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1911 Hugh Chalmers, automaker, suggests idea of baseball MVP. 1912 Army fires on striking mine workers at Lena-gold fields in Siberia. 1912 Chinese republic proclaimed in Tibet. 1913 Greek aviator Emmanuel Argyropoulos becomes the first pilot victim of the Hellenic Air Force when his plane crashes.
1423 – Death of the Venetian Doge Tommaso Mocenigo, under whose rule victories were achieved against the Kingdom of Hungary and against the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Gallipoli (1416). [6] 1581 – Francis Drake is knighted by Queen Elizabeth I for completing a circumnavigation of the world.
Discover what happened on April 4 with HISTORY’s summaries of major events, anniversaries, famous births and notable deaths.
In a Manhattan court, former U.S. Pres. Donald Trump was arraigned on 34 felony charges relating to an alleged hush-money scheme to avoid a sex scandal during the 2016 presidential campaign; he became the first former president in U.S. history to face criminal charges.
1905 Earthquake in Kangra India, kills 20,000. 1912 Army fires on striking mine workers at Lena-gold fields in Siberia. 1912 Chinese republic proclaimed in Tibet. 1913 Greek aviator Emmanuel Argyropoulos becomes the first pilot victim of the Hellenic Air Force when his plane crashes.
Founding of NATO and Microsoft, the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. and other historical events, important facts, birthdays and deaths on April 4.
On April 4, 1968, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., 39, was shot and killed while standing on a balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee; his slaying was followed by a wave of rioting (Washington, D.C., Baltimore and Chicago were among cities particularly hard hit).