THIS DAY IN HISTORY 04/04

This Day in History 04/04

APRIL 4TH

1912 – Chinese republic proclaimed in Tibet

1944 – British troops capture Addis Ababa Ethiopia

1947 – UN’s International Civil Aviation Organization forms

1949 – North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) treaty signed (Wash DC)

1959 – Fed of Mali, consisting of Senegal & French Sudan (dissolved 1960)

1960 – Senegal declares independence from France

1968 – Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee

1975 – Microsoft is founded as a partnership between Bill Gates and Paul Allen.

1979 – Ex-President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan is executed.

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

2013 – Poecilotheria rajaei, a giant tarantula with a 20cm leg span, is discovered in Sri Lanka

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

1786 – John Franklin, British explorer (Arctic)

1965 – Robert Downey Jr, NYC, comedian (SNL, Less than Zero, Back to School)

1933 – Robin Phillips, English multi-millionaire manufacturer (hand-dryer)

FAMOUS DEATHS

1941 – Andre Michelin, French tire manufacturer, dies at 88

1968 – Martin Luther King Jr, assassinated at the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis Tennessee at 39

1979 – Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Pakistani president, hanged in Pakistan at 51

FAMOUS WEDDING

2008 – Singer-songwriter and actress Beyonce Knowles (30) weds rapper Jay-Z (43) at a 13,500-square foot penthouse apartment in New York

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 25/03

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MARCH 25TH

421 – Friday at 12 PM – city of Venice founded

1655 – Christiaan Huygens discovers Titan (Saturn’s largest satellite

1807 – British Parliament abolishes slave trade

1820 – Greece freedom revolt against anti Ottoman attack

1821 – Greece gains independence from Turkey (National Day)

1851 – Yosemite Valley discovered in California

1895 – Italian troops invade Abyssinia (Ethiopia)

1918 – The Belarusian People’s Republic is established.

1920 – Greek Independence Day

1923 – British government grants Trans-Jordan autonomy

1924 – Greek parliament selects admiral Paul Koundouriotis as premier

1957 – Treaty of Rome establishes European Economic Community (Common Mkt)

1964 – Britain sets memorial for the late President John F Kennedy

1964 – Egypt ends state of siege (1952-64)

1965 – Martin Luther King Jr led 25,000 to state capitol in Montgomery, Al

2013 – Golfer Tiger Woods returns to his world number one ranking

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

1947 – Elton John, [Reginald Kenneth Dwight], England, singer (Rocketman)

1965 – Sarah Jessica Parker, Nelsonville Ohio, American actress (Square Pegs, Sex and the City)

FAMOUS DEATHS

2012 – Larry Stevenson [Richard], American skateboard innovator, dies from pneumonia and Alzheimer’s disease at 81

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