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Friday, April 4, 2014

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

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