April 4 - The Day in History

April 4 : General Interest 1968 : Dr. King is assassinated Just after 6 p.m. on April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. is fatally shot while standing on the balcony outside his second-story room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee... read more American Revolution 1776 : Washington begins march to New York http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/washington-begins-march-to-new-york Automotive 1933 : Man who took NASCAR mainstream is born http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/man-who-took-nascar-mainstream-is-born Civil War 1865 : President Lincoln tours Richmond http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/president-lincoln-in-richmond Cold War 1949 : NATO pact signed http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nato-pact-signed Crime 1968 : Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/martin-luther-king-jr-is-assassinated Disaster 1933 : Dirigible crash kills 73 http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/dirigible-crash-kills-73 General Interest 1841 : President Harrison dies after one month in office http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/president-harrison-dies-after-one-month-in-office 1918 : Second Battle of the Somme ends http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/second-battle-of-the-somme-ends 1949 : NATO established http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nato-established Hollywood 1960 : Ben-Hur wins 11 Academy Awards http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ben-hur-wins-11-academy-awards 2013 : Legendary movie critic Roger Ebert dies http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/legendary-movie-critic-roger-ebert-dies Literary 1928 : Maya Angelou is born http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/maya-angelou-is-born Music 1913 : Muddy Waters is born http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/muddy-waters-is-born Old West 1843 : Yellowstone photographer William Jackson is born http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/yellowstone-photographer-william-jackson-is-born Presidential 1841 : Harrison dies of pneumonia http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/harrison-dies-of-pneumonia 1865 : Lincoln dreams about a presidential assassination http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lincoln-dreams-about-a-presidential-assassination Sports 1982 : Gretzky finishes season with 212 points http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/gretzky-finishes-season-with-212-points Vietnam War 1967 : Martin Luther King, Jr., speaks out against the war http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/martin-luther-king-jr-speaks-out-against-the-war 1975 : Operation Baby Lift aircraft crashes http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/operation-baby-lift-aircraft-crashes World War I 1918 : Germans and Allies step up operations near Somme http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germans-and-allies-step-up-operations-near-somme World War II 1884 : Yamamoto Isoroku, Japan's mastermind of the Pearl Harbor attack, is born http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/yamamoto-isoroku-japans-mastermind-of-the-pearl-harbor-attack-is-born