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April 4 Events in History - April 4 Birthdays - April 4 Deaths
April 4, 2005 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: North Carolina defeats Illinois 75-70
April 4, 1998 NFL Europe (Formerly WLAF), kicks off season
April 4, 1997 Anaheim Ducks clinch their 1st-ever playoff berth
April 4, 1997 Braves officially open Turner Field against Cubs
April 4, 1997 DMSP Titan 2 launched
April 4, 1997 STS 83 (Columbia 22), launches
April 4, 1996 "Inherit the Wind" opens at Royale Theater New York City for 45 performances
April 4, 1996 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Austin Texas on KJFK 98.9 FM
April 4, 1994 1st game played at Jacobs Field, Indians beat Mariners 4-3 in 11 inn
April 4, 1994 56th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Arkansas Razorbacks beats Duke 76-72
April 4, 1994 Cubs Karl "Tuffy" Rhodes, hit 3 home runs in 1993 hits 3 home runs on opening
April 4, 1994 KLM Saab 340B crashes at Schiphol, 3 killed
April 4, 1994 Los Angeles Dodger Darryl Strawberry begins substance abuse treatment
April 4, 1994 Largest Opening Day crowd at Yankee Stadium, 56,706
April 4, 1994 Netscape Communications founded as Mosaic Communications
April 4, 1994 Tony Curtis undergoes heart-bypass surgery
April 4, 1993 12th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Texas Tech beats OH State 84-82
April 4, 1993 5th Seniors Golf Tradition: Tom Shaw
April 4, 1993 Trish Johnson wins Las Vegas LPGA at Canyon Gate Golf Tournament
April 4, 1993 Wrestlemania IX at Caesar's Palace Las Vegas, Hulk Hogan pins Yokozuna
April 4, 1992 Game 1 of Mayor Challenge - New York Yankees beat New York Mets 6-4 at Yank Stad
April 4, 1992 John Tesh (Entertainment Tonight) marries actress Connie Selleca
April 4, 1992 Jury deliberations begin in Noriega case
April 4, 1992 Sali Berisha becomes president/Alexander Meksi premier of Albania
April 4, 1991 "Lucifer's Child" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 28 performances
April 4, 1990 "Martian Chronicles" premieres on ABC-TV
April 4, 1990 Gloria Estefan released from hospital after her accident
April 4, 1990 Security law violator Ivan Boesky is released from federal custody
April 4, 1989 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's last NBA game in Seattle
April 4, 1989 New York Yankee Tommy John ties record of playing 26 seasons, his 287th win puts him 19th overall as Yanks beat Twins on opening day 4-2
April 4, 1988 50th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kansas beat Oklahoma 83-79
April 4, 1988 Largest crowd (55,438) at a season game at Riverfront (Reds vs. Cards)
April 4, 1988 Last broadcast of "Crossroads" on British TV
April 4, 1988 Mets set Opening Day record with 6 HRs
April 4, 1987 Dow Jones up 69.89 points, ending at record 2,390.34 pts
April 4, 1986 Wayne Gretzky sets NHL record with 213th point of season
April 4, 1985 Tulane University cancels its basketball season amidst scandal
April 4, 1984 Michael Frayn's "Benefactors" premieres in London
April 4, 1984 Winston Smith in Orwell's "1984" begins his secret diary
April 4, 1983 45th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: North Carolina State beats Houston 54-52
April 4, 1983 6th space shuttle mission, Challenger 1 launched
April 4, 1982 11th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Sally Little
April 4, 1981 Henry Cisneros becomes 1st Mexican-American mayor (San Antonio)
April 4, 1980 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.
April 4, 1976 5th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Judy Rankin
April 4, 1976 Seni Pramoj's Democratic Party wins elections in Thailand
April 4, 1975 Steve Miller is arrested for burning his girlfriend's clothes
April 4, 1975 USAF transport carrying orphans from Saigon crashes killing 155
April 4, 1974 Hank Aaron ties Babe Ruth's home-run record by hitting his 714th
April 4, 1972 1st electric power plant fueled by garbage begins operating
April 4, 1971 "Follies" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 524 performances
April 4, 1971 Marine clay under houses liquefies, 31 die (St-Jean-Vianney Quebec)
April 4, 1970 Firestone World Tournament of Champions won by Don Johnson
April 4, 1969 Denton Cooley implanted 1st temporary artificial heart
April 4, 1968 "Education of Hyman Kaplan" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 28 performances
April 4, 1968 Apollo 6 launched atop Saturn V; unmanned
April 4, 1967 Amsterdam Marines chase out "nozems" of Central Station
April 4, 1967 Dutch De Young government forms
April 4, 1967 Marines chase "Nozems" out of Amsterdam Central Station
April 4, 1966 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
April 4, 1965 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Baton Rouge Golf Invitational
April 4, 1964 "Anyone Can Whistle" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 9 performances
April 4, 1964 Beatles' "Can't Buy Me Love," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 5 weeks
April 4, 1960 32nd Academy Awards - "Ben-Hur," Charlton Heston and Simone Signoret win
April 4, 1960 Oscar awarded to Netherlands director Bert Haanstra
April 4, 1960 Project Ozma begins at Green Bank radio astronomy center
April 4, 1960 Senegal declares independence from France
April 4, 1959 Federation of Mali, consisting of Senegal and French Sudan (dissolved 1960)
April 4, 1958 1st march against nuclear weapons (Aldermaston England)
April 4, 1958 Eugene Ionesco's "Tueur sans Gages" premieres in Darmstadt
April 4, 1957 Heitor Villa-Lobos' 10th Symphony, premieres in Paris
April 4, 1956 Enid Bagnold's "Chalk Garden," premieres in London
April 4, 1955 British government signs military treaty with Iraq
April 4, 1954 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Carrollton Georgia Golf Open
April 4, 1953 KFDA TV channel 10 in Amarillo, Texas (CBS) begins broadcasting
April 4, 1951 Dutch Prince Bernhard visits Juan and Eva Peron in Buenos Aires
April 4, 1950 Dirk Stikker becomes chairman of OES
April 4, 1949 Israel and Jordan sign armistice agreement
April 4, 1949 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) treaty signed (Washington D.C.)
April 4, 1949 WKRC TV channel 12 in Cincinnati, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting
April 4, 1948 84-year-old Connie Mack challenges 78-year-old Clark Griffith to a race from home to 1st base; it ends in a tie
April 4, 1947 Convention on International Civil Aviation goes into effect
April 4, 1947 Largest group of sunspots on record
April 4, 1947 U.N.'s International Civil Aviation Organization forms
April 4, 1945 Hungary liberated from Nazi occupation (National Day)
April 4, 1945 U.S. forces liberated the Nazi death camp Ohrdruf in Germany
April 4, 1945 U.S. tanks and infantry conquer Bielefeld
April 4, 1944 British troops capture Addis Ababa Ethiopia
April 4, 1944 De Gaulle forms new regime in exile, with communists
April 4, 1941 German troops conquer Banghazi
April 4, 1940 R Rodgers/Lorenz Hart's "Higher and Higher," premieres in New York City
April 4, 1939 Faisal II ascends to throne of Iraq
April 4, 1938 5th Golf Masters Championship: Henry Picard wins, shooting a 285
April 4, 1937 4th Golf Masters Championship: Byron Nelson wins, shooting a 283
April 4, 1933 U.S. Dirigible Akron crashes off coast of New Jersey, 73 die
April 4, 1932 George Bernard Shaw's "Too True to be Good," premieres in New York City
April 4, 1932 Vitamin C 1st isolated, CC King, University of Pittsburgh
April 4, 1930 Andrew Sandham makes Test Cricket 1st triple century
April 4, 1930 Les Ames makes the 1st Test Cricket century by a wicketkeeper (149)
April 4, 1929 "New Moon" musical opens in London
April 4, 1929 1st AAU Greco-Roman wrestling championships held
April 4, 1926 Greek dictator Theodorus Pangalos elected president
April 4, 1922 WAAB (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) becomes 1st U.S. radio station with "W" calls
April 4, 1921 Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators (NHL) beat Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA), 3 games to 2
April 4, 1920 Arabs attack Jews in Jerusalem
April 4, 1918 Battle of Somme, ends
April 4, 1918 Food riot in Amsterdam
April 4, 1916 U.S. Senate agrees (82-6) to participate in WW I
April 4, 1914 "Perils of Pauline" shown for 1st time in Los Angeles
April 4, 1912 Army fires on striking mine workers at Lena-gold fields Siberia
April 4, 1912 Chinese republic proclaimed in Tibet
April 4, 1911 Hugh Chalmers, automaker, suggests idea of baseball MVP
April 4, 1905 Earthquake in Kangra India, kills 20,000
April 4, 1902 Cecil Rhodes scholarship fund forms with $10 million
April 4, 1900 Assassination attempt on prince of Wales/king Edward VII
April 4, 1900 British garrison of Reddersberg surrenders to Boer general De Wet
April 4, 1899 South Africa all out 35 vs England (Trott 4-19, Haigh 6-11)
April 4, 1896 Announcement of Gold in Yukon
April 4, 1887 Susanna Medora Salter elected 1st U.S. woman mayor (Argonia, Kansas)
April 4, 1870 Golden Gate Park forms by City Order #800
April 4, 1865 Lee's army arrives at Amelia Courthouse
April 4, 1864 Skirmish at Elkin's Ford Little Missouri River, Arkansas
April 4, 1862 Battle of Yorktown begins
April 4, 1862 U.S. begins Peninsular Campaign aimed at capturing Richmond
April 4, 1859 Opera "Dinorah" is produced (Paris)
April 4, 1850 City of Los Angeles incorporated
April 4, 1832 Charles Darwin aboard HMS Beagle reaches Rio de Janeiro
April 4, 1828 Casparus van Wooden patents chocolate milk powder (Amsterdam)
April 4, 1818 Congress decided U.S. flag is 13 red and white stripes and 20 stars
April 4, 1737 Anthony van Heim installed as Dutch pension advisor
April 4, 1716 Russian and Prussian troops occupy Wismar
April 4, 1687 King James II orders his declaration of indulgence read in church
April 4, 1686 English king James II publishes Declaration of Indulgence
April 4, 1660 English king Charles II ends Decl of Breda (freedom of religion)
April 4, 1655 Battle at Postage Farina, Tunis: English fleet beats Barbarian pirates
April 4, 1625 Viceroy Frederik Henry marries Amalia countess von Solms-Braunfels
April 4, 1588 Christian IV succeeds Frederik II as king of Denmark
April 4, 1581 Frances Drake completes circumnavigation of world
April 4, 1558 Czar Ivan IV gives parts of North-Russia to fur traders
April 4, 1552 Mauritius van Saksen begins alliance with Karel Anikita Stroganov
April 4, 1541 Ignatius of Loyola becomes 1st superior-general of Jesuits
April 4, 1460 University of Basle in Swizerland forms
April 4, 1081 Alexius I Comnenus occupies Byzantine throne



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