April 4 in History

Historical Events on April 4

1147 First historical record of Moscow.

1814 Napoleon abdicates for the first time and names his son Napoleon II as Emperor of the French.

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

1944 World War II: First bombardment of oil refineries in Bucharest by Anglo-American forces kills 3000 civilians.

1945 World War II: Soviet troops liberate Hungary from German occupation and occupy the country itself.

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

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.

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

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Famous Birthdays on April 4

1932 Richard Lugar

1932 Anthony Perkins

1979 Heath Ledger

1979 Roberto Luongo

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Famous Deaths on April 4

1953 Carol II of Romania

1968 Martin Luther King Jr.

1979 Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

2013 Roger Ebert

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