14, 1958) was For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics.
• 1945 - World War II: American troops liberate Ohrdruf forced labor camp in Germany. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Ohrdruf forced labor camp was a Nazi concentration camp located near Weimar, Germany. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe.
• 1945 - World War II: Soviet Army takes control of Hungary. Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic
• 1949 - Twelve nations sign the North Atlantic Treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The North Atlantic Treaty is the Treaty that brought NATO into existence signed in Washington DC on April 4, 1949. The North Atlantic Treaty
• 1958 - The CND Peace Symbol displayed in public for the first time in London. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.
• 1960 - Senegal independence day. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Senegal (le Sénégal officially the Republic of Senegal, is a country south of the Sénégal River in western Africa.
• 1964 - The Beatles occupy the top five positions on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960
• 1965 - The first model of the new Saab Viggen fighter aircraft plane is unveiled. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout A fighter aircraft is a Military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat with other Aircraft, as opposed to a Bomber, which is designed
• 1967 - Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence" speech in New York City's Riverside Church. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Martin Luther King Jr ( January 15, 1929 April 4, 1968) was an American clergyman, Activist and prominent leader The City of New York The Riverside Church in the City of New York is an Interdenominational ( American Baptist and United Church of Christ) interracial international church
• 1968 - Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated by James Earl Ray at a motel in Memphis, Tennessee. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Martin Luther King Jr ( January 15, 1929 April 4, 1968) was an American clergyman, Activist and prominent leader Memphis is a City in the southwest corner of Tennessee, and the County seat of Shelby County. Tennessee ( is a state located in the Southern United States.
• 1968 - Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 6. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA, ˈnæsə is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's public space program
• 1968 - AEK Athens BC becomes the first Greek team to win the European Basketball Cup. See also Athletic Union of Constantinople AEK BC (in Greek: Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως – Athlitiki
• 1969 - Dr. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Denton Cooley implants the first temporary artificial heart. Denton Arthur Cooley (born August 22, 1920) is a pioneering American heart surgeon. An artificial heart is a prosthetic device that is implanted into the body to replace the biological Heart.
• 1973 - The World Trade Center in New York is officially dedicated. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. The World Trade Center in New York City, United States (sometimes informally the WTC or Twin Towers) was a complex of seven buildings in Lower Manhattan The City of New York
• 1975 - Microsoft is founded as a partnership between Bill Gates and Paul Allen. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational Computer technology Corporation, which rose to dominate the Home computer If you would like to experiment with Wikipedia please copy Paul Gardner Allen (born January 21 1953 is an American computer programmer and entrepreneur who co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates.
• 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. The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia Operation Baby Lift was an operation to evacuate children from South Vietnam WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout "RVN" redirects here RVN is also the former callsign of a TV station in Wagga Wagga New South Wales Australia
• 1976 - Prince Norodom Sihanouk resigns as leader of Cambodia and is placed under house arrest. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Names and titles Since his abdication Sihanouk's official Cambodian title (short version the most-widely used is Preah Karuna Preah Bat Sâmdech Preah Norodom Sihanouk Preahmâhaviraksat The Kingdom of Cambodia ( formerly known as Kampuchea (, transliterated: Preăh Réachéanachâkr Kâmpŭchea) is a country in South East
• 1979 - President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan is executed. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Zulfikar Ali Bhutto ( Urdu: ur '''ذوالفقار علی بھٹو''' Sindhi: ذوالفقار علي ڀُٽو, zʊlfɪqɑːɾ ɑli bɦʊʈːoː Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and
• 1983 - Space Shuttle Challenger makes its maiden voyage into space (STS-6). Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Space Shuttle Challenger ( NASA Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-099 was NASA's second Space Shuttle orbiter to be put into service STS-6 was a Space Shuttle mission conducted by NASA using Space Shuttle ''Challenger''.
• 1984 - President Ronald Reagan calls for an international ban on chemical weapons. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Chemical warfare involves using the toxic properties of Chemical substances to kill injure or incapacitate an enemy.
• 1988 - Governor Evan Mecham of Arizona is convicted in his impeachment trial and removed from office. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) The Governor of Arizona is the head of the Executive branch of Arizona 's government and the Commander-in-chief of the state's military forces Evan Mecham (ˈmiːkəm May 12 1924 – February 21 2008) was the 21st Governor The State of Arizona ( is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. Impeachment is the first of two stages in a specific process for a legislative body to forcibly remove a Government official
• 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. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Henry John Heinz III (October 23 1938 – April 4 1991 was an American politician from Pennsylvania, a Republican member of the United States The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern Merion is a community in Pennsylvania state of the United States.
• 1994 - Marc Andreessen and Jim Clark found Netscape Communications Corporation under the name "Mosaic Communications Corporation". Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Marc Andreessen (born July 9, 1971, in Cedar Falls Iowa and raised in New Lisbon Wisconsin, United States) is known as a entrepreneur Dr James H Clark (born 1944 is a prolific Entrepreneur and former computer scientist Netscape Communications (formerly known as Netscape Communications Corporation and commonly known as Netscape) is an American computer services company
• 1996 - Comet Hyakutake was imaged by the USA Asteroid Orbiter Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Comet Hyakutake (çʲakɯ̥take formally designated C/1996 B2) is a Comet discovered on January 30 1996 which passed very close to Earth The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous - Shoemaker (NEAR Shoemaker renamed after its launch in honor of planetary scientist Eugene M
• 2002 - The Angolan government and UNITA rebels sign a peace treaty ending the Angolan Civil War. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Angola, officially the Republic of Angola (República de Angola Pronounced ʁɛˈpublikɐ dɨ ɐ̃ˈgɔlɐ Repubilika ya Ngola is a country in south-central The National Union for the Total Independence of Angola ( União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola) is the second-largest Political party in Angola. The Angolan Civil War began in Angola after the end of the war for independence from Portugal in 1975
• 2007 - 15 British Royal Navy personnel held in Iran are released by the Iranian President. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Iranian military personnel seized 15 Royal Navy personnel during 2007 and held them for 12 days
• 2008 - The raid on the FLDS owned ranch called the YFZ Ranch in Texas, 401 children were taken into custody. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common RAID — which stands for Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks,or alternatively Redundant Array of Independent Disks (a less specific name and thus now the The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints ( FLDS Church) is one of the largest Mormon fundamentalist denominations and one of America's largest The YFZ Ranch, also known as the Yearning for Zion Ranch, is a community which housed as many as 700 just outside of Eldorado in Schleicher County Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. 133 woman were taken into state custody also, the total number of woman and children is 534.

Births

• 186 - Caracalla, Roman emperor (d. For the processor see Intel 80186. Events By place Roman Empire Peasants in Gaul stage an anti-tax Caracalla ( April 4 188 &ndash April 8, 217) born Lucius Septimius Bassianus and later 217)
• 1492 - Ambrosius Blarer, German reformer (d. Events By Place Roman Empire April 8 — Caracalla is Assassinated (and succeeded by his Praetorian Guard Ambrosius Blarer (sometimes Ambrosius Blaurer) ( April 4, 1492 &ndash December 6, 1564) was an influential reformer in southern 1564)
• 1572 - William Strachey, English writer (d. William Strachey (1572 – before June 21, 1621) was an English writer whose works are among the primary sources for the early history of the English colonization 1621)
• 1593 - Edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. Sir Edward Nicholas ( 4 April 1593 &ndash 1669 English statesman was the eldest son of John Nicholas a member of an old Wiltshire family 1669)
• 1646 - Antoine Galland, French archaeologist (d. Antoine Galland ( April 4, 1646 &mdash February 17, 1715) was a French Orientalist and Archaeologist, most 1715)
• 1648 - Grinling Gibbons Dutch woodcarver (d. Year 1715 ( MDCCXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Master Wood carver Grinling Gibbons ( 4 April 1648 - 3 August 1721) was born in Rotterdam in the Netherlands 1721)
• 1688 - Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. Year 1721 ( MDCCXXI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Joseph-Nicolas Delisle ( April 4, 1688 Paris - 1768 Paris) was a French Astronomer. 1768)
• 1718 - Benjamin Kennicott, English churchman and Hebrew scholar (d. Year 1768 ( MDCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1718 ( MDCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Benjamin Kennicott ( April 4, 1718 &ndash September 18, 1783) was an English churchman and Hebrew scholar 1783)
• 1772 - Nachman of Breslov, Ukranian founder of Breslov Hasidut (d. Year 1783 ( MDCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Year 1772 ( MDCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a For the amora see Rav Nachman of Nehardea Nachman of Breslov ( Hebrew: נחמן מברסלב also known as Reb Nachman of Breslov (also Bratslav) is a branch of Hasidic Judaism founded by Rebbe Nachman of Breslov (1772-1810 a great-grandson of the Baal Shem 1810)
• 1785 - Bettina von Arnim, German writer (d. Year 1810 ( MDCCCX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1785 ( MDCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Bettina Brentano von Arnim (the Countess of Arnim) ( 4 April 1785, Frankfurt am Main &ndash 20 January 1859, Berlin 1859)
• 1802 - Dorothea Dix, American social activist (d. Year 1859 ( MDCCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1802 ( MDCCCII) was a Common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Dorothea Lynde Dix ( April 4, 1802 &ndash July 17, 1887) was an American activist on behalf of the Indigent Insane 1887)
• 1818 - Thomas Mayne Reid, Irish-American novelist (d. Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1818 ( MDCCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Thomas Mayne Reid ( April 4 1818 – October 22 1883) was an Irish - American Novelist. 1883)
• 1819 - Queen Maria II of Portugal (d. Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1819 ( MDCCCXIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar in the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Maria II ( April 4, 1819 &ndash November 15, 1853) was Queen of Portugal from 1826 to 1853 1853)
• 1821 - Linus Yale, Jr., American inventor and manufacturer (d. Year 1853 ( MDCCCLIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1821 ( MDCCCXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Linus Yale Jr ( 4 April 1821 - 25 December 1868) was an American Mechanical engineer and manufacturer best known for 1868)
• 1826 - Zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer (d. Year 1868 ( MDCCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap For the game see 1826 (board game. Year 1826 ( MDCCCXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display Zénobe Théophile Gramme ( April 4, 1826 - January 20, 1901) was a Belgian Electrical engineer. 1901)
• 1842 - Edouard Lucas, French mathematician (d. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1842 ( MDCCCXLII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common François Édouard Anatole Lucas ( April 4, 1842 in Amiens - October 3, 1891) was a French Mathematician. 1891)
• 1846 - Comte de Lautréamont, French writer (d. Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common For the game see 1846 (board game. Year 1846 ( MDCCCXLVI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display Comte de Lautréamont (lotʁeaˈmɔ̃ in French was the Pen name of Isidore Lucien Ducasse ( April 4 1870)
• 1858 - Remy de Gourmont, French poet (d. Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1858 ( MDCCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Remy de Gourmont ( April 4, 1858 - September 27, 1915) was a French Symbolist poet Novelist and influential 1915)
• 1875 - Pierre Monteux, French conductor (d. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Pierre Monteux ( April 4, 1875 &ndash July 1964)
• 1876 - Maurice de Vlaminck, French painter (d. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Maurice de Vlaminck ( April 4, 1876 &ndash October 11, 1958) was a French painter. 1958)
• 1882 - Kurt von Schleicher, Chancellor of Germany (d. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1882 ( MDCCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Head of government of Germany is called Chancellor (Kanzler 1934)
• 1884 - Isoroku Yamamoto, Japanese naval commander (d. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Fleet Admiral ( 4 April 1884 – 18 April 1943) was the Commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet during World War II a 1943)
• 1888 - Tris Speaker, American baseball player (d. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Tristram E Speaker ( April 4, 1888 - December 8, 1958) nicknamed “Spoke” (a play on his last name and “Grey Eagle” (for his prematurely 1958)
• 1888 - Zdzisław Żygulski, Sr., Polish literary historian (d. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Zdzisław Żygulski ( 4 April 1888 in Przemyśl – 24 October 1975) sometimes referred as senior was a Polish Literary 1975)
• 1895 - Arthur Murray, American dance teacher (d. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Arthur Murray ( April 4, 1895 &ndash March 3, 1991) was a Dance instructor and Businessman, whose name is most often associated 1991)
• 1896 - Robert E. Sherwood, American playwright (d. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Robert Emmet Sherwood ( 4 April 1896 – 14 November[[ 955]] American Playwright, editor, and Screenwriter. 1955)
• 1897 - Pierre Fresnay, French stage and film actor (d. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Pierre Fresnay ( April 4, 1897 - January 9, 1975) was a French stage and film actor 1975)
• 1898 - Agnes Ayres, American actress (d. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Agnes Ayres ( April 4, 1898 &ndash December 25, 1940) was a Silent film star in the 1920s 1940)
• 1902 - Louise Leveque de Vilmorin, French actress (d. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Louise Levêque de Vilmorin ( 4 April 1902 - 26 December 1969) was a French woman of letters novelist poet journalist 1969)
• 1902 - Stanley G. Weinbaum, American science-fiction author (d. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Stanley Grauman Weinbaum ( April 4, 1902 - December 14, 1935) was a Jewish American Science fiction author 1935)
• 1905 - Eugene Bozza, French modern composer (d. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Eugène Joseph Bozza ( April 4 1905 – September 28 1991) was a French composer 1991)
• 1906 - Bea Benaderet, American actress (d. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Bea Benaderet ( April 4, 1906 &ndash October 13, 1968) was an American actress born in New York City and raised in 1968)
• 1906 - John Cameron Swayze, American journalist (d. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Cameron Swayze ( April 4, 1906 – August 15, 1995) was a popular news commentator and Game show panelist in the 1995)
• 1908 - Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, American memoirist (Cheaper by the Dozen) (d. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Ernestine Gilbreth Carey ( April 4 1908 - November 4, 2006) was an author For the films see Cheaper by the Dozen (1950 film, and Cheaper by the Dozen (2003 film. 2006)
• 1911 - Max Dupain, Australian photographer (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Maxwell Spencer Dupain ( 22 April 1911 - 27 July 1992) is a renowned Australian photographer 1992)
• 1913 - Frances Langford, American actress (d. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Frances Newbern Langford ( April 4, 1913, Lakeland Florida &ndash July 11, 2005, Jensen Beach Florida) was an American 2005)
• 1913 - Jules Léger, Quebec diplomat and Governor general of Canada (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jules Léger PC CC ( April 4, 1913 &ndash November 22, 1980) was the Governor General of Canada 1980)
• 1914 - Marguerite Duras, French writer (d. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Marguerite Donnadieu, better known as Marguerite Duras (maʀgəʁit dyˈʁas in French ( April 4, 1914 – March 3, 1996) was a French 1996)
• 1915 - Muddy Waters, American musician (d. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year For the album by Redman, see Muddy Waters (album. For the college football coach see Muddy Waters (football coach. 1983)
• 1916 - Nikola Ljubicic, Yugoslav general, Serbian communist politician (d. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Nikola Ljubičić ( Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Љубичић born in the village of Karan near Užice on April 4, 1916; died 2005)
• 1916 - Mickey Owen, American baseball player (d. Arnold Malcolm (Mickey Owen ( April 4, 1916 - July 13, 2005) was a Catcher for St 2005)
• 1916 - David White, American actor (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. David White ( April 4 1916 – November 27 1990) was an American stage film and television actor 1990)
• 1918 - George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe (d. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common George Patrick John Rushworth Jellicoe 2nd Earl Jellicoe, KBE, DSO, MC, PC, FRS ( 4 April 1918 &ndash 2007)
• 1920 - Éric Rohmer, French film director
• 1922 - Elmer Bernstein, American composer (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Éric Rohmer (born Jean-Marie Maurice Scherer, 4 April 1920 Tulle, France) is a French Film director and Screenwriter. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Elmer Bernstein ( April 4 1922 - 18 August 2004) was an Academy and two-time Golden Globe award winning American 2004)
• 1924 - Gil Hodges, American baseball player and manager (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gilbert Raymond Hodges ( April 4 1924 – April 2 1972) was an American First baseman and manager in Major 1972)
• 1925 - Claude Wagner, French-Canadian politician and judge (d. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Claude Wagner PC, QC, BA, BPh, BCI ( April 4, 1925 - July 11, 1979) was a Judge 1979)
• 1925 - Emmett Williams, American poet (d. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Emmett Williams ( Greenville, South Carolina, April 4, 1925 &ndash February 14, 2007, Berlin, Germany 2007)
• 1928 - Maya Angelou, American writer
• 1931 - Bobby Ray Inman, American admiral and intelligence director
• 1932 - Clive Davis, American record producer
• 1932 - Estelle Harris, American actress
• 1932 - Richard Lugar, American politician
• 1932 - Anthony Perkins, American actor (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Maya Angelou (ˈmaɪə ˈændʒəloʊ (born Marguerite Ann Johnson on April 4, 1928) is an American Poet, Memoirist Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bobby R Inman (born April 4, 1931 in Rhonesboro Texas) is a retired U Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Clive Jay Davis (born April 4 1932 in Brooklyn New York is an American Record producer and a leading music industry executive. Estelle Harris (born April 22, 1932) is an American Actress and Comedian. Richard Green "Dick" Lugar (born April 4, 1932) is the senior United States Senator from Indiana. Anthony Perkins ( April 4, 1932 – September 12, 1992) was an Academy Award -nominated Golden Globe -winning American 1992)
• 1932 - Andrei Tarkovsky, Soviet film director (d. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky (Андре́й Арсе́ньевич Тарко́вский (April 4 1932 - December 29 1986 was a Soviet Film director, writer and opera director 1986)
• 1933 - Bill France, Jr., NASCAR pioneer (d. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. William Clifton France ( April 4 1933 - June 4 2007) nicknamed "Bill Jr 2007)
• 1938 - A. Bartlett Giamatti, American university president and Commissioner of Baseball (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Angelo Bartlett "Bart" Giamatti ( April 4, 1938 &ndash September 1, 1989) was the President of Yale University, and 1989)
• 1939 - JoAnne Carner, American golfer
• 1939 - Major Lance, American singer (d. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Amateur career The Great Gundy (as she was known before she married Don Carner remained an amateur until she was 30 Major Lance ( April 4, 1939, Winterville, Mississippi &mdash September 3, 1994, Decatur, Georgia 1994)
• 1939 - Hugh Masekela, South African musician
• 1940 - Richard Attwood, British racing driver
• 1940 - Sharon Sheeley, American songwriter
• 1942 - Jim Fregosi, American baseball player and manager
• 1942 - Kitty Kelley, American writer
• 1944 - Magda Aelvoet, Belgian politician
• 1944 - Craig T. Nelson, American actor
• 1945 - Daniel Cohn-Bendit, French political activist
• 1945 - Caroline McWilliams, American actress
• 1946 - Dave Hill, English guitarist (Slade)
• 1946 - Katsuaki Sato, Japanese martial artist
• 1947 - Ray Fosse, American baseball player and broadcaster
• 1947 - Luke Halpin, American actor
• 1947 - Wiranto, Indonesian general
• 1948 - Michael Blassie, U. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Hugh Ramopolo Masekela (b Witbank, South Africa, April 4, 1939) is a South African trumpeter, flugelhornist Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Richard "Dickie" Attwood (b 4 April 1940, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire) is a British former Motor racing driver Sharon Sheeley ( April 4, 1940 &ndash May 17, 2002) was an American songwriter born in California in 1940 whose work brought success Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. James Louis Fregosi (born April 4 1942 in San Francisco California) is a former Shortstop and manager in Major League Baseball Kitty Kelley (born April 4, 1942) is an American Investigative journalist and author of several best-selling unauthorized biographies of celebrities Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Magdalena Godelieve Hilda "Magda" Aelvoet (born April 4, 1944 in Steenokkerzeel, Belgium) is a Belgian, Flemish Craig Theodore Nelson (born April 4, 1944) is an American Actor. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Daniel Marc Cohn-Bendit (born Montauban, France, April 4 1945) is a French - German politician and was a student leader during Caroline McWilliams (born April 4, 1945) is an American Actress best known for her portrayal of Marcy Hill on the television series Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. David John Hill (born 4 April 1946, in Flete House Hospital Holbeton, near Kingsbridge, Devon, England Slade are an English Glam rock band Slade were one of the most recognizable acts of the glam rock movement and were at their peak the most commercially popular is the founder and director of Satojuku Karate, also known as Odo (The Champion's Way karate Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Raymond Earl Fosse (b April 4, 1947 in Marion, Illinois) is a former Major League Baseball Catcher. Luke Halpin (born April 4 1947 in Astoria Queens New York) is an American film and former TV Child actor. Wiranto (born 4 April 1947 is a retired Indonesian army General. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. First Lieutenant Michael Joseph Blassie ( April 4, 1948 - May 11, 1972) was an officer in the United States Air Force. S. Air Force officer (d. 1972)
• 1948 - Berry Oakley, American bassist (The Allman Brothers Band) (d. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Raymond Berry Oakley III ( April 4, 1948 – November 11, 1972) was an American Bassist and one of the founding members The Allman Brothers Band is a Southern rock band based in Macon, Georgia. 1972)
• 1948 - Abdullah Öcalan, leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party
• 1948 - Dan Simmons, American writer
• 1948 - Derek Thompson, Northern Irish actor
• 1949 - Junior Braithwaite, Jamaican singer (The Wailers) (d. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Abdullah "Apo" Öcalan ( born April 4 1948 is the founding leader of the Kurdish party Kurdistan Workers Party The Kurdistan Workers' Party (Partiya Karkerên Kurdistan or PKK, also called KADEK, Kongra-Gel, and KGK It is listed as a terrorist Dan Simmons (born April 4, 1948 in Peoria, Illinois) is an American Author most widely known for his Hugo Award Derek Thompson (born on 4 April 1948) is a Belfast -born British television Actor, most notable for playing Charlie Fairhead in the Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Franklin Delano Alexander Braithwaite, better known as Junior Braithwaite ( April 4, 1949 &ndash June 2, 1999) was one of the founders The Wailers are a Ska, Rocksteady, and Reggae group formed in Kingston, Jamaica in 1963, consisting of Junior 1999)
• 1949 - Shing-Tung Yau, Chinese mathematician
• 1950 - Christine Lahti, American actress
• 1951 - John Hannah, American football player
• 1951 - Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Cambodia
• 1952 - Rosemarie Ackermann, German athlete
• 1952 - Pat Burns, Canadian ice hockey coach
• 1952 - Gary Moore, Irish guitarist (Thin Lizzy)
• 1952 - Gregg Hansford, Australian motorcycle and car racer (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Shing-Tung Yau ( born April 4, 1949) is a Chinese American Mathematician working in Differential geometry, and involved Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Christine Lahti (born April 4, 1950) is an American Emmy Award - and two-time Golden Globe Award -winning actress and Academy Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January John Allen "Hog" Hannah (born April 4, 1951) is a former American football left guard who played for the New England Patriots Hun Sen (ហ៊ុន សែន (born April 4 1951 or August 5 1952) is the Prime Minister of Cambodia. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rosemarie Ackermann (born April 4 1952 in Lohsa, Sachsen) is a former East German High jumper She was the first female For other individuals with a similar name please see Patrick Burns. Gary Moore (born Robert William Gary Moore, 4 April 1952, Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish Guitarist. Thin Lizzy are an Irish Hard rock band who formed in Dublin, Ireland in 1969 Gregg Hansford ( 4 April 1952 &ndash 5 March 1995) was an Australian motorcycle and touring car racer 1995)
• 1953 - Robert Bertrand, Canadian politician
• 1953 - Sammy Wilson, Northern Irish politician
• 1956 - Tom Herr, American baseball player
• 1956 - David E. Kelley, American writer and TV producer
• 1957 - Ali El Haggar, Egyptian singer and actor
• 1957 - Aki Kaurismäki, Finnish film director
• 1957 - Graeme Kelling, Scottish musician (Deacon Blue) (d. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Robert "Bob" Bertrand (born April 4, 1953 in Fort-Coulonge Quebec) is a Canadian politician Sammy Wilson (born April 4, 1953, Belfast) is a politician in Northern Ireland and both Member of Parliament and a Member of Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Thomas Mitchell Herr (born April 4, 1956 in Lancaster Pennsylvania) is a former Second baseman in Major League Baseball who played David Edward Kelley (born April 4, 1956) is a multi-Emmy award winning American Writer, Executive producer, and creator of the well-known Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Ali Ebrahim Ali El Haggar (born April 4, 1954 in Cairo, Egypt) is an Egyptian singer and actor Aki Olavi Kaurismäki ( (born April 4, 1957 in Orimattila, Finland) is a Finnish script writer and Film director. Graeme Hunter Kelling ( 4 April 1957 – 10 June 2004) was a Guitarist with the Scottish pop band, Deacon Blue are a Glaswegian pop band. The name of the band was rumoured to be taken from the title of a Steely Dan Song, whose 2004)
• 1957 - Kelso, American racehorse (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Kelso (April 4 1957 - October 16 1983 was an American Thoroughbred Race horse and is considered to be among the best racehorses of the Twentieth century 1983)
• 1957 - Nobuyoshi Kuwano, Japanese musician (Rats & Star)
• 1958 - Cazuza, Brazilian poet, singer and composer (d. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Nobuyoshi Kuwano (桑野信義 Kuwano Nobuyoshi, born April 4, 1957 in Ōta, Tokyo - is a Japanese formerly called Chanels, is a male J-pop group which specializes in Doo-wop -influenced music Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Cazuza ( April 4, 1958 &mdash July 7, 1990) was a Brazilian Composer, Singer and Poet, born Agenor Miranda 1990)
• 1958 - Mary-Margaret Humes, American actress
• 1960 - Jane Eaglin, English soprano
• 1960 - Hugo Weaving, Nigerian-born English-Australian actor
• 1962 - Craig Adams, English musician(The Sisters of Mercy, Mission UK)
• 1963 - Dale Hawerchuk, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1963 - Graham Norton, Irish talk show host
• 1964 - Branco, Brazilian footballer and coach
• 1964 - David Cross, American actor and comedian
• 1964 - Robbie Rist, American actor
• 1965 - Robert Downey Jr., American actor
• 1966 - Nancy McKeon, American actor
• 1968 - Jennifer Lynch, American director
• 1970 - Barry Pepper, Canadian actor
• 1970 - Michael Schwartz, American turntablist, known as Mix Master Mike, DJ for the Beastie Boys
• 1971 - Yanic Perreault, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1971 - Josh Todd, American lead singer of rock band Buckcherry
• 1971 - John Zandig, American professional wrestler
• 1972 - Jill Scott, American soul singer
• 1972 - Magnus Sveningsson, Swedish musician (The Cardigans)
• 1973 - David Blaine, American illusionist
• 1973 - Chris McCormack, Australian triathlete
• 1973 - Loris Capirossi, Italian motorcycle racer
• 1974 - Dave Mirra, American athlete
• 1975 - Delphine Arnault, French businesswoman
• 1975 - Thobias Fredriksson, Swedish cross-country skier
• 1975 - Pamela Ribon, American author, actress
• 1975 - Scott Rolen, American baseball player
• 1976 - Emerson, Brazilian footballer
• 1977 - Adam Dutkiewicz, American guitarist (Killswitch Engage)
• 1977 - Stephen Mulhern, British magician, CITV Presenter
• 1977 - Omarr Ali Hasan Smith, American Arena Football League defensive back
• 1978 - Jason Ellison, American baseball player
• 1978 - Lemar, English R'n'B singer
• 1978 - Alan Mahon, Irish footballer
• 1978 - Sam Moran, Australian entertainer
• 1978 - Irene Skliva, Greek 1996 Miss World winner
• 1978 - Aska Yang, Taiwanese singer
• 1979 - Heath Ledger, Australian/American Actor. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Mary-Margaret Humes (born April 4, 1954) is an American actress best known in recent years for playing Gail Leery the title character's mother on the Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. WikipediaWikiProject Opera#Infoboxes --> Jane Eaglen (born April 4, 1960) is an English Dramatic Hugo Wallace Weaving (born 4 April 1960 is a Nigerian-born English, although naturalised Australian film stage and voice actor best known for films such as Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Craig Adams (born 4 April 1962 in Otley, West Yorkshire) is a British Musician, Bass guitarist and Songwriter The Sisters of Mercy are an English Gothic rock band that formed in 1980 The Mission (known as The Mission UK in the United States) were a Gothic rock band formed in 1986 from the splinters of the freshly-dissolved rock band The Sisters Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dale "Ducky" Hawerchuk (born April 4 1963 in Toronto Canada is a retired professional Ice hockey player Graham William Walker (born 4 April 1963 in Cork, Ireland) is an Irish Actor, Comedian and Television presenter. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Branco, real name Cláudio Ibrahim Vaz Leal, (born April 4, 1964 in Bagé, Brazil) is former Brazilian footballer David Cross (born April 4 1964 is an Emmy Award -winning American Comedian, Writer and Actor. Robert Anthony Rist (born April 4, 1964) is an American Actor. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Robert John Downey Jr (born April 4 1965 is an American Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Nancy Justine McKeon (born April 4, 1966) is an American actress. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jennifer Chambers Lynch (born April 7, 1968) is an American Film director and Screenwriter, best known for writing the book Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Barry Robert Pepper (born April 4, 1970) is a Golden Globe - Screen Actors Guild - and Emmy -nominated Canadian -born Mix Master Mike (born April 4, 1970) is an American turntablist and contributing member of the Beastie Boys. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Yanic Perreault (born April 4, 1971 in Sherbrooke, Quebec) is a professional Ice hockey player in the National Hockey League JOSH TODD is a now defunct band that was led by Josh Todd of Buckcherry fame Buckcherry is a Grammy -nominated Los Angeles California Hard rock band formed in 1995. John Corso (born April 4, 1971 in Sewell New Jersey) is an American professional wrestler and promoter, better known Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jill Scott (born April 4 1972) is an American soul and R&B Singer-songwriter, Poet, and actress Magnus Johan Sveningsson (born April 4 1972, in Falköping, Sweden)is best known as the bassist in the Swedish rock band The The Cardigans is a Swedish English language band formed in the town of Jönköping in 1992 Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. David Blaine White, known simply as David Blaine (born April 4 1973 is an American Guinness Book of Records World record -holder Chris McCormack may refer to Chris McCormack (triathlete Chris McCormack (techno Loris Capirossi (born April 4 1973) is an Italian Grand Prix Motorcycle road racer, who currently rides for the factory Suzuki Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. David Michael "Dave" Mirra (born April 4, 1974 in Chittenango New York) is an American BMX athlete and Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Delphine Arnault ( 4 April 1975) is a Billionaire French Businesswoman with the LVMH Luxury goods conglomerate Thobias Fredriksson (born April 4, 1975) is a Swedish cross-country skier who has competed since 2000 Pamela Ribon (born April 4, 1975 in Bloomsburg Pennsylvania) is an American author screenwriter and actress Scott Bruce Rolen (born April 4, 1975 in Jasper Indiana) is a Major League Baseball Third baseman for the Toronto Blue Jays Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For the player known as Emerson currently playing for APOEL FC who had played for Middlesbrough please see Emerson Moisés Costa. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Adam Jonathan Dutkiewicz (often abbrieviated to Adam D, born April 4, 1977) is best known as one of the Guitarists (along with Joel Killswitch Engage (often abbreviated as KSE or Killswitch) is a Metalcore band from Westfield Massachusetts. Stephen David Mulhern (born 4 April 1977 is a British children's TV presenter and entertainer Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Jason Jerome Ellison (born April 4 1978 in Quincy California) is a Major League Baseball Outfielder for the Texas Rangers Lemar Obika (born 4 April 1978) professionally known as Lemar, is a British Soul and R&B Singer, Alan Joseph Mahon (born April 4, 1978 in Dublin) is an international Irish footballer, playing for Burnley F Sam Moran (born April 4 1978) is an Australian entertainer best known for being a member of the children's band The Wiggles. Irene Skliva (Irini Skliva in Greek: Ειρήνη Σκλήβα (born April 4 in Athens 1978) is a Greek native and the The Miss World pageant is the oldest surviving major international Beauty pageant created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951 Aska Yang ( born on April 4, 1978, is a popular Taiwanese singer and a member of the Million Star Gang (星光幫 Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Heath Andrew Ledger (4 April 1979 – 22 January 2008 was an Australian television and film actor (d. 2008)
• 1979 - Roberto Luongo, Canadian ice hockey goaltender
• 1979 - Natasha Lyonne, American actress
• 1980 - Johnny Borrell, English singer (Razorlight)
• 1980 - Trevor Moore, American comedian
• 1980 - Björn Wirdheim, Swedish race car driver
• 1983 - Fabian Geiser, Swiss footballer
• 1983 - Doug Lynch, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1983 - Angelle Tymon, American journalist and TV game show host
• 1983 - Ben Gordon, American professional basketball player
• 1984 - Arkady Vyatchanin, Russian swimmer
• 1986 - Aiden McGeady, Republic of Ireland and Celtic footballer,
• 1986 - Cameron Barker, Professional ice hockey player
• 1987 - Devon Anderson, English actor
• 1987 - Sarah Gadon, Canadian actress
• 1987 - Cameron Maybin, American baseball player
• 1988 - Frank Fielding, English footballer
• 1991 - Jamie Lynn Spears, American actress
• 1992 - Alexa Nikolas, American actress
• 1994 - Risako Sugaya, Japanese singer

Deaths

• 397 - St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan (b. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Roberto Luongo (born April 4 1979 is a Canadian professional Ice hockey Goaltender and team captain of the Vancouver Canucks Natasha Lyonne (born April 4, 1979) is an American film and television actress Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Jonathan Edward Borrell (born 4 April 1980, in Muswell Hill, London, England) is an English Singer and Razorlight are an English rock band formed in 2002 They are primarily known in their home country having topped the charts with the 2006 single America and Trevor Paul Moore (born April 4 1980 in Montclair New Jersey) is an American Comedian, Actor, satirist, Cartoonist Björn Karl Michael Wirdheim is a Racing driver born on April 4, 1980 in Växjö, Sweden. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Fabian Geiser (born April 4, 1983) is a footballer from Switzerland who currently plays as defender for FC Schaffhausen Doug Lynch (born April 4 1983 in North Vancouver, British Columbia) is a professional Ice hockey defenceman currently playing for Vienna Capitals Angelle Marie Tymon (born April 4 1983 from Lutcher Louisiana) is an American broadcast journalist and game show host Benjamin "Ben" Gordon (born April 4 1983 is a British / American professional Basketball player for the NBA 's Chicago Bulls Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Arkady Arkadyevich Vyatchanin (born April 4, 1984) is a Russian swimmer who competes in the backstroke events Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Aiden McGeady (born April 4, 1986 in Glasgow) is a professional footballer who currently plays for Celtic F Cameron Barker (born April 4, 1986 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian professional Ice hockey defenceman Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Devon Carlo Anderson is an English actor (born 1987 in Greenwich London England) Sarah Gadon (born April 4, 1987 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian actress who has guest starred in number of notable television series Cameron Keith Maybin (born April 4, 1987 in Asheville, North Carolina) is a Major League Baseball player in the Florida Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Frank Fielding (born 4 April 1988 in Blackburn, Lancashire) is an English footballer, currently playing for Northampton Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Jamie Lynn Marie Spears (born April 4 1991 is an American actress Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Alexa Helen Nikolas (born April 4, 1992 in Chicago Illinois) is an American actress known for her role as Nicole Bristow the Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) is a Japanese pop singer Idol, and a member of Japanese musical group Berryz Kobo. Events By Place Asia The Xiongnu occupy the Gansu area in China. Saint Ambrose (c 338 &ndash 4 April 397) was a bishop of Milan who became one of the most influential ecclesiastical figures of the fourth century circa 338)
• 636 - Saint Isidore of Seville, Church Father and the proposed patron of Internet (b. Events By Place Roman Empire The Romans, allied with the Goths, arrive in the north of the empire to protect the borders Events By Place Byzantine Empire August 20 — Battle of Yarmuk: Khalid ibn al-Walid 's victory against the Saint Isidore of Seville ( Spanish: es ''San Isidro'' or es ''San Isidoro de Sevilla'' Latin: latin ''Isidorus Hispalensis'' (c The Church Fathers, Early Church Fathers, or Fathers of the Church are the early and influential theologians and writers in the Christian Church cira 560)
• 896 - Pope Formosus (b. Events By Place Europe Ceawlin of Wessex becomes King of Wessex (traditional date Events By Place Europe The Bulgarians under Simeon I, defeat the Byzantine Empire at Bulgarophygon Formosus (c 816 in Ostia &ndash896 was Pope of the Roman Catholic Church from 891 to 896 816)
• 1284 - King Alfonso X of Castile (b. Events By Place Europe Frankish king Louis the Pious is crowned emperor by Pope Stephen IV. Alfonso X (November 23 1221 Toledo Spain &ndash April 4 1284 Seville Spain) was a Spanish monarch who ruled as the King of Castile, 1221)
• 1292 - Pope Nicholas IV (b. Pope Nicholas IV ( September 30, 1227 &ndash April 4, 1292) born Girolamo Masci, was Pope from February 22, 1227)
• 1305 - Jeanne of Navarre, wife of Philip IV of France (b. Joan I de Navarre, also known as Joanna or Joan of Navarre (c circa 1217)
• 1536 - Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (b. Friedrich Margrave of Ansbach and Bayreuth, known as Friedrich I or Friedrich V ( 8 May 1460 - 4 April 1536) was born at 1460)
• 1588 - King Frederick II of Denmark (b. Frederick II ( 1 July 1534 &ndash 4 April 1588) King of Denmark and Norway from 1559 until his death 1534)
• 1609 - Charles de L'Ecluse, Flemish botanist (b. Charles de l'Écluse L'Escluse, or Carolus Clusius ( Arras, February 19, 1526 – Leiden April 4, 1609 1526)
• 1617 - John Napier, Scottish mathematician (b. For other people with the same name see John Napier (disambiguation. 1550)
• 1643 - Simon Episcopius, Dutch theologian (b. Simon Episcopius ( January 8, 1583 - April 4, 1643) the Latin form of the name of Simon Bischop, Dutch 1583)
• 1661 - Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven, Scottish soldier (b. Alexander Leslie 1st Earl of Leven (c 1580 - April 4, 1661) was a Scottish soldier in Dutch and then Swedish service from 1605 circa 1580)
• 1701 - Joseph Haines, entertainer and author
• 1743 - Daniel Neal, English historian (b. Joseph Haines or Jo Haines (d April 4, 1701) was a 17th-century Actor, Singer, Dancer, guitar player Year 1743 ( MDCCXLIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Daniel Neal ( December 14, 1678 &ndash April 4, 1743) was an English Historian. 1678)
• 1761 - Theodore Gardelle, Swiss painter and enameler (b. Year 1761 ( MDCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Theodore Gardelle ( November 30, 1722 &ndash April 4, 1761) was a Swiss painter and enameller. 1722)
• 1766 - John Taylor, English classical scholar (b. Year 1722 ( MDCCXXII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1766 ( MDCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a 1704)
• 1774 - Oliver Goldsmith, English writer (b. Year 1704 ( MDCCIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1774 ( MDCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Oliver Goldsmith (10 November 1730 or 1728 &ndash 4 April 1774 was an Anglo-Irish writer poet and Physician known for his Novel The Vicar 1728)
• 1792 - James Sykes, American politician (b. Year 1728 ( MDCCXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1792 ( MDCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year James Sykes (1725 &ndash April 4, 1792) was an American Lawyer and Politician from Dover, in Kent County 1725)
• 1807 - Joseph Jérôme Lefrançais de Lalande, French astronomer (b. Year 1725 ( MDCCXXV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1807 ( MDCCCVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Joseph Jérôme Lefrançais de Lalande ( July 11, 1732 &ndash April 4, 1807) was a French Astronomer and writer 1732)
• 1817 - André Masséna, Duke of Rivoli, Prince of Essling and Marshal of France (b. Year 1732 ( MDCCXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1817 ( MDCCCXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Marshal of France (Maréchal de France and pl Maréchaux de France is a military distinction in contemporary France, not a Military rank. 1758)
• 1841 - William Henry Harrison, 9th President of the United States (b. Year 1758 ( MDCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common For the game see 1841 (board game. Year 1841 ( MDCCCXLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link This article is about the general and president For his great-great-grandson see William H The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by 1773)
• 1842 - Jean Moufot, French philosopher and mathematician (b. Year 1773 ( MDCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1842 ( MDCCCXLII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common 1784)
• 1846 - Solomon Sibley, American senator from Michigan Territory (b. Year 1784 ( MDCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year For the game see 1846 (board game. Year 1846 ( MDCCCXLVI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display Solomon Sibley ( October 7, 1769 – April 4, 1846) was a United States Politician and jurist in the Michigan Territory 1769)
• 1861 - John McLean, U. Year 1769 ( MDCCLXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common John McLean (March 11 1785 &ndash April 4 1861 was an American Jurist and politician who served in the United States Congress, as U S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1785)
• 1863 - Ludwig Emil Grimm, German painter and engraver (b. Year 1785 ( MDCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1863 ( MDCCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Ludwig Emil Grimm ( March 14 1790 in Hanau, 4 April 1863 in Kassel) was a painter and Engraver. 1790)
• 1864 - Joseph Pitty Couthouy, American naval officer (b. Year 1790 ( MDCCXC) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Joseph Pitty Couthouy ( 6 January 1808 &ndash 4 April 1864) was an American Naval officer, Conchologist, and 1808)
• 1870 - Heinrich Gustav Magnus, German chemist and physicist (b. Year 1808 ( MDCCCVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Heinrich Gustav Magnus (2 May 1802 &ndash 4 April 1870 was a German Chemist and Physicist. 1802)
• 1874 - Charles Ernest Beulé, French archaeologist and politician (b. Year 1802 ( MDCCCII) was a Common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Charles Ernest Beulé ( 29 June 1826 &ndash 4 April 1874) was a French Archaeologist and Politician. 1826)
• 1878 - Richard Brewer, American gunslinger/cowboy (b. For the game see 1826 (board game. Year 1826 ( MDCCCXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Richard Brewer ( January 10, 1850 – April 4, 1878) also known as Dick Brewer, was an American cowboy and 1850)
• 1879 - Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, German physicist (b. For the game see 1850 (board game. 1850 ( MDCCCL) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Heinrich Wilhelm Dove ( October 6, 1803 &ndash April 4, 1879) was a Prussian Physicist and meteorologist. 1803)
• 1883 - Peter Cooper, American industrialist, inventor and philanthropist (b. 1803 ( MDCCCIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Peter Cooper ( February 12, 1791 &ndash April 4, 1883) was an American Industrialist, Inventor, Philanthropist 1791)
• 1884 - Marie Bashkirtseff, Russian artist and diarist (b. Year 1791 ( MDCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Marie Bashkirtseff ( Мария Константиновна Башкирцева; November 11, 1858 &mdash October 31, 1884) was a 1860)
• 1890 - Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau, Quebec politician (b. Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau ( May 30, 1820 – April 4, 1890) born in Charlesbourg, near Quebec City, was the first 1820)
• 1890 - Edmond Hébert, French geologist (b. Year 1820 ( MDCCCXX) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Edmond Hébert ( June 12, 1812 &ndash April 4, 1890) French Geologist, was born at Villefargau Yonne. 1812)
• 1919 - William Crookes, English chemist and physicist (b. Year 1812 ( MDCCCXII) a leap year started on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Sir William Crookes, OM, FRS (17 June 1832 – 4 April 1919 was an English Chemist and Physicist. 1832)
• 1923 - John Venn, British mathematician (b. Year 1832 ( MDCCCXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. See also John Venn (regicide. John Venn FRS ( HullYorkshire, August 4, 1834 &ndash Cambridge 1834)
• 1929 - Karl Benz, German engine designer, inventor, and automobile engineer (b. Year 1834 ( MDCCCXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Karl Friedrich Benz, sometimes spelled Carl, ( November 25, 1844, Karlsruhe, Germany – April 4, 1929, Ladenburg 1844)
• 1931 - André Michelin, French industrialist (b. Year 1844 ( MDCCCXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. André Michelin ( 16 January 1853 &ndash 4 April 1931) was a French industrialist who with his brother Édouard (1859-1940 1853)
• 1932 - Wilhelm Ostwald, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. Year 1853 ( MDCCCLIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Friedrich Wilhelm Ostwald ( Latvian: Vilhelms Ostvalds; September 2, 1853 &ndash April 4, 1932) was a Baltic The Nobel Prize (Nobelpriset (Nobelprisen is a Swedish prize established in the 1895 will of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel; it was first awarded in Peace, Literature 1853)
• 1947 - William O'Donnell, Irish politician (b. Year 1853 ( MDCCCLIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. William O'Donnell (died 4 April 1947 was an Irish Politician who served for four years in the Dáil Éireann.  ?)
• 1951 - Al Christie, Canadian film director and producer (b. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Al Christie, ( October 23, 1881 &ndash April 14, 1951) was a Canadian -born motion picture 1881)
• 1951 - George Albert Smith, President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the LDS or Mormon Church) (b. Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common George Albert Smith ( April 4, 1870 &ndash April 4, 1951) was the eighth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day In the Latter Day Saint movement, the President of the Church is generally considered to be the highest office of the church The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the fourth largest Christian denomination in the United States and the largest and most well-known 1870)
• 1953 - King Carol II of Romania (b. Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Carol II of Romania ( 15 October / 16 October 1893 &ndash 4 April 1953) reigned as King of Romania from June 8 1893)
• 1957 - E. Herbert Norman, Canadian diplomat (b. Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Egerton Herbert Norman ( September 1, 1909 &ndash April 4, 1957) was a Canadian diplomat and historian 1909)
• 1958 - Johnny Stompanato, American organized crime figure (b. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Johnny Stompanato Jr aka Handsome Harry, John Steele and Oscar ( October 9, 1925 &ndash April 4, 1958 1925)
• 1961 - Simion Stoilow, Romanian mathematician (b. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Simion Stoilow or Stoilov ( &ndash April 4 1961) was a Romanian Mathematician, creator of the Romanian school of Complex analysis 1873)
• 1962 - James Hanratty, executed at Bedford Prison, England, for the murder of Michael Gregsten (b. Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. James Hanratty (born October 4, 1936 in Bromley, Kent, England; died April 4, 1962 in Bedford Prison 1936)
• 1967 - Héctor Scarone, Uruguayan footballer (b. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Héctor Pedro Scarone ( November 26, 1898 &ndash April 4, 1967) was a Uruguayan football striker 1898)
• 1967 - Al Lewis, American songwriter (b. Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Al Lewis was born on April 18, 1901 in New York City, New York. 1901)
• 1968 - Martin Luther King, Jr., American civil rights activist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Martin Luther King Jr ( January 15, 1929 April 4, 1968) was an American clergyman, Activist and prominent leader The Nobel Peace Prize ( Swedish, Danish and Nobels fredspris is one of five Nobel Prizes Bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor 1929)
• 1972 - Adam Clayton Powell Jr., American politician (b. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rev Adam Clayton Powell Jr ( November 29 1908 &ndash April 4 1972) was an American politician who represented Harlem 1908)
• 1972 - Stefan Wolpe, German composer (b. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Stefan Wolpe ( August 25, 1902 &ndash April 4, 1972) was a German -born Composer. 1902)
• 1976 - Harry Nyquist, Swedish contributor to information theory (b. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Harry Nyquist ( né Harry Theodor Nyqvist pron, not as often pronounced ( February 7, 1889 – April 4, 1976) was an important Information theory is a branch of Applied mathematics and Electrical engineering involving the quantification of Information. 1889)
• 1979 - Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, President and Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Zulfikar Ali Bhutto ( Urdu: ur '''ذوالفقار علی بھٹو''' Sindhi: ذوالفقار علي ڀُٽو, zʊlfɪqɑːɾ ɑli bɦʊʈːoː The Prime Minister of Pakistan, in Urdu وزیر اعظم Wazir-e- Azam meaning "Grand Minister", is the Head of Government 1928)
• 1979 - Edgar Buchanan, American actor (b. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Edgar Buchanan ( March 20, 1903 – April 4, 1979) was an American Actor with a long career in both Film 1903)
• 1980 - Red Sovine, American country music singer (b. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Woodrow Wilson "Red" Sovine ( July 17, 1918 &mdash April 4, 1980) was a Country music Singer. 1917)
• 1983 - Gloria Swanson, American actress (b. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Gloria Swanson (March 27 1899 – April 4 1983 was an Academy Award -nominated Golden Globe -winning American Hollywood 1897)
• 1984 - Oleg Antonov, Soviet airplane engineer (b. Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Oleg Konstantinovich Antonov (Олег Константинович Антонов Олег Костянтинович Антонов February 7, 1906 (Troitsy 1906)
• 1985 - Kate Roberts, Welsh nationalist and writer (b. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Kate Roberts ( February 13, 1891 - April 4, 1985) was one of the foremost Welsh-language authors of the twentieth century 1891)
• 1987 - C.L. Moore, American writer (b. Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Catherine Lucille Moore ( January 24, 1911 – April 4, 1987) was an American Science fiction and Fantasy 1911)
• 1987 - Chögyam Trungpa, Tibetan Buddhist master (b. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Chögyam Trungpa (February 1939 &ndash April 4, 1987) was a Buddhist Meditation master scholar teacher poet artist and a Trungpa 1939)
• 1991 - Edmund Adamkiewicz, German footballer (b. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Edmund Adamkiewicz ( April 21, 1920 in Hamburg &ndash April 4, 1991) was a German footballer Adamkiewicz's 1920)
• 1991 - Max Frisch, Swiss writer (b. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Max Frisch ( May 15, 1911 &ndash April 4, 1991) was a Swiss Architect, Playwright and Novelist, regarded 1911)
• 1991 - H. John Heinz III, U. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Henry John Heinz III (October 23 1938 – April 4 1991 was an American politician from Pennsylvania, a Republican member of the United States S. Senator (b. 1938)
• 1991 - Forrest Towns, American hurdler (b. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Robert Forrest "Spec" Towns ( February 6, 1914 - April 4, 1991) was an American track and field athlete. 1914)
• 1992 - Yvette Brind'Amour, French Canadian stage actress and artistic director (b. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Yvette Brind'Amour (1918 &ndash April 4, 1992) was a Quebec actor 1918)
• 1992 - Arthur Russell, American cellist (b. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Charles Arthur Russell Jr (1952 &ndash April 4, 1992) Life and Career Russell was born and raised in Oskaloosa Iowa, he moved to San 1951)
• 1993 - Alfred Butts, American architect and inventor (Scrabble) (b. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Alfred Mosher Butts ( April 13, 1899 - April 4, 1993) was an American Architect and the Inventor of the The verb "to scrabble" also means to scratch scramble or scrape about see Wiktionaryscrabble. 1899)
• 1995 - Kenny Everett, British radio DJ and television entertainer (b. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Kenny Everett (born Maurice Cole in Seaforth Lancashire; 25 December 1944 – 4 April 1995 was an English radio DJ and television entertainer 1944)
• 1995 - Priscilla Lane, American singer and actress (b. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Lane Sisters were four female siblings who first achieved success in the 1930s as a singing act with their popularity leading to a series of successful films 1915)
• 1996 - Barney Ewell, American athlete (b. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Harold Norwood "Barney" Ewell ( February 25, 1918 &ndash April 4, 1996) was an American athlete, winner 1918)
• 1996 - Larry LaPrise, American songwriter (b. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Larry LaPrise (Roland Lawrence LaPrise born 11 November 1912 in Detroit Michigan, died 11 April 1996 in Gooding Idaho 1913)
• 1999 - Faith Domergue, American actor (b. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Faith Domergue ( June 16, 1924 - April 4, 1999) was a film actress 1924)
• 1999 - Early Wynn, American baseball player (b. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Early Wynn Jr, familiarly known as "Gus" Wynn, ( January 6, 1920 &ndash April 4, 1999) was a right-handed Baseball 1920)
• 2001 - Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, American custom car designer (b. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Ed "Big Daddy" Roth ( March 4, 1932 &ndash April 4, 2001) was an Artist and Cartoonist who created the Hot-rod 1932)
• 2002 - Harry L. O'Connor, Czech film stuntman
• 2003 - Anthony Caruso, American actor (b. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. XXX may refer to XXX an identifier for Pornography, especially X-rated movies 30 (number, XXX in Roman numerals Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Anthony Caruso can refer to Anthony Caruso (actor, American actor known for his sinister roles both in movies and on television Anthony Caruso 1916)
• 2003 - Resortes, Mexican comedian (b. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Adalberto Martínez Chávez ( 25 January, 1916 - April 4, 2003) better known in the entertainment world as Resortes was a renowned 1916)
• 2004 - Alberic Schotte, Belgian cyclist (b. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Alberic ("Briek" Schotte ( September 7, 1919 – April 4, 2004) was a Belgian professional Road racing cyclist 1919)
• 2004 - Casey Sheehan, American soldier, son of Cindy Sheehan (b. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Casey Austin Sheehan ( May 29 1979 &ndash April 4 2004) was a Specialist in the United States Army who was killed by enemy 1979)
• 2005 - Edward Bronfman, Canadian businessman (b. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Edward Maurice Bronfman ( November 1, 1927 &ndash April 4, 2005) was a Canadian businessman Philanthropist, and member 1924)
• 2007 - Bob Clark, American film director (b. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Benjamin "Bob" Clark ( August 5 1939 After attending Catawba College majoring in philosophy Clark won a football scholarship to 1941)
• 2007 - Terry Hall, English ventriloquist (b. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Terry Hall ( 20 November 1926 – 4 April 2007) born Terence Hall, was an English Ventriloquist. 1927)
• 2008 - Francis Tucker, South African Rally Driver (d. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Francis Bagnal Kidger Tucker ( April 30 1923 - April 4 2008) is a South African former Rally driver who was the 1966 1923)

Holidays and observances

• International Day for Landmine Awareness and Assistance
• Lesotho - Heroes' Day
• Taiwan and Hong Kong - Children's Day
• Saint Isidore of Seville

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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