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April 4 is the 94th day of the year (95th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 271 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

• 1081 – Alexios I Komnenos is crowned Byzantine emperor at Constantinople, beginning the Komnenian dynasty.
• 1581 – Francis Drake is knighted for completing a circumnavigation of the world.
• 1655 – The miraculous statue entitled the Infant of Prague is solemnly crowned by command of Cardinal Harrach.
• 1660 – Declaration of Breda by King Charles II of England.
• 1721 – Sir Robert Walpole enters office as the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom under King George I.
• 1812 – U.S. President James Madison enacted a ninety-day embargo on trade with the United Kingdom.
• 1814 – Napoleon abdicates for the first time.
• 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).
• 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.
• 1850 – The Great Fire of Cottenham, a large part of the Cambridgeshire village (England) is burnt to the ground under suspicious circumstances.
• 1850 – Los Angeles, California is incorporated as a city.
• 1859 – Bryant's Minstrels debut "Dixie" in New York City in the finale of a blackface minstrel show.
• 1865 – American Civil War: A day after Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln visits the Confederate capital.
• 1866 – Alexander II of Russia narrowly escapes an assassination attempt in the city of Kiev.
• 1873 – The Kennel Club is founded, the oldest and first official registry of purebred dogs in the world.
• 1887 – Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.
• 1905 – In India, the 1905 Kangra earthquake hits the Kangra valley, kills 20,000, and destroys most buildings in Kangra, Mcleodganj and Dharamshala.
• 1913 – The Greek aviator Emmanuel Argyropoulos becomes the first pilot victim of the Hellenic Air Force when his plane crashes.
• 1918 – World War I: Second Battle of the Somme ends.
• 1930 – The Communist Party of Panama is founded.
• 1939 – Faisal II becomes King of Iraq.
• 1944 – World War II: First bombardment of Bucharest by Anglo-American forces kills 3000 civilians.
• 1945 – World War II: American troops liberate Ohrdruf forced labor camp in Germany.
• 1945 – World War II: Soviet Army takes control of Hungary.
• 1949 – Twelve nations sign the North Atlantic Treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.
• 1958 – The CND Peace Symbol displayed in public for the first time in London.
• 1960 – Senegal independence day.
• 1964 – The Beatles occupy the top five positions on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart.
• 1965 – The first model of the new Saab Viggen fighter aircraft plane is unveiled.
• 1967 – Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence" speech in New York City's Riverside Church.
• 1968 – Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated by James Earl Ray at a motel in Memphis, Tennessee.
• 1968 – Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 6.
• 1968 – AEK Athens BC becomes the first Greek team to win the European Basketball Cup.
• 1969 – Dr. Denton Cooley implants the first temporary artificial heart.
• 1973 – The World Trade Center in New York is officially dedicated.
• 1975 – Microsoft is founded as a partnership between Bill Gates and Paul Allen.
• 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.
• 1976 – Prince Norodom Sihanouk resigns as leader of Cambodia and is placed under house arrest.
• 1979 – President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan is executed.
• 1979 – The 2nd Congress of the Communist Youth of Greece starts.
• 1983 – Space Shuttle Challenger makes its maiden voyage into space (STS-6).
• 1984 – President Ronald Reagan calls for an international ban on chemical weapons.
• 1988 – Governor Evan Mecham of Arizona is convicted in his impeachment trial and removed from office.
• 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.
• 1994 – Marc Andreessen and Jim Clark found Netscape Communications Corporation under the name "Mosaic Communications Corporation".
• 1996 – Comet Hyakutake is imaged by the USA Asteroid Orbiter Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous.
• 2002 – The Angolan government and UNITA rebels sign a peace treaty ending the Angolan Civil War.
• 2007 – 15 British Royal Navy personnel held in Iran are released by the Iranian President.
• 2008 – The raid on the FLDS owned ranch called the YFZ Ranch in Texas, 401 children are taken into custody. 133 woman are taken into state custody also, the total number of woman and children is 534.

Births

• 186 – Caracalla, Roman emperor (d. 217)
• 1492 – Ambrosius Blarer, German reformer (d. 1564)
• 1572 – William Strachey, English writer (d. 1621)
• 1593 – Edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669)
• 1646 – Antoine Galland, French archaeologist (d. 1715)
• 1648 – Grinling Gibbons Dutch woodcarver (d. 1721)
• 1688 – Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768)
• 1718 – Benjamin Kennicott, English churchman and Hebrew scholar (d. 1783)
• 1772 – Nachman of Breslov, Ukrainian founder of Breslov Hasidut (d. 1810)
• 1785 – Bettina von Arnim, German writer (d. 1859)
• 1802 – Dorothea Dix, American social activist (d. 1887)
• 1818 – Thomas Mayne Reid, Irish-American novelist (d. 1883)
• 1819 – Queen Maria II of Portugal (d. 1853)
• 1821 – Linus Yale, Jr., American inventor and manufacturer (d. 1868)
• 1826 – Zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer (d. 1901)
• 1842 – Edouard Lucas, French mathematician (d. 1891)
• 1846 – Comte de Lautréamont, French writer (d. 1870)
• 1853 – Tad Lincoln, son of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln (d. 1871)
• 1858 – Remy de Gourmont, French poet (d. 1915)
• 1875 – Pierre Monteux, French conductor (d. 1964)
• 1876 – Maurice de Vlaminck, French painter (d. 1958)
• 1882 – Kurt von Schleicher, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1934)
• 1884 – Giacomo Alberione, Italian priest and publisher (d. 1971)
• 1884 – Isoroku Yamamoto, Japanese naval commander (d. 1943)
• 1888 – Tris Speaker, American baseball player (d. 1958)
• 1888 – Zdzisław Żygulski, Sr., Polish literary historian (d. 1975)
• 1895 – Arthur Murray, American dance teacher (d. 1991)
• 1896 – Robert E. Sherwood, American playwright (d. 1955)
• 1897 – Pierre Fresnay, French stage and film actor (d. 1975)
• 1898 – Agnes Ayres, American actress (d. 1940)
• 1899 – Hillel Oppenheimer, German-born Israeli botanist (d. 1971)
• 1902 – Louise Leveque de Vilmorin, French actress (d. 1969)
• 1902 – Stanley G. Weinbaum, American science-fiction author (d. 1935)
• 1905 – Eugene Bozza, French modern composer (d. 1991)
• 1906 – Bea Benaderet, American actress (d. 1968)
• 1906 – John Cameron Swayze, American journalist (d. 1995)
• 1908 – Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, American memoirist (Cheaper by the Dozen) (d. 2006)
• 1911 – Max Dupain, Australian photographer (d. 1992)
• 1913 – Frances Langford, American actress (d. 2005)
• 1913 – Jules Léger, Quebec diplomat and Governor general of Canada (d. 1980)
• 1914 – Marguerite Duras, French writer (d. 1996)
• 1915 – Muddy Waters, American musician (d. 1983)
• 1916 – Nikola Ljubicic, Yugoslav general, Serbian communist politician (d. 2005)
• 1916 – Mickey Owen, American baseball player (d. 2005)
• 1916 – David White, American actor (d. 1990)
• 1918 – George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe (d. 2007)
• 1920 – Éric Rohmer, French film director (d. 2010)
• 1922 – Elmer Bernstein, American composer (d. 2004)
• 1923 – Peter Vaughan, English actor
• 1924 – Gil Hodges, American baseball player and manager (d. 1972)
• 1925 – Claude Wagner, French-Canadian politician and judge (d. 1979)
• 1925 – Emmett Williams, American poet (d. 2007)
• 1928 – Maya Angelou, American writer
• 1931 – Bobby Ray Inman, American admiral and intelligence director
• 1932 – Clive Davis, American record producer
• 1932 – Estelle Harris, American actress
• 1932 – Richard Lugar, American politician
• 1932 – Anthony Perkins, American actor (d. 1992)
• 1932 – Andrei Tarkovsky, Soviet film director (d. 1986)
• 1933 – Bill France, Jr., NASCAR pioneer (d. 2007)
• 1938 – A. Bartlett Giamatti, American university president and Commissioner of Baseball (d. 1989)
• 1939 – JoAnne Carner, American golfer
• 1939 – Major Lance, American singer (d. 1994)
• 1939 – Hugh Masekela, South African musician
• 1940 – Richard Attwood, British racing driver
• 1940 – Sharon Sheeley, American songwriter (d. 2002)
• 1942 – Jim Fregosi, American baseball player and manager
• 1942 – Kitty Kelley, American writer
• 1944 – Magda Aelvoet, Belgian politician
• 1944 – Craig T. Nelson, American actor
• 1945 – Daniel Cohn-Bendit, French political activist
• 1945 – Caroline McWilliams, American actress
• 1946 – Dave Hill, English guitarist (Slade)
• 1946 – Katsuaki Sato, Japanese martial artist
• 1946 – Colin Coates, Australian speed skater
• 1947 – Ray Fosse, American baseball player and broadcaster
• 1947 – Luke Halpin, American actor
• 1947 – Wiranto, Indonesian general
• 1948 – Michael Blassie, American military officer (d. 1972)
• 1948 – Berry Oakley, American bassist (The Allman Brothers Band) (d. 1972)
• 1948 – Abdullah Öcalan, leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party
• 1948 – Dan Simmons, American writer
• 1948 – Derek Thompson, Northern Irish actor
• 1949 – Junior Braithwaite, Jamaican singer (The Wailers) (d. 1999)
• 1949 – Shing-Tung Yau, Chinese mathematician
• 1950 – Christine Lahti, American actress
• 1951 – John Hannah, American football player
• 1951 – Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Cambodia
• 1952 – Rosemarie Ackermann, German athlete
• 1952 – Pat Burns, Canadian ice hockey coach
• 1952 – Gary Moore, Irish guitarist (Thin Lizzy)
• 1952 – Gregg Hansford, Australian motorcycle and car racer (d. 1995)
• 1952 – Villy Søvndal, Danish politican
• 1953 – Robert Bertrand, Canadian politician
• 1953 – Sammy Wilson, Northern Irish politician
• 1954 – Julie Carmen, American Actress
• 1953 – Henry Fotheringham, former South African cricketer
• 1956 – Tom Herr, American baseball player
• 1956 – David E. Kelley, American writer and TV producer
• 1957 – Ali El Haggar, Egyptian singer and actor
• 1957 – Aki Kaurismäki, Finnish film director
• 1957 – Graeme Kelling, Scottish musician (Deacon Blue) (d. 2004)
• 1957 – Kelso, American racehorse (d. 1983)
• 1957 – Nobuyoshi Kuwano, Japanese musician (Rats & Star)
• 1958 – Cazuza, Brazilian poet, singer and composer (d. 1990)
• 1958 – Mary-Margaret Humes, American actress
• 1960 – Jane Eaglin, English soprano
• 1960 – Hugo Weaving, Nigerian-born English-Australian actor
• 1962 – Craig Adams, English musician(The Sisters of Mercy, Mission UK)
• 1963 – Dale Hawerchuk, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1963 – Graham Norton, Irish talk show host
• 1964 – Dang Than, Vietnamese poet and writer
• 1964 – Branco, Brazilian footballer and coach
• 1964 – David Cross, American actor and comedian
• 1964 – Robbie Rist, American actor
• 1965 – Robert Downey, Jr., American actor
• 1966 – Riduan Isamuddin, Guantanamo detainee
• 1966 – Nancy McKeon, American actor
• 1966 – Mike Starr, American musician (Alice In Chains)
• 1966 – Christos Tsekos Greek basketball player
• 1967 – George Mavrotas, Greek water polo player
• 1968 – Xenia Seeberg, German film and television actress
• 1968 – Jesús Miguel Rollán Prada, waterpolo Spanish player (d. 2006)
• 1970 – Barry Pepper, Canadian actor
• 1970 – Michael Schwartz, American turntablist, known as Mix Master Mike, DJ for the Beastie Boys
• 1970 – Wendy Bell, Television news reporter for WTAE in Pittsburgh
• 1971 – Yanic Perreault, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1971 – Josh Todd, American lead singer of rock band Buckcherry
• 1971 – John Zandig, American professional wrestler
• 1971 – Mark Chapman, British radio sports newsreader and DJ
• 1972 – Jill Scott, American soul singer
• 1972 – Magnus Sveningsson, Swedish musician (The Cardigans)
• 1972 – Lisa Ray, Indo-Canadian actress
• 1973 – David Blaine, American illusionist
• 1973 – Peter Hoekstra, Dutch footballer
• 1973 – Chris McCormack, Australian triathlete
• 1973 – Loris Capirossi, Italian motorcycle racer
• 1974 – Dave Mirra, American athlete
• 1975 – Delphine Arnault, French businesswoman
• 1975 – Thobias Fredriksson, Swedish cross-country skier
• 1975 – Pamela Ribon, American author, actress
• 1975 – Scott Rolen, American baseball player
• 1975 – Roy Padrick, American journalist
• 1976 – Emerson, Brazilian footballer
• 1976 – Sébastien Enjolras, French racing driver (d. 1997)
• 1976 – James Roday, American actor
• 1977 – Adam Dutkiewicz, American guitarist and producer(Killswitch Engage)
• 1977 – Stephen Mulhern, British magician, CITV Presenter
• 1977 – Omarr Ali Hasan Smith, American Arena Football League defensive back
• 1978 – Jason Ellison, American baseball player
• 1978 – Lemar, English singer
• 1978 – Alan Mahon, Irish footballer
• 1978 – Sam Moran, Australian entertainer
• 1978 – Irene Skliva, Greek 1996 Miss World winner
• 1978 – Aska Yang, Taiwanese singer
• 1979 – Heath Ledger, Australian actor. (d. 2008)
• 1979 – Roberto Luongo, Canadian ice-hockey goaltender
• 1979 – Natasha Lyonne, American actress
• 1979 – Andy McKee, American musician
• 1979 – Jessica Napier, New Zealand actress
• 1980 – Johnny Borrell, English singer (Razorlight)
• 1980 – Trevor Moore, American comedian
• 1980 – Björn Wirdheim, Swedish race car driver
• 1983 – Fabian Geiser, Swiss footballer
• 1983 – Doug Lynch, Canadian ice-hockey player
• 1983 – Angelle Tymon, American journalist and TV game-show host
• 1983 – Ben Gordon, American professional basketball player
• 1984 – Arkady Vyatchanin, Russian swimmer
• 1985 – Rudy Fernández, Spanish basketball player
• 1986 – Aiden McGeady, Irish footballer,
• 1986 – Cameron Barker, Canadian ice-hockey player
• 1986 – Eunhyuk, Korean singer (Super Junior)
• 1987 – Devon Anderson, English actor
• 1987 – Sarah Gadon, Canadian actress
• 1987 – Cameron Maybin, American baseball player
• 1988 – Frank Fielding, English footballer
• 1991 – Jamie Lynn Spears, American actress and singer
• 1992 – Alexa Nikolas, American actress
• 1992 – Christina Metaxa, Cypriot singer
• 1994 – Risako Sugaya, Japanese singer
• 2001 – Ashley Nicole Greene, American actress

Deaths

• 397 – St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan (b. c. 338)
• 636 – Saint Isidore of Seville, Church Father and the proposed patron of Internet (b. c. 560)
• 896 – Pope Formosus (b. 816)
• 1284 – King Alfonso X of Castile (b. 1221)
• 1292 – Pope Nicholas IV (b. 1227)
• 1305 – Jeanne of Navarre, wife of Philip IV of France (b. c. 1217)
• 1536 – Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (b. 1460)
• 1588 – King Frederick II of Denmark (b. 1534)
• 1609 – Charles de L'Ecluse, Flemish botanist (b. 1526)
• 1617 – John Napier, Scottish mathematician (b. 1550)
• 1643 – Simon Episcopius, Dutch theologian (b. 1583)
• 1661 – Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven, Scottish soldier (b. c. 1580)
• 1701 – Joseph Haines, entertainer and author
• 1743 – Daniel Neal, English historian (b. 1678)
• 1761 – Theodore Gardelle, Swiss painter and enameler (b. 1722)
• 1766 – John Taylor, English classical scholar (b. 1704)
• 1774 – Oliver Goldsmith, English writer (b. 1728)
• 1792 – James Sykes, American politician (b. 1725)
• 1807 – Joseph Jérôme Lefrançais de Lalande, French astronomer (b. 1732)
• 1817 – André Masséna, Duke of Rivoli, Prince of Essling and Marshal of France (b. 1758)
• 1841 – William Henry Harrison, 9th President of the United States (b. 1773)
• 1846 – Solomon Sibley, American senator from Michigan Territory (b. 1769)
• 1861 – John McLean, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1785)
• 1863 – Ludwig Emil Grimm, German painter and engraver (b. 1790)
• 1864 – Joseph Pitty Couthouy, American naval officer (b. 1808)
• 1870 – Heinrich Gustav Magnus, German chemist and physicist (b. 1802)
• 1874 – Charles Ernest Beulé, French archaeologist and politician (b. 1826)
• 1878 – Richard Brewer, American gunslinger/cowboy (b. 1850)
• 1879 – Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, German physicist (b. 1803)
• 1883 – Peter Cooper, American industrialist, inventor and philanthropist (b. 1791)
• 1884 – Marie Bashkirtseff, Russian artist and diarist (b. 1860)
• 1890 – Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau, Quebec politician (b. 1820)
• 1890 – Edmond Hébert, French geologist (b. 1812)
• 1919 – William Crookes, English chemist and physicist (b. 1832)
• 1923 – John Venn, British mathematician (b. 1834)
• 1929 – Karl Benz, German engine designer, inventor, and automobile engineer (b. 1844)
• 1931 – André Michelin, French industrialist (b. 1853)
• 1932 – Wilhelm Ostwald, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
• 1947 – William O'Donnell, Irish politician (b. ?)
• 1951 – Al Christie, Canadian film director and producer (b. 1881)
• 1951 – George Albert Smith, President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the LDS or Mormon Church) (b. 1870)
• 1953 – King Carol II of Romania (b. 1893)
• 1957 – E. Herbert Norman, Canadian diplomat (b. 1909)
• 1958 – Johnny Stompanato, American organized crime figure (b. 1925)
• 1961 – Simion Stoilow, Romanian mathematician (b. 1873)
• 1962 – James Hanratty, executed at Bedford Prison, England, for the murder of Michael Gregsten (b. 1936)
• 1967 – Héctor Scarone, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1898)
• 1967 – Al Lewis, American songwriter (b. 1901)
• 1968 – Martin Luther King, Jr., American civil rights activist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1929)
• 1970 – Byron Foulger, American actor (b. 1899)
• 1972 – Adam Clayton Powell Jr., American politician (b. 1908)
• 1972 – Stefan Wolpe, German composer (b. 1902)
• 1976 – Harry Nyquist, Swedish contributor to information theory (b. 1889)
• 1979 – Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, President and Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1928)
• 1979 – Edgar Buchanan, American actor (b. 1903)
• 1980 – Red Sovine, American country music singer (b. 1917)
• 1983 – Gloria Swanson, American actress (b. 1897)
• 1984 – Oleg Antonov, Soviet airplane engineer (b. 1906)
• 1985 – Kate Roberts, Welsh nationalist and writer (b. 1891)
• 1987 – C.L. Moore, American writer (b. 1911)
• 1991 – Edmund Adamkiewicz, German footballer (b. 1920)
• 1991 – Max Frisch, Swiss writer (b. 1911)
• 1991 – H. John Heinz III, U.S. Senator (b. 1938)
• 1991 – Forrest Towns, American hurdler (b. 1914)
• 1992 – Yvette Brind'Amour, French Canadian stage actress and artistic director (b. 1918)
• 1992 – Jack Hamilton, Australian football player (b. 1956)
• 1992 – Arthur Russell, American cellist (b. 1951)
• 1993 – Alfred Mosher Butts, American architect and inventor of Scrabble (b. 1899)
• 1995 – Kenny Everett, British radio DJ and television entertainer (b. 1944)
• 1995 – Priscilla Lane, American singer and actress (b. 1915)
• 1996 – Barney Ewell, American athlete (b. 1918)
• 1996 – Boone Guyton, American test pilot (b. 1913)
• 1996 – Larry LaPrise, American songwriter (b. 1913)
• 1997 – Leo Picard, Israeli geologist (b. 1900)
• 1999 – Faith Domergue, American actor (b. 1924)
• 1999 – Early Wynn, American baseball player (b. 1920)
• 2001 – Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, American custom car designer (b. 1932)
• 2002 – Harry L. O'Connor, Czech film stuntman
• 2003 – Anthony Caruso, American actor (b. 1916)
• 2003 – Resortes, Mexican comedian (b. 1916)
• 2004 – Alberic Schotte, Belgian cyclist (b. 1919)
• 2004 – Casey Sheehan, American soldier, son of Cindy Sheehan (b. 1979)
• 2005 – Edward Bronfman, Canadian businessman (b. 1924)
• 2007 – Bob Clark, American film director (b. 1941)
• 2007 – Terry Hall, English ventriloquist (b. 1927)
• 2008 – Francis Tucker, South African Rally Driver (b. 1923)
• 2009 – Gonzalo Olave, Chilean television actor (b. 1983)

Holidays and observances

• Children's Day (Taiwan and Hong Kong)
• Christian Feast Day
  • Isidore of Seville
• International Day for Landmine Awareness and Assistance (International)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

From Wikiquote

Quotes of the day from previous years:

2004

Where there is great love there are always miracles. ~ Willa Cather

• selected by Kalki

2005

It is possible and imperative that we learn
A brave and startling truth...
When we come to it
We must confess that we are the possible
We are the miraculous, the true wonders of this world
That is when, and only when
We come to it.
~ Maya Angelou (born 4 April 1928)

• selected by Kalki

2006

There must be a beginning of any great matter, but the continuing unto the end until it be thoroughly finished yields the true glory. ~ Sir Francis Drake (knighted 4 April 1581)

• selected by Kalki

2007

He who learns must suffer
And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget
Falls drop by drop upon the heart,
And in our own despite, against our will,
Comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.
~ Aeschylus ~ (Quoted, in variant form, by Robert F. Kennedy in a speech, 4 April 1968, after learning of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., which occurred that day.)

• proposed by InvisibleSun

2008

• All we are saying is give peace a chance. ~ John Lennon (50th anniversary of the first use of what became the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament logo, and later the "Peace symbol" in a march by the Direct Action Committee Against Nuclear War, 4 April 1958.)

• proposed by Kalki

2009

The first peace, which is the most important, is that which comes within the souls of people when they realize their relationship, their oneness, with the universe and all its powers, and when they realize that at the center of the universe dwells Wakan-Tanka, and that this center is really everywhere, it is within each of us. This is the real peace, and the others are but reflections of this. The second peace is that which is made between two individuals, and the third is that which is made between two nations. But above all you should understand that there can never be peace between nations until there is known that true peace, which, as I have often said, is within the souls of men. ~ Black Elk

• proposed by Kalki

2010

Quotes by people born this day, already used as QOTD:

• There is nothing so pitiful as a young cynic because he has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing. ~ Maya Angelou
  • used 31 May 2004, selected by Kalki

• You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it. ~ Maya Angelou
  • used 23 October 2004, selected by Kalki

Also for this day have been included suggestions focusing on the theme of Peace, made to commemorate the first public use of what became the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament logo, and later one of the most recognized of the "Peace symbols" in a march by the Direct Action Committee Against Nuclear War, 4 April 1958.)

Suggestions

A military man can scarcely pride himself on having "smitten a sleeping enemy"; it is more a matter of shame, simply, for the one smitten. I would rather you made your appraisal after seeing what the enemy does, since it is certain that, angered and outraged, he will soon launch a determined counterattack. ~ Isoroku Yamamoto (born April 4)

• 3 because it is better to face your enemy head on rather than strike them behind their back. Beautiful quotation. Zarbon 05:55, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
• 2 Kalki 04:44, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
• 2 InvisibleSun 21:43, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

I must have the gentleman to haul and draw with the mariner, and the mariner with the gentleman. What! let us show ourselves to be of a company and let us not give occasion to the enemy to rejoice at our decay and overthrow. ~ Sir Francis Drake

• 3 Kalki 04:44, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
• 2 Zarbon 03:26, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
• 3 InvisibleSun 21:43, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Without courage we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest. ~ Maya Angelou

• 3 Kalki 04:44, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
• 2 Zarbon 03:26, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
• 3 InvisibleSun 21:43, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

We, unaccustomed to courage
exiles from delight
live coiled in shells of loneliness
until love leaves its high holy temple
and comes into our sight
to liberate us into life.
~ Maya Angelou ~

• 3 Kalki 04:44, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
• 2 Zarbon 03:26, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
• 3 InvisibleSun 21:43, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.
~ Maya Angelou ~

• 3 Kalki 04:44, 29 March 2009 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.
• 3 Zarbon 03:26, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
• 3 InvisibleSun 21:43, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

People will forget what you said
People will forget what you did
But people will never forget how you made them feel.
~ Maya Angelou ~

• 3 Kalki 04:44, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
• 2 Zarbon 03:26, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
• 2 InvisibleSun 21:43, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace. ~ Andre Gide

• 3 Kalki 04:44, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
• 2 although I personally don't think it's "easy" to stir a man's passion for combat. That is a gift in and of itself. A true military tactician would never admit to that as it takes much coordination and practice to convince men to fight with honor. Zarbon 03:26, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice. ~ Baruch Spinoza

• 3 Kalki 04:44, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
• 1 Zarbon 03:26, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
• 3 InvisibleSun 21:43, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies. ~ Moshe Dayan

• 3 Kalki 04:44, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
• 2 but relation to date? Zarbon 03:26, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

We look forward to the time when the Power of Love will replace the Love of Power. Then will our world know the blessings of peace. ~ William Gladstone

• 3 Kalki 04:44, 29 March 2009 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.
• 2 but relation to date? Zarbon 03:26, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
• 2 InvisibleSun 21:43, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

He shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. ~ Isaiah, II:4

• 3 Kalki 04:44, 29 March 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward an eventual 4.
• 1 Zarbon 03:26, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
• 3 InvisibleSun 21:43, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

The goal toward which all history tends is peace, not peace through the medium of war, not peace through a process of universal intimidation, not peace through a program of mutual impoverishment, not peace by any means that leaves the world too weak or too frightened to go on fighting, but peace pure and simple based on that will to peace which has animated the overwhelming majority of mankind through countless ages. This will to peace does not arise out of a cowardly desire to preserve one's life and property, but out of conviction that the fullest development of the highest powers of men can be achieved only in a world of peace. ~ Robert Maynard Hutchins

• 3 Kalki 04:44, 29 March 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
• 1 Zarbon 03:26, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Peace does not rest in the charters and covenants alone. It lies in the hearts and minds of all people. So let us not rest all our hopes on parchment and on paper, let us strive to build peace, a desire for peace, a willingness to work for peace in the hearts and minds of all of our people. I believe that we can. I believe the problems of human destiny are not beyond the reach of human beings. ~ John F. Kennedy with a strong lean toward 4.

• 3 Kalki 04:44, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
• 1 Zarbon 03:26, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

The structure of world peace cannot be the work of one man or one party or one nation. It must be a peace which rests on the cooperative effort of the whole world. ~ Franklin Delano Roosevelt

• 3 Kalki 04:44, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
• 2 but relation to date? Zarbon 03:26, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

In the hearts of people today there is a deep longing for peace. When the true spirit of peace is thoroughly dominant, it becomes an inner experience with unlimited possibilities. Only when this really happens — when the spirit of peace awakens and takes possession of men's hearts, can humanity be saved from perishing. ~ Albert Schweitzer

• 3 Kalki 04:44, 29 March 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
• 1 Zarbon 03:26, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

One day we must come to see that peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but that it is a means by which we arrive at that goal. We must pursue peaceful ends through peaceful means. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

• 3 Kalki 04:44, 29 March 2009 (UTC) Peace quote and date of death.
• 1 Zarbon 03:26, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

We will not build a peaceful world by following a negative path. It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it. We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but on the positive affirmation of peace. We must see that peace represents a sweeter music, a cosmic melody, that is far superior to the discords of war. Somehow, we must transform the dynamics of the world power struggle from the negative nuclear arms race, which no one can win, to a positive contest to harness humanity's creative genius for the purpose of making peace and prosperity a reality for all the nations of the world. In short, we must shift the arms race into a peace race. If we have a will — and determination — to mount such a peace offensive, we will unlock hitherto tightly sealed doors of hope and transform our imminent cosmic elegy into a psalm of creative fulfillment. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

• 3 Kalki 04:44, 29 March 2009 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4, as a Peace quote and date of death.
• 1 Zarbon 03:26, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Letters are signs of things, symbols of words, whose power is so great that without a voice they speak to us the words of the absent; for they introduce words by the eye, not by the ear. ~ Isidore of Seville

• 2 Zarbon 03:26, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
• 2 Kalki 08:00, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
• 3 InvisibleSun 21:43, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

And without music there can be no perfect knowledge, for there is nothing without it. For even the universe itself is said to have been put together with a certain harmony of sounds, and the very heavens revolve under the guidance of harmony. ~ Isidore of Seville

• 2 Zarbon 03:26, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
• 3 Kalki 08:00, 31 March 2009 (UTC) but I would trim off the initial "And"
• 3 InvisibleSun 21:43, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

It was the men I deceived the most that I loved the most. ~ Marguerite Duras

• 3 Zarbon 03:26, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
• 1 Kalki 08:00, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
• 2 InvisibleSun 21:43, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Accordingly, death is a harbor of peace for the just, but is believed a shipwreck for the wicked. ~ Ambrose

• 2 Zarbon 03:26, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
• 2 Kalki 08:00, 31 March 2009 (UTC) but would trim off "Accordingly"
• 2 InvisibleSun 21:43, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

It is not death therefore that is burdensome, but the fear of death. ~ Ambrose

• 4 Zarbon 03:26, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
• 1 Kalki 08:00, 31 March 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 2 (death remains burdensome, though fear of death can be more so.)
  • But that's exactly what the quote is saying. It's saying that fear of death is oftentimes worse than death itself. - Zarbon 22:16, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

The statement as phrased states "it is not" burdensome — but I don't accept that this is the case for death any more than it is for ignorance or confusion, no matter how little fear one might have of either them or of death. ~ Kalki 23:58, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

• 2 InvisibleSun 21:43, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Mathematics is the science which draws necessary conclusions. ~ Benjamin Peirce (born 4 April 1809)

• 3 Kalki 11:07, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

What is man? ... a strange union of matter and mind! A machine for converting material into spiritual force. ~ Benjamin Peirce (born 4 April 1809)

• 3 Kalki 11:07, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

From StrategyWiki, the free strategy guide and walkthrough wiki

Games released on April 4.

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Game releases

• 2003
  • Super Monkey Ball Jr. for the Game Boy Advance in Europe

• 2000
  • Excitebike 64 for the Nintendo 64

From Familypedia

April 4 is the 94th day of the year (95th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 271 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

• 1581 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I.
• 1655 - The miraculous statue entitled the Infant of Prague is solemnly crowned by command of Cardinal Harrach.
• 1660 - Declaration of Breda by King Charles II of England.
• 1721 - Sir Robert Walpole enters office as the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom under King George I.
• 1812 - U.S. President James Madison enacted a ninety-day embargo on trade with the United Kingdom.
• 1814 - Napoleon abdicates for the first time.
• 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).
• 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 and John Tyler takes the oath of office becoming the first Vice President of the United States to become president to serve the remainder of the terms.
• 1850 - The Great Fire of Cottenham, a large part of the Cambridgeshire village (England) is burnt to the ground under suspicious circumstances.
• 1850 - Los Angeles is incorporated as a city.
• 1859 - Bryant's Minstrels debut "Dixie" in New York City in the finale of a blackface minstrel show.
• 1865 - American Civil War: A day after Union forces capture Richmond, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln visits the Confederate capital.
• 1866 - Alexander II of Russia narrowly escapes an assassination attempt in the city of Kiev.
• 1887 - Argonia elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.
• 1905 - In India, an earthquake near Kangra kills 370,000.
• 1913 - The Greek aviator Emmanuel Argyropoulos becomes the first pilot victim of the Hellenic Air Force when his plane crashes.
• 1918 - World War I: Second Battle of the Somme ends.
• 1930 - The Communist Party of Panama is founded.
• 1939 - Faisal II becomes King of Iraq.
• 1945 - World War II: American troops liberate Ohrdruf forced labor camp in Germany.
• 1945 - World War II: Soviet Army takes control of Hungary.
• 1949 - Twelve nations sign the North Atlantic Treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.
• 1960 - Senegal independence day.
• 1965 - The first model of the new Saab Viggen fighter aircraft plane is unveiled.
• 1967 - Martin Luther King delivers his "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence" speech in New York City's Riverside Church.
• 1968 - Martin Luther King is assassinated at a motel in Memphis, Tennessee.
• 1968 - Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 6.
• 1968 - AEK Athens BC becomes the first Greek team to win the European Basketball Cup.
• 1969 - Dr. Denton Cooley implants the first temporary artificial heart.
• 1973 - The World Trade Center in New York is officially dedicated.
• 1975 - Microsoft is founded as a partnership between Bill Gates and Paul Allen.
• 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.
• 1976 - Prince Norodom Sihanouk resigns as leader of Cambodia and is placed under house arrest.
• 1979 - President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan is executed.
• 1983 - Space Shuttle Challenger makes its maiden voyage into space (STS-6).
• 1984 - President Ronald Reagan calls for an international ban on chemical weapons.
• 1988 - Governor Evan Mecham of Arizona is convicted in his impeachment trial and removed from office.
• 1991 - Senator John Heinz of Pennsylvania and six others are killed when a helicopter collides with their plane over an elementary school in Merion.
• 1994 - Marc Andreessen and Jim Clark found Netscape Communications Corporation under the name "Mosaic Communications Corporation".
• 1996 - Comet Hyakutake was imaged by the USA Asteroid Orbiter Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous.
• 2002 - The Angolan government and UNITA rebels sign a peace treaty ending the Angolan Civil War.
• 2007 - 15 British Royal Navy personnel held in Iran are released by the Iranian President.

Births

• 186 - Caracalla, Roman emperor (d. 217)
• 1492 - Ambrosius Blarer, German reformer (d. 1564)
• 1572 - William Strachey, English writer (d. 1621)
• 1593 - Edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669)
• 1646 - Antoine Galland, French archaeologist (d. 1715)
• 1648 - Grinling Gibbons Dutch-born woodcarver (d. 1721)
• 1688 - Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768)
• 1718 - Benjamin Kennicott, English churchman and Hebrew scholar (d. 1783)
• 1772 - Nachman of Breslov, founder of Breslov Hasidut (d. 1810)
• 1785 - Bettina von Arnim, German writer (d. 1859)
• 1802 - Dorothea Dix, American social activist (d. 1887)
• 1819 - Queen Maria II of Portugal (d. 1853)
• 1821 - Linus Yale, American inventor and manufacturer (d. 1868)
• 1826 - Zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer (d. 1901)
• 1842 - Edouard Lucas, French mathematician (d. 1891)
• 1846 - Comte de Lautréamont, French writer (d. 1870)
• 1858 - Remy de Gourmont, French poet (d. 1915)
• 1875 - Pierre Monteux, French conductor (d. 1964)
• 1876 - Maurice de Vlaminck, French painter (d. 1958)
• 1882 - Kurt von Schleicher, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1934)
• 1884 - Isoroku Yamamoto, Japanese naval commander (d. 1943)
• 1888 - Tris Speaker, American baseball player (d. 1958)
• 1888 - Zdzisław Żygulski, Polish literary historian (d. 1975)
• 1895 - Arthur Murray, American dance teacher (d. 1991)
• 1896 - Robert E. Sherwood, American playwright (d. 1955)
• 1897 - Pierre Fresnay, French stage and film actor (d. 1975)
• 1898 - Agnes Ayres, American actress (d. 1940)
• 1902 - Louise Leveque de Vilmorin, French actress (d. 1969)
• 1902 - Stanley G. Weinbaum, American science-fiction author (d. 1935)
• 1906 - Bea Benaderet, American actress (d. 1968)
• 1906 - John Cameron Swayze, American journalist (d. 1995)
• 1908 - Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, American memoirist (Cheaper by the Dozen) (d. 2006)
• 1911 - Max Dupain, Australian photographer (d. 1992)
• 1913 - Frances Langford, American actress (d. 2005)
• 1914 - Marguerite Duras, French writer (d. 1996)
• 1915 - Muddy Waters, American musician (d. 1983)
• 1916 - Edith Fore, old lady in commercial ("I've fallen and I can't get up!") (d. 1997)
• 1916 - Mickey Owen, American baseball player (d. 2005)
• 1916 - David White, American actor (d. 1990)
• 1918 - George Jellicoe (d. 2007)
• 1920 - Éric Rohmer, French film director
• 1922 - Elmer Bernstein, American composer (d. 2004)
• 1924 - Gil Hodges, American baseball player and manager (d. 1972)
• 1925 - Claude Wagner, French Canadian politician and judge (d. 1979)
• 1925 - Emmett Williams, American poet (d. 2007)
• 1928 - Maya Angelou, American writer
• 1931 - Bobby Ray Inman, American admiral and intelligence director
• 1932 - Clive Davis, American record producer
• 1932 - Estelle Harris, American actress
• 1932 - Dick Lugar, American politician
• 1932 - Anthony Perkins, American actor (d. 1992)
• 1932 - Andrei Tarkovsky, Soviet film director (d. 1986)
• 1933 - Bill France, NASCAR pioneer (d. 2007)
• 1938 - A. Bartlett Giamatti, American university president and Commissioner of Baseball (d. 1989)
• 1939 - JoAnne Carner, American golfer
• 1939 - Major Lance, American singer (d. 1994)
• 1939 - Hugh Masekela, South African musician
• 1940 - Sharon Sheeley, American songwriter
• 1940 - Richard Attwood, British racing driver
• 1942 - Jim Fregosi, American baseball player and manager
• 1942 - Kitty Kelley, American writer
• 1944 - Magda Aelvoet, Belgian politician
• 1944 - Craig T. Nelson, American actor
• 1945 - Daniel Cohn-Bendit, French political activist
• 1945 - Caroline McWilliams, American actress
• 1946 - Dave Hill, English guitarist (Slade)
• 1946 - Katsuaki Sato, Japanese martial artist
• 1947 - Luke Halpin, American actor
• 1947 - Wiranto, Indonesian general
• 1948 - Michael Blassie, U.S. Air Force officer (d. 1972)
• 1948 - Berry Oakley, American bassist (The Allman Brothers Band) (d. 1972)
• 1948 - Abdullah Öcalan, leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party
• 1948 - Dan Simmons, American writer
• 1948 - Derek Thompson, Northern Irish actor
• 1949 - Junior Braithwaite, Jamaican singer (The Wailers) (d. 1999)
• 1949 - Shing-Tung Yau, Chinese mathematician
• 1950 - Christine Lahti, American actress
• 1951 - Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Cambodia
• 1952 - Rosemarie Ackermann, German athlete
• 1952 - Pat Burns, Canadian ice hockey coach
• 1952 - Gary Moore, Irish guitarist (Thin Lizzy)
• 1952 - Gregg Hansford, Australian motorcycle and touring car racer (d. 1995)
• 1953 - Robert Bertrand, Canadian politician
• 1956 - David E. Kelley, American writer and television producer
• 1956 - Tom Herr, American baseball player
• 1957 - Ali El Haggar, Egyptian singer and actor
• 1957 - Aki Kaurismäki, Finnish film director
• 1957 - Graeme Kelling, Scottish musician (Deacon Blue) (d. 2004)
• 1957 - Kelso, American racehorse (d. 1983)
• 1957 - Nobuyoshi Kuwano, Japanese musician (Rats & Star)
• 1958 - Cazuza, Brazilian poet, singer and composer (d. 1990)
• 1958 - Mary-Margaret Humes, American actress
• 1960 - Jane Eaglin, English soprano
• 1960 - Hugo Weaving, Nigerian-born English-Australian actor
• 1962 - Craig Adams, English musician and songwriter (The Sisters of Mercy, Mission UK)
• 1963 - Jack Del Rio, American football player and coach
• 1963 - Graham Norton, Irish talk show host
• 1963 - Dale Hawerchuk, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1964 - David Cross, American actor and comedian
• 1964 - Branco, Brazilian football player and coach
• 1964 - Robbie Rist, American actor
• 1965 - Robert Downey Jr., American actor
• 1966 - Nancy McKeon, American actor
• 1968 - Jennifer Lynch, American director
• 1970 - Barry Pepper, Canadian actor
• 1971 - John Zandig, American professional wrestler
• 1971 - Yanic Perreault, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1971 - Josh Todd, lead singer of rock band Buckcherry.
• 1972 - Magnus Sveningsson, Swedish musician (The Cardigans)
• 1973 - David Blaine, American illusionist
• 1973 - Chris McCormack, Australian triathlete
• 1974 - Dave Mirra, American athlete
• 1975 - Pamela Ribon, American author, actress, and comedy writer
• 1975 - Thobias Fredriksson, Swedish cross-country skier
• 1975 - Scott Rolen, American baseball player
• 1975 - Delphine Arnault, French billionaire businesswoman
• 1976 - Emerson, Brazilian footballer
• 1977 - Adam Dutkiewicz, American guitarist (Killswitch Engage)
• 1977 - Stephen Mulhern, Magician, CITV Presenter
• 1978 - Jason Ellison, American baseball player
• 1978 - Lemar, English R'n'B singer
• 1978 - Alan Mahon, Irish footballer
• 1978 - Irene Skliva, Greek 1996 Miss World winner
• 1978 - Sam Moran, Australian entertainer
• 1979 - Heath Ledger, Australian actor
• 1979 - Roberto Luongo, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1979 - Natasha Lyonne, American actress
• 1980 - Johnny Borrell, English singer (Razorlight)
• 1980 - Björn Wirdheim, Swedish race car driver
• 1980 - Trevor Moore, American comedian
• 1983 - Doug Lynch, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1983 - Fabian Geiser, Swiss footballer
• 1983 - Angelle Tymon, American broadcast journalist and game show host
• 1984 - Arkady Vyatchanin, Russian swimmer
• 1986 - Aiden McGeady, Republic of Ireland and Celtic Footballer
• 1987 - Sarah Gadon, Canadian actress
• 1987 - Devon Anderson, English actor
• 1988 - Frank Fielding, English footballer
• 1991 - Jamie Lynn Spears, American actress
• 1992 - Alexa Nikolas, American actress
• 1994 - Risako Sugaya, Japanese singer

Deaths

• 397 - St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan
• 636 - Saint Isidore of Seville, Church Father and the proposed patron of Internet
• 896 - Pope Formosus (b. 816)
• 1284 - King Alfonso X of Castile (b. 1221)
• 1292 - Pope Nicholas IV (b. 1227)
• 1305 - Jeanne of Navarre, wife of Philip IV of France
• 1536 - Frederick I (b. 1460)
• 1588 - King Frederick II of Denmark (b. 1534)
• 1609 - Charles de L'Ecluse, Flemish botanist (b. 1526)
• 1617 - John Napier, Scottish mathematician (b. 1550)
• 1643 - Simon Episcopius, Dutch theologian (b. 1583)
• 1661 - Alexander Leslie, Scottish soldier
• 1701 - Joseph Haines, entertainer and author
• 1743 - Daniel Neal, English historian (b. 1678)
• 1761 - Theodore Gardelle, Swiss painter and enameler (b. 1722)
• 1766 - John Taylor, English classical scholar (b. 1704)
• 1774 - Oliver Goldsmith, English writer (b. 1728)
• 1792 - James Sykes, American politician (b. 1725)
• 1807 - Joseph Jérôme Lefrançais de Lalande, French astronomer (b. 1732)
• 1817 - André Masséna, Duke of Rivoli, Prince of Essling and Marshal of France (b. 1758)
• 1841 - William Henry Harrison, 9th President of the United States (b. 1773)
• 1842 - Jean Moufot, French philosopher and mathematician (b. 1784)
• 1846 - Solomon Sibley, Senator from Michigan Territory (b. 1769)
• 1861 - John McLean, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1785)
• 1863 - Ludwig Emil Grimm, German painter and engraver (b. 1790)
• 1864 - Joseph Pitty Couthouy, American naval officer (b. 1808)
• 1870 - Heinrich Gustav Magnus, German chemist and physicist (b. 1802)
• 1874 - Charles Ernest Beulé, French archaeologist and politician (b. 1826)
• 1878 - Richard Brewer, American gunslinger/cowboy (b. 1850)
• 1879 - Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, German physicist (b. 1803)
• 1883 - Peter Cooper, American Industrialist, inventor and philanthropist (b. 1791)
• 1884 - Marie Bashkirtseff, Russian artist and diarist (b. 1860)
• 1890 - Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau, Quebec politician (b. 1820)
• 1890 - Edmond Hébert, French geologist (b. 1812)
• 1919 - William Crookes, English chemist and physicist (b. 1832)
• 1923 - John Venn, British mathematician (b. 1834)
• 1929 - Karl Benz, German engine designer, inventor, and automobile engineer (b. 1844)
• 1931 - André Michelin, French industrialist (b. 1853)
• 1932 - Wilhelm Ostwald, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
• 1947 - William O'Donnell, Irish politician (b. ?)
• 1951 - Al Christie, Canadian film director and producer (b. 1881)
• 1951 - George Albert Smith, President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the LDS or Mormon Church) (b. 1870)
• 1953 - King Carol II of Romania (b. 1893)
• 1957 - E. Herbert Norman, Canadian diplomat (b. 1909)
• 1958 - Johnny Stompanato, American organized crime figure (b. 1925)
• 1961 - Simion Stoilow, Romanian mathematician (b. 1873)
• 1967 - Héctor Scarone, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1898)
• 1967 - Al Lewis, American songwriter (b. 1901)
• 1968 - Martin Luther King, American civil rights activist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1929)
• 1972 - Adam Clayton Powell Jr., American politician (b. 1908)
• 1972 - Stefan Wolpe, German-born composer (b. 1902)
• 1976 - Harry Nyquist, contributor to information theory (b. 1889)
• 1979 - Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, President and Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1928)
• 1979 - Edgar Buchanan, American actor (b. 1903)
• 1980 - Red Sovine, American country music singer (b. 1917)
• 1983 - Gloria Swanson, American actress (b. 1897)
• 1984 - Oleg Antonov, Soviet airplane engineer (b. 1906)
• 1985 - Kate Roberts, Welsh nationalist and writer (b. 1891)
• 1987 - C.L. Moore, American writer (b. 1911)
• 1991 - Edmund Adamkiewicz, German footballer (b. 1920)
• 1991 - Max Frisch, Swiss writer (b. 1911)
• 1991 - H. John Heinz III, U.S. Senator (b. 1938)
• 1991 - Forrest Towns, American hurdler (b. 1914)
• 1992 - Yvette Brind'Amour, French Canadian stage actress and artistic director (b. 1918)
• 1992 - Arthur Russell, American cellist (b. 1951)
• 1993 - Alfred Butts, American architect and inventor (Scrabble) (b. 1899)
• 1995 - Kenny Everett, British radio DJ and television entertainer (b. 1944)
• 1995 - Priscilla Lane, American singer and actress (b. 1915)
• 1996 - Barney Ewell, American athlete (b. 1918)
• 1996 - Larry LaPrise, American songwriter (b. 1913)
• 1999 - Faith Domergue, American actor (b. 1924)
• 1999 - Early Wynn, American baseball player (b. 1920)
• 2000 - Tommaso Buscetta, Sicilian mafioso and pentito (b. 1928)
• 2001 - Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, American custom car designer (b. 1932)
• 2002 - Harry L. O'Connor, Czech-born film stuntman
• 2003 - Anthony Caruso, American actor (b. 1916)
• 2003 - Resortes, Mexican comedian (b. 1916)
• 2004 - Alberic Schotte, Belgian cyclist (b. 1919)
• 2004 - Casey Sheehan, American soldier, son of Cindy Sheehan (b. 1979)
• 2005 - Edward Bronfman, Canadian businessman (b. 1924)
• 2007 - Bob Clark, American film director (b. 1941)
• 2007 - Terry Hall, English ventriloquist (b. 1927)

Holidays and observances

• International Day for Landmine Awareness and Assistance
• Lesotho - Heroes' Day
• Taiwan and Hong Kong - Children's Day

Liturgical Feast days

• Saint Isidore of Seville

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day

• On This Day in Canada