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04 April, 2007
15 British Royal Navy personnel held in Iran are released by the Iranian President.
04 April, 2002
The Angolan government and UNITA rebels sign a peace treaty ending the Angolan Civil War.
04 April, 1999
Against the plea of Pope John Paul II, NATO planes continued to bomb the former Yugoslavia on Easter Sunday.
04 April, 1996
Comet Hyakutake was imaged by the USA Asteroid Orbiter Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous.
04 April, 1994
Marc Andreessen and Jim Clark found Netscape Communications Corporation under the name "Mosaic Communications Corporation".
04 April, 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.
04 April, 1988
Governor Evan Mecham of Arizona is convicted in his impeachment trial and removed from office.
04 April, 1984
President Ronald Reagan calls for an international ban on chemical weapons.
04 April, 1983
Space Shuttle Challenger makes its maiden voyage into space (STS-6).
04 April, 1979
President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan is executed.
04 April, 1976
Prince Norodom Sihanouk resigns as leader of Cambodia and is placed under house arrest.
04 April, 1975
Microsoft is founded as a partnership between Bill Gates and Paul Allen.
04 April, 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.
04 April, 1973
The World Trade Center in New York is officially dedicated.
04 April, 1969
Dr. Denton Cooley implants the first temporary artificial heart.
04 April, 1968
Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated at a motel in Memphis, Tennessee.
04 April, 1968
Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 6.
04 April, 1968
AEK Athens BC becomes the first Greek team to win the European Basketball Cup.
04 April, 1967
Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence" speech in New York Citys Riverside Church.
04 April, 1965
The first model of the new Saab Viggen fighter aircraft plane is unveiled.
04 April, 1964
The Beatles occupy the top five positions on the Billboard Top 40 Mainstream
04 April, 1960
Senegal independence day.
04 April, 1949
Twelve nations sign the North Atlantic Treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.
04 April, 1945
World War II: American troops liberate Ohrdruf forced labor camp in Germany.
04 April, 1945
World War II: Soviet Army takes control of Hungary.
04 April, 1939
Faisal II becomes King of Iraq.
04 April, 1930
The Communist Party of Panama is founded.
04 April, 1918
World War I: Second Battle of the Somme ends.
04 April, 1913
The Greek aviator Emmanuel Argyropoulos becomes the first pilot victim of the Hellenic Air Force when his plane crashes.
04 April, 1905
In India, an earthquake near Kangra kills 20,000.
04 April, 1887
Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.
04 April, 1866
Alexander II of Russia narrowly escapes an assassination attempt in the city of Kiev.
04 April, 1865
American Civil War: A day after Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln visits the Confederate capital.
04 April, 1859
Bryants Minstrels debut "Dixie" in New York City in the finale of a blackface minstrel show.
04 April, 1850
The Great Fire of Cottenham, a large part of the Cambridgeshire village (England) is burnt to the ground under suspicious circumstances.
04 April, 1850
Los Angeles, California is incorporated as a city.
04 April, 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. Vice President John Tyler becomes the 10th President. Tyler is the first Vice President to become President, upon the death of the President.
04 April, 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).
04 April, 1814
Napoleon abdicates for the first time.
04 April, 1812
U.S. President James Madison enacted a ninety-day embargo on trade with the United Kingdom.
04 April, 1721
Sir Robert Walpole enters office as the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom under King George I.
04 April, 1660
Declaration of Breda by King Charles II of England.
04 April, 1655
The miraculous statue entitled the Infant of Prague is solemnly crowned by command of Cardinal Harrach.
04 April, 1581
Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I.

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