On this day | April 4th

On this day: April 4th

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503 BC Roman consul Agrippa Menenius Lanatus (consul 503 BC) celebrates a Roman triumph for a military victory over the Sabines.

190 Dong Zhuo has his troops evacuate the capital Luoyang and burn it to the ground.

611 Maya king Scroll Serpent of Calakmul sacks rival city-state Palenque in southern Mexico.

619 The Bijapur-Mumbai inscription is issued by Pulakeshin II, describing the Battle of Narmada.

801 King Louis the Pious captures Barcelona from the Moors after Siege of Barcelona (801) of several months.

1268 A Byzantine–Venetian treaty of 1268 is concluded between Venetian envoys and Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos.

1423 Death of the Venetian Doge (title) Tommaso Mocenigo, under whose rule victories were achieved against the Kingdom of Hungary and against the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Gallipoli (1416).

1581 Francis Drake is knighted by Queen Elizabeth I for completing a Francis Drake's circumnavigation of the world.

1609 Moriscos are expelled from the Kingdom of Valencia.

1660 Declaration of Breda by King Charles II of Great Britain promises, among other things, a general pardon to all royalists and opponents of the monarchy for crimes committed during the English Civil War and the Interregnum (England).

1796 Georges Cuvier delivers the first Paleontology lecture.

1814 Napoleon abdicates (conditionally) for the first time and names his son Napoleon II as Emperor of the French, followed by unconditional abdication two days later.

1818 The United States Congress, affirming the Second Continental Congress, adopts the flag of the United States with 13 red and white stripes and one star for each state (20 at that time).

1841 William Henry Harrison dies of pneumonia, becoming the first President of the United States to die in office, and setting the record for the briefest administration. Vice President John Tyler succeeds Harrison as President.

1860 The declaration on the introduction of the Finnish markka as an official currency is read in different parts of the Grand Duchy of Finland.

1865 American Civil War: A day after Union (American Civil War) forces capture Richmond, Virginia, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln visits the Confederate States of America capital.

1866 Alexander II of Russia narrowly escapes an assassination attempt by Dmitry Karakozov in the city of Saint Petersburg.

1887 Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.

1904 Two 1904 Kresna earthquakes, among the largest in Europe, strikes Bulgaria, killing over 200 people and causing destruction.

1905 In India, 1905 Kangra earthquake hits the Kangra Valley, killing 20,000, and destroying most buildings in Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, McLeod Ganj and Dharamshala.

1913 First Balkan War: Greek aviator Emmanouil Argyropoulos becomes the first pilot to die in the Hellenic Air Force when his plane crashes.

1920 The four-day 1920 Nebi Musa riots commence.

1925 The Schutzstaffel (SS) is founded under Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party in Weimar Republic.

1933 United States Navy airship is wrecked off the New Jersey coast due to severe weather.

1944 World War II: Bombing of Bucharest in World War II kills 3,000 civilians.

1945 World War II: United States Army troops liberate Ohrdruf forced labor camp in Germany.

1945 World War II: United States Army troops Battle of Kassel (1945).

1945 World War II: Soviet Red Army troops liberate Hungary from Government of National Unity (Hungary) and occupy the country themselves.

1946 Greek judge and archeologist Panagiotis Poulitsas is appointed Prime Minister of Greece in the midst of the Greek Civil War.

1949 Cold War: Twelve nations sign the North Atlantic Treaty creating the NATO.

1958 The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament peace symbol is displayed in public for the first time in London.

1960 France agrees to grant independence to the Mali Federation, a union of Senegal and French Sudan.

1963 ''Bye Bye Birdie (1963 film)'', a musical romantic comedy film directed by George Sidney, was released.

1964 The Beatles occupy the top five positions on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart.

1967 Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence" speech in New York City's Riverside Church.

1968 Martin Luther King Jr. is Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. by James Earl Ray at a National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tennessee.

1968 Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 6.

1969 Dr. Denton Cooley Implant (medicine) the first temporary artificial heart.

1973 The Twin Towers of the World Trade Center (1973–2001) in New York City are officially dedicated.

1973 A Lockheed C-141 Starlifter, dubbed the ''Hanoi Taxi'', makes the last flight of Operation Homecoming.

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

1975 Vietnam War: A United States Air Force Lockheed C-5 Galaxy Operation Babylift, 1975 Tân Sơn Nhứt C-5 accident near Ho Chi Minh City, South Vietnam shortly after takeoff, killing 172 people.

1977 Southern Airways Flight 242 crashes in New Hope, Paulding County, Georgia, killing 72.

1979 Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan is executed.

1981 Iran–Iraq War: The Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force mounts an H-3 airstrike and destroys about 50 Iraqi aircraft.

1983 Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle ''Space Shuttle Challenger'' makes its maiden voyage into space on STS-6.

1984 President Ronald Reagan calls for an international ban on chemical weapons.

1987 Garuda Indonesia Flight 035 crashes at Soewondo Air Force Base, killing 23.

1988 List of Governors of Arizona Evan Mecham of Arizona is convicted in his impeachment trial and removed from office.

1990 The current flag of Hong Kong is adopted for post-colonial Hong Kong during the Third Session of the 7th National People's Congress National People's Congress.

1991 Senator John Heinz of Pennsylvania and six others are killed when a helicopter 1991 Merion mid-air collision over an elementary school in Merion, Pennsylvania.

1991 Forty-one people are 1991 Sacramento hostage crisis inside a Good Guys (American company) store in Sacramento, California. Three of the hostage takers and three hostages are killed.

1994 Three people are killed when KLM Cityhopper Flight 433 crashes at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.

1996 Comet Hyakutake is imaged by the USA Asteroid Orbiter Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous.

1997 Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on STS-83. However, the mission is later cut short due to a fuel cell problem.

2002 The MPLA government of Angola and UNITA rebels sign a peace treaty ending the Angolan Civil War.

2009 France announces its return to full participation of its military forces within NATO.

2010 2010 Baja California earthquake hits south of the Mexico–United States border, killing at least two and damaging buildings across the two countries.

2011 Georgian Airways Flight 834 crashes at N'djili Airport in Kinshasa, killing 32.

2013 74 people are killed in a 2013 Thane building collapse in Thane, India.

2017 Syria conducts an Khan Shaykhun chemical attack on Khan Shaykhun using Syria chemical weapons program, killing 89 civilians.

2020 China holds a national day of mourning for martyrs who died in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China.

2023 Finland becomes Enlargement of NATO of NATO after Turkey accepts its membership request.

188 Caracalla, Roman emperor (d. 217)

1436 Amalia of Saxony, Duchess of Bavaria-Landshut (d. 1501)

1490 Vojtěch I of Pernstein, Bohemian nobleman (d. 1534)

1492 Ambrosius Blarer, German-Swiss theologian and reformer (d. 1564)

1572 William Strachey, English author (d. 1621)

1586 Richard Saltonstall, English diplomat (d. 1661)

1593 Edward Nicholas, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (d. 1669)

1640 Gaspar Sanz, Spanish guitarist, composer, and priest (d. 1710)

1646 Antoine Galland, French orientalist and archaeologist (d. 1715)

1648 Grinling Gibbons, Dutch-English sculptor (d. 1721)

1676 Giuseppe Maria Orlandini, Italian composer (d. 1760)

1688 Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer and cartographer (d. 1768)

1718 Benjamin Kennicott, English theologian and scholar (d. 1783)

1752 Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli, Italian composer (d. 1837)

1760 Juan Manuel Olivares, Venezuelan organist and composer (d. 1797)

1762 Stephen Storace, English actor and composer (d. 1796)

1772 Nachman of Breslov, Ukrainian founder of the Breslov Hasidic movement (d. 1810)

1780 Edward Hicks, American minister and painter (d. 1849)

1785 Bettina von Arnim, German author, illustrator, and composer (d. 1859)

1792 Thaddeus Stevens, American lawyer and politician (d. 1868)

1802 Dorothea Dix, American nurse and activist (d. 1887)

1818 Thomas Mayne Reid, Irish-American author and poet (d. 1883)

1819 Maria II of Portugal (d. 1853)

1821 Linus Yale Jr., American engineer and businessman (d. 1868)

1826 Zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer, invented the Gramme machine (d. 1901)

1829 Owen Suffolk, Australian bushranger, poet, confidence-man and author (d. ?)

1835 John Hughlings Jackson, English physician and neurologist (d. 1911)

1842 Édouard Lucas, French mathematician and theorist (d. 1891)

1843 William Henry Jackson, American painter and photographer (d. 1942)

1846 Comte de Lautréamont, Uruguayan-French poet and educator (d. 1870)

1851 James Campbell, 1st Baron Glenavy, Irish lawyer and politician (d. 1931)

1853 Remy de Gourmont, French poet, novelist, and critic (d. 1915)

1868 Philippa Fawcett, English mathematician and educator (d. 1948)

1869 Mary Colter, American architect, designed the Desert View Watchtower (d. 1958)

1875 Pierre Monteux, Sephardic Jewish French-American viola player and conductor (d. 1964)

1876 Maurice de Vlaminck, French painter and poet (d. 1958)

1878 Walter Conrad Arensberg, American art collector, critic and poet (d. 1954)

1878 Stylianos Lykoudis, Greek admiral and historian (d. 1958)

1879 Gustav Goßler, German rower (d. 1940)

1884 James Alberione, Italian priest, founded the Society of St. Paul (d. 1971)

1884 Isoroku Yamamoto, Japanese admiral (d. 1943)

1886 Frank Luther Mott, American historian and journalist (d. 1964)

1888 Tris Speaker, American baseball player and manager (d. 1958)

1888 Zdzisław Żygulski, Sr., Polish historian and academic (d. 1975)

1889 Makhanlal Chaturvedi, Indian journalist, poet, and playwright (d. 1968)

1892 Italo Mus, Italian painter (d. 1967)

1892 Edith Södergran, Swedish-speaking population of Finland poet (d. 1923)

1895 Arthur Murray, American dancer and educator (d. 1991)

1896 Robert E. Sherwood, American playwright and screenwriter (d. 1955)

1897 Pierre Fresnay, French actor and screenwriter (d. 1975)

1898 Agnes Ayres, American actress (d. 1940)

1899 Hillel Oppenheimer, German-Israeli botanist and academic (d. 1971)

1902 Louise Lévêque de Vilmorin, French journalist and author (d. 1969)

1902 Stanley G. Weinbaum, American author and poet (d. 1935)

1905 Eugène Bozza, French composer and conductor (d. 1991)

1905 Erika Nõva, Estonian architect and engineer (d. 1987)

1906 Bea Benaderet, Turkish-Irish-American television, radio, and voice actress (d. 1968)

1906 John Cameron Swayze, American journalist (d. 1995)

1907 Robert Askin, Australian sergeant and politician, 32nd Premier of New South Wales (d. 1981)

1910 Đặng Văn Ngữ, Vietnamese physician and academic (d. 1967)

1913 Dave Brown (rugby league, born 1913), Australian rugby league player (d. 1974)

1913 Rosemary Lane (actress), American actress and singer (d. 1974)

1913 Frances Langford, American actress and singer (d. 2005)

1913 Jules Léger, Canadian lawyer and politician, 21st Governor General of Canada (d. 1980)

1913 Muddy Waters, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1983)

1914 Richard Coogan, American actor (d. 2014)

1914 Marguerite Duras, French novelist, screenwriter, and director (d. 1996)

1914 David W. Goodall, Australian ecologist and botanist (d. 2018)

1915 Louis Archambault, Canadian sculptor (d. 2003)

1916 Nikola Ljubičić, Serbian general and politician, 10th List of Presidents of Serbia (d. 2005)

1916 Mickey Owen, American baseball player and coach (d. 2005)

1916 David White (actor), American actor (d. 1990)

1918 George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe, English soldier and politician, Leader of the House of Lords (d. 2007)

1920 Ignatius IV of Antioch, Greek patriarch (d. 2012)

1921 Orunamamu, American-Canadian author and educator (d. 2014)

1921 Elizabeth Wilson, American actress (d. 2015)

1922 Elmer Bernstein, American composer and conductor (d. 2004)

1923 Peter Vaughan, English actor (d. 2016)

1923 Gene Reynolds, American actor, director, producer and screenwriter (d. 2020)

1924 Bob Christie (racing driver), American race car driver (d. 2009)

1924 Gil Hodges, American baseball player and manager (d. 1972)

1925 Dettmar Cramer, German footballer and manager (d. 2015)

1925 Frank Truitt, American basketball player and coach (d. 2014)

1925 Claude Wagner, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (d. 1979)

1925 Emmett Williams, American poet and author (d. 2007)

1926 Ronnie Masterson, Irish actress (d. 2014)

1927 Joe Orlando, Italian-American author and illustrator (d. 1998)

1928 Maya Angelou, American memoirist and poet (d. 2014)

1928 Jimmy Logan, Scottish actor, director, and producer (d. 2001)

1928 Monty Norman, English singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2022)

1929 Humbert Allen Astredo, American actor (d. 2016)

1930 Netty Herawaty, Indonesian actress (d. 1989)

1931 James Dickens, English politician (d. 2013)

1931 Bobby Ray Inman, American admiral and intelligence officer

1931 Catherine Tizard, New Zealand politician, 16th List of Governors-General of New Zealand (d. 2021)

1932 Clive Davis, American record producer, founded Arista Records and J Records

1932 Richard Lugar, American lieutenant and politician, 44th List of mayors of Indianapolis (d. 2019)

1932 Anthony Perkins, American actor (d. 1992)

1932 Johanna Reiss, Dutch-American author

1932 Andrei Tarkovsky, Russian director and producer (d. 1986)

1933 Bill France Jr., American businessman (d. 2007)

1933 Brian Hewson, English runner (d. 2022)

1933 Bapu Nadkarni, Indian cricketer (d. 2020)

1934 Helen Hanft, American actress (d. 2013)

1934 Kronid Lyubarsky, Russian journalist and activist (d. 1996)

1935 Geoff Braybrooke, English-New Zealand soldier and politician (d. 2013)

1935 Kenneth Mars, American actor and comedian (d. 2011)

1935 Trevor Griffiths, English playwright and educator (d. 2024)

1938 A. Bartlett Giamatti, American businessman and academic (d. 1989)

1939 JoAnne Carner, American golfer

1939 Darlene Hooley, American educator and politician

1939 Hugh Masekela, South African trumpeter, flugelhornist, cornetist, composer, and singer (d. 2018)

1940 Richard Attwood, English race car driver

1940 Sharon Sheeley, American singer-songwriter (d. 2002)

1941 Zia Uddin, Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and politician

1942 Jim Fregosi, American baseball player and manager (d. 2014)

1942 Kitty Kelley, American journalist and biographer

1942 Elizabeth Levy, American author

1944 Magda Aelvoet, Belgian politician

1944 Mary Kenny, Irish journalist, author, and playwright

1944 Bob McDill, American country music songwriter

1944 Craig T. Nelson, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

1944 Nelson Prudêncio, Brazilian triple jumper and educator (d. 2012)

1944 Toktamış Ateş, Turkish academician, political commentator, columnist and writer (d. 2013)

1945 Daniel Cohn-Bendit, French-German educator and politician

1945 Caroline McWilliams, American actress (d. 2010)

1946 Colin Coates, Australian speed skater

1946 Dave Hill (guitarist), English guitarist

1946 Katsuaki Satō, Japanese martial artist and coach

1946 György Spiró, Hungarian author and playwright

1946 Bubba Wyche, American football player and coach

1947 Wiranto, Indonesian general and politician

1947 Ray Fosse, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2021)

1947 Eliseo Soriano, Filipino minister and television host (d. 2021)

1948 Abdullah Öcalan, Turkish activist

1948 Berry Oakley, American bass player (d. 1972)

1948 Richard Parsons (businessman), American lawyer and businessman (d. 2024)

1948 Dan Simmons, American author

1948 Derek Thompson (actor), Northern Irish actor

1948 Pick Withers, English drummer

1949 Junior Braithwaite, Jamaican-American singer (d. 1999)

1949 Litsa Diamanti, Greek singer

1949 Shing-Tung Yau, Chinese-American mathematician and academic

1950 Christine Lahti, American actress and director

1951 John Hannah (American football), American football player and coach

1952 Rosemarie Ackermann, German high jumper

1952 Pat Burns, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2010)

1952 Gregg Hansford, Australian race car driver and motorcycle racer (d. 1995)

1952 Cherie Lunghi, English actress and dancer

1952 Karen Magnussen, Canadian figure skater and coach

1952 Gary Moore, Northern Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2011)

1952 Villy Søvndal, Danish educator and politician, List of Danish foreign ministers

1953 Robert Bertrand, Canadian politician (d. 2022)

1953 Henry Fotheringham, South African cricketer

1953 Simcha Jacobovici, Canadian director, producer, journalist, and author

1953 Sammy Wilson (politician), Northern Irish politician, 31st Lord Mayor of Belfast

1953 Chen Yi (composer), Chinese violinist and composer

1956 Evelyn Hart, Canadian ballerina

1956 Tom Herr, American baseball player and manager

1956 David E. Kelley, American screenwriter and producer

1957 Paul Downton, English cricketer

1957 Aki Kaurismäki, Finnish director, producer, and screenwriter

1957 Graeme Kelling, Scottish guitarist (d. 2004)

1957 Nobuyoshi Kuwano, Japanese singer and trumpet player

1958 Peter Baltes, German bass player

1958 Cazuza, Brazilian singer-songwriter (d. 1990)

1958 Rodney Eade, Australian footballer and coach

1959 Phil Morris (actor), American actor and screenwriter

1960 Jonathan Agnew, English cricketer and sportscaster

1960 Jane Eaglen, English soprano

1960 Godknows Igali, Nigerian diplomat, civil servant and technocrat

1960 Hugo Weaving, Nigerian-Australian actor and producer

1961 Hildi Santo-Tomas, American interior decorator

1962 Craig Adams (musician), English bass player and songwriter

1962 Kailasho Devi, Indian social worker and politician

1963 A. Michael Baldwin, American actor, producer, and screenwriter

1963 Jack Del Rio, American football player and coach

1963 Dale Hawerchuk, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2020)

1963 Jane McDonald, English singer and broadcaster

1963 Graham Norton, Irish actor and talk show host

1964 Branco (footballer), Brazilian footballer and coach

1964 Dr. Chud, American drummer and singer

1964 Anthony Clark (actor), American actor

1964 David Cross, American actor, producer, and screenwriter

1964 Satoshi Furukawa, Japanese surgeon and astronaut

1964 Paul Parker (footballer), England international footballer and TV pundit

1964 Đặng Thân, Vietnamese writer and poet

1965 Vinny Burns, English guitarist and producer

1965 Robert Downey Jr., American actor, producer, and screenwriter.

1966 Nancy McKeon, American actress

1966 Mike Starr (musician), American bass player (d. 2011)

1966 Christos Tsekos (basketball), Greek basketball player

1967 Edith Masai, Kenyan-German runner

1967 George Mavrotas, Greek water polo player and politician

1968 Jesús Rollán, Spanish water polo player (d. 2006)

1969 Piotr Anderszewski, Polish pianist and composer

1969 Karren Brady, English journalist and businesswoman

1970 Georgios Amanatidis, Greek footballer and manager

1970 Dimitris Basis, Greek singer

1970 Greg Garcia (producer), American director, producer, and screenwriter

1970 Barry Pepper, Canadian actor and producer

1970 Jason Stoltenberg, Australian tennis player

1970 Josh Todd (musician), American singer-songwriter and actor

1970 Yelena Yelesina, Russian high jumper

1971 Yanic Perreault, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

1971 Malik Yusef, American actor, producer, and poet

1971 John Zandig, American wrestler and promoter

1972 Jim Dymock, Australian rugby league player and coach

1972 Martin Rundkvist, Swedish archaeologist and professor

1972 Jill Scott (singer), American singer-songwriter and actress

1972 Magnus Sveningsson, Swedish bass player

1973 Chris Banks (American football), American football player (d. 2014)

1973 David Blaine, American magician and producer

1973 Loris Capirossi, Italian motorcycle racer

1973 Peter Hoekstra (footballer), Dutch footballer and coach

1973 Chris McCormack (triathlete), Australian triathlete and coach

1973 Kelly Price, American singer-songwriter

1975 Delphine Arnault, French businesswoman

1975 Thobias Fredriksson, Swedish skier

1975 Joyce Giraud, Puerto Rican television actress and producer, Miss Puerto Rico

1975 Pamela Ribon, American actress, screenwriter, and author

1975 Miranda Lee Richards, American singer-songwriter

1975 Scott Rolen, American baseball player

1975 Kevin Weekes, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster

1976 Nathan Blacklock, Australian rugby player

1976 Sébastien Enjolras, French race car driver (d. 1997)

1976 Emerson Ferreira da Rosa, Brazilian footballer

1976 James Roday, American actor, director, and screenwriter

1977 Stephan Bonnar, American mixed martial artist (d. 2022)

1977 Keith Bulluck, American football player and sportscaster

1977 Adam Dutkiewicz, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer

1977 Stephen Mulhern, English magician and television host

1977 Omarr Smith, American football player and coach

1978 Jason Ellison, American baseball player and scout

1978 Alan Mahon, Irish footballer

1979 Heath Ledger, Australian actor (d. 2008)

1979 Roberto Luongo, Canadian ice hockey player

1979 Natasha Lyonne, American actress

1979 Andy McKee, American guitarist

1979 Maksim Opalev, Russian canoeist

1980 Johnny Borrell, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

1980 Trevor Moore (comedian), American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2021)

1980 Eric Steinbach, American football player

1980 Björn Wirdheim, Swedish race car driver

1981 Currensy, American rapper

1981 Eduardo Luís Carloto, Brazilian footballer

1981 Casey Daigle, American baseball player

1981 Anna Pyatykh, Russian triple jumper

1981 Ned Vizzini, American author and screenwriter (d. 2013)

1982 Justin Cook, American voice actor and producer

1982 Magnus Lindgren (chef), Swedish chef (d. 2012)

1983 Evgeny Artyukhin, Russian ice hockey player

1983 Eric André, American comedian

1983 Ben Gordon, American basketball player

1983 Doug Lynch (ice hockey), Canadian ice hockey player

1983 Natalie Pike, Scottish-English model and actress

1983 Amanda Righetti, American actress

1984 Sean May, American basketball player

1984 Arkady Vyatchanin, Russian swimmer

1985 Rudy Fernández (basketball), Spanish basketball player

1985 Dudi Sela, Israeli tennis player

1985 Ricardo Vilar, Brazilian footballer

1986 Eunhyuk, South Korean singer-songwriter and dancer

1986 Cameron Barker, Canadian ice hockey player

1986 Maurice Manificat, French skier

1986 Aiden McGeady, Scottish-born Irish footballer

1986 Alexander Tettey, Norwegian footballer

1987 Sami Khedira, German footballer

1987 McDonald Mariga, Kenyan footballer

1987 Cameron Maybin, American baseball player

1987 Marcos Vellidis, Greek footballer

1987 Sarah Gadon, Canadian actress

1988 Frank Fielding, English footballer

1989 Vurnon Anita, Dutch footballer

1989 Steven Finn, English cricketer

1989 Chris Herd, Australian footballer

1991 Yui Koike, Japanese singer and actress

1991 Asia Muhammad, American tennis player

1991 Justin O'Neill, Australian rugby league player

1991 Martín Pérez (baseball), Venezuelan baseball player

1991 Jamie Lynn Spears, American actress and singer

1991 Marlon Stöckinger, Filipino race car driver

1992 Lucy May Barker, English actress and singer

1992 Ricky Dillon, American YouTuber and singer

1993 Samir Carruthers, English footballer

1993 Frank Kaminsky, American basketball player

1994 Shunsuke Nishikawa, Japanese actor

1994 Risako Sugaya, Japanese singer and actress

1996 Austin Mahone, American singer-songwriter and actor

2001 Anzor Alem, Congolese actor and singer

2003 Harvey Elliott, English footballer

397 Ambrose, Roman archbishop and saint (b. 338)

636 Isidore of Seville, Spanish archbishop and saint (b. 560)

814 Plato of Sakkoudion, Byzantine monk and saint (b. 735)

896 Pope Formosus, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 816)

911 (year) Liu Yin (Southern Han), Chinese warlord and governor (b. 874)

931 Kong Xun, Chinese official and governor (b. 884)

968 Abu Firas al-Hamdani, Arab prince and poet (b. 932)

991 Reginold of Eichstätt, bishop of Eichstätt

1284 Alfonso X of Castile, king of Castile and León (b. 1221)

1292 Pope Nicholas IV, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1227)

1406 Robert III of Scotland, king of Scotland (b. 1337)

1483 Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex (b. c. 1405)

1536 Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (b. 1460)

1538 Elena Glinskaya, Grand Princess and regent of Russia

1588 Frederick II of Denmark, king of Denmark and Norway (b. 1534)

1589 Benedict the Moor, Sicilian Franciscan friar and saint (b. 1526) [https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/people-global-african-history/st-benedict-moor-1526-1589/ 1]

1596 Philip II, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen (b. 1533)

1609 Carolus Clusius, Flemish botanist, mycologist, and academic (b. 1526)

1617 John Napier, Scottish mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1550)

1643 Simon Episcopius, Dutch theologian and academic (b. 1583)

1661 Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven, Scottish field marshal (b. 1580)

1743 Daniel Neal, English historian and author (b. 1678)

1761 Théodore Gardelle, Swiss painter (b. 1722)

1766 John Taylor (classical scholar), English librarian and scholar (b. 1704)

1774 Oliver Goldsmith, Irish novelist, playwright and poet (b. 1728)

1792 James Sykes (Continental Congress), American lawyer and politician (b. 1725)

1807 Jérôme Lalande, French astronomer and academic (b. 1732)

1817 André Masséna, French general (b. 1758)

1841 William Henry Harrison, American general and politician, 9th President of the United States (b. 1773)

1846 Solomon Sibley, American lawyer and politician, 1st List of mayors of Detroit (b. 1769)

1861 John McLean, American jurist and politician, 6th United States Postmaster General (b. 1785)

1863 Ludwig Emil Grimm, German painter and engraver (b. 1790)

1864 Joseph Pitty Couthouy, American commander and paleontologist (b. 1808)

1870 Heinrich Gustav Magnus, German chemist and physicist (b. 1802)

1874 Charles Ernest Beulé, French archaeologist and politician (b. 1826)

1875 Karl Mauch, German geographer and explorer (b. 1837)

1878 Richard M. Brewer, American criminal (b. 1850)

1879 Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, German physicist and meteorologist (b. 1803)

1883 Peter Cooper, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Cooper Union (b. 1791)

1890 Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Premier of Quebec (b. 1820)

1890 Edmond Hébert, French geologist and academic (b. 1812)

1912 Charles Brantley Aycock, American lawyer and politician, 50th Governor of North Carolina (b. 1859)

1912 Isaac K. Funk, American minister, lexicographer, and publisher, co-founded Funk & Wagnalls (b. 1839)

1913 Emmanouil Argyropoulos, Greek pioneer aviator (b. 1889)

1913 Konstantinos Manos, Greek politician, poet, soldier and sportsman (b. 1869)

1919 William Crookes, English chemist and physicist (b. 1832)

1919 Jacinta and Francisco Marto, Portuguese saint (b. 1908)

1923 John Venn, English mathematician and philosopher, created the Venn diagram (b. 1834)

1928 Konstantinos Maleas, Greek painter (b. 1879)

1929 Karl Benz, German engineer and businessman, founded Mercedes-Benz (b. 1844)

1931 André Michelin, French businessman, co-founded the Michelin (b. 1853)

1932 Wilhelm Ostwald, Latvian-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate (b. 1853)

1933 Elizabeth Bacon Custer, American author and educator (b. 1842)

1944 Morris H. Whitehouse, American architect (b. 1878)

1951 George Albert Smith, American religious leader, 8th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1870)

1953 Carol II of Romania (b. 1893)

1957 E. Herbert Norman, Canadian historian and diplomat (b. 1909)

1958 Johnny Stompanato, American soldier and bodyguard (b. 1925)

1961 Harald Riipalu, Estonian military commander (b. 1912)

1961 Simion Stoilow, Romanian mathematician and academic (b. 1873)

1963 Oskari Tokoi, Finnish socialist and the Chairman of the Senate of Finland (b. 1873)

1967 Al Lewis (lyricist), American songwriter (b. 1901)

1967 Héctor Scarone, Uruguayan footballer and manager (b. 1898)

1968 Martin Luther King Jr., American minister and activist, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.) (b. 1929)

1972 Adam Clayton Powell Jr., American pastor and politician (b. 1908)

1972 Stefan Wolpe, German-American composer and academic (b. 1902)

1976 Harry Nyquist, Swedish engineer and theorist (b. 1889)

1977 Andrey Dikiy, Ukrainian-American journalist, historian, and politician (b. 1893)

1979 Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Pakistani lawyer and politician, 4th President of Pakistan (b. 1928)

1979 Edgar Buchanan, American actor (b. 1903)

1980 Red Sovine, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1917)

1983 Gloria Swanson, American actress (b. 1899)

1983 Bernard Vukas, Croatian football player, played for 1953 FIFA's "Rest of the World" team against England at Wembley (b. 1927)

1984 Oleg Antonov (aircraft designer), Russian-Ukrainian engineer and businessman, founded Antonov Design Bureau (b. 1906)

1985 Kate Roberts (author), Welsh author and activist (b. 1891)

1987 C. L. Moore, American author and academic (b. 1911)

1987 Chögyam Trungpa, Tibetan guru, poet, and scholar (b. 1939)

1987 Sachchidananda Vatsyayan, Indian journalist and author (b. 1911)

1991 Edmund Adamkiewicz, German footballer (b. 1920)

1991 Max Frisch, Swiss playwright and novelist (b. 1911)

1991 H. John Heinz III, American soldier and politician (b. 1938)

1991 Graham Ingels, American illustrator (b. 1915)

1992 Yvette Brind'Amour, Canadian actress and director (b. 1918)

1992 Jack Hamilton (footballer, born 1928), Australian footballer (b. 1928)

1992 Arthur Russell (musician), American singer-songwriter and cellist (b. 1951)

1993 Alfred Mosher Butts, American game designer, invented Scrabble (b. 1899)

1993 Douglas Leopold, Canadian radio and television host (b. 1947)

1995 Kenny Everett, English radio and television host (b. 1944)

1995 Priscilla Lane, American actress (b. 1915)

1996 Barney Ewell, American runner and long jumper (b. 1918)

1996 Boone Guyton, American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1913)

1997 Leo Picard, German-Israeli geologist and academic (b. 1900)

1997 Alparslan Türkeş, Turkish colonel and politician, 39th List of Deputy Prime Ministers of Turkey (b. 1917)

1999 Lucille Lortel, American actress, artistic director and producer (b. 1900)

1999 Early Wynn, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1920)

2001 Liisi Oterma, Finnish astronomer (b. 1915)

2001 Ed Roth, American illustrator and engineer (b. 1932)

2001 Maury Van Vliet, American-Canadian academic (b. 1913)

2003 Anthony Caruso (actor), American actor (b. 1916)

2004 Briek Schotte, Belgian cyclist and coach (b. 1919)

2005 Edward Bronfman, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1924)

2007 Bob Clark, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1941)

2007 Karen Spärck Jones, English computer scientist and academic (b. 1935)

2008 Francis Tucker, South African race car driver (b. 1923)

2009 Maxine Cooper, American actress, activist and photographer (b. 1924)

2011 Scott Columbus, American drummer (b. 1956)

2011 Ned McWherter, American politician, 46th Governor of Tennessee (b. 1930)

2011 Juliano Mer-Khamis, Israeli actor, director, and activist (b. 1958)

2012 A. Dean Byrd, American psychologist and academic (b. 1948)

2012 Dimitris Christoulas, Greek pensioner who committed suicide in public (b. 1935)

2012 Anne Karin Elstad, Norwegian author and educator (b. 1938)

2012 Claude Miller, French director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1942)

2012 Dubravko Pavličić, Croatian footballer (b. 1967)

2012 Roberto Rexach Benítez, Puerto Rican academic and politician, 10th President of the Senate of Puerto Rico (b. 1929)

2013 Bengt Blomgren, Swedish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1923)

2013 Roger Ebert, American journalist, critic, and screenwriter (b. 1942)

2013 Carmine Infantino, American illustrator (b. 1925)

2013 Tommy Tycho, Hungarian-Australian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1928)

2013 Ian Walsh (rugby league), Australian rugby player and coach (b. 1933)

2013 Noboru Yamaguchi (author), Japanese author (b. 1972)

2014 İsmet Atlı, Turkish wrestler and trainer (b. 1931)

2014 Wayne Henderson (musician), American trombonist and producer (b. 1939)

2014 Kumba Ialá, Bissau-Guinean soldier and politician, List of heads of state of Guinea-Bissau (b. 1953)

2014 Margo MacDonald, Scottish journalist and politician (b. 1943)

2014 Curtis Bill Pepper, American journalist and author (b. 1917)

2014 Muhammad Qutb, Egyptian author and academic (b. 1919)

2015 Jamaluddin Jarjis, Malaysian engineer and politician (b. 1951)

2015 Elmer Lach, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1918)

2015 Donald N. Levine, American sociologist and academic (b. 1931)

2015 Klaus Rifbjerg, Danish author and poet (b. 1931)

2016 Chus Lampreave, Spanish actress (b. 1930)

2024 Lynne Reid Banks, British author (b. 1929)

2024 Thomas Gumbleton, American Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1930)

2024 Pat Zachry, American baseball player (b. 1952)

Children's Day (Hong Kong, Taiwan)

Christian Calendar of saints:

- Benedict the Moor

- Gaetano Catanoso

- Isidore of Seville

- Martin Luther King Jr. (Episcopal Church (USA))

- Reginald Heber (Anglican Church of Canada)

- Tigernach of Clones

- Plato of Sakkoudion

- April 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Independence Day (Senegal), celebrates the independence of Senegal from France (1960).

Peace Day (Angola)

One of the possible days for Qingming Festival.

NATO Day

[http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/4 BBC: On This Day]

[https://www.onthisday.com/events/april/4 Historical Events on April 4]