Events on April 4 55
Events on this day include: First historical record of Moscow. (1147); King Wareru founds the Ramanya Kingdom, and proclaims independence from the Pagan Kingdom. (1287); Basel University is founded. (1460).
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King Wareru founds the Ramanya Kingdom, and proclaims independence from the Pagan Kingdom.
United States President James Madison enacts a ninety-day embargo on trade with the United Kingdom.
Napoleon abdicates for the first time and names his son Napoleon II as Emperor of the French.
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).
William Henry Harrison dies of pneumonia, becoming the first President of the United States to die in office, and setting the record for the briefest administration. Vice President John Tyler succeeds Harrison as President.
A large part of the English village of Cottenham burns to the ground in suspicious circumstances.
Bryant's Minstrels debut "Dixie" in New York City in the finale of a blackface minstrel show.
American Civil War: A day after Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln visits the Confederate capital.
Alexander II of Russia narrowly escapes an assassination attempt by Dmitry Karakozov in the city of Saint Petersburg.
The Kennel Club is founded, the oldest and first official registry of purebred dogs in the world.
Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.
In India, an earthquake hits the Kangra Valley, killing 20,000, and destroying most buildings in Kangra, McLeod Ganj and Dharamshala.
First Balkan War: Greek aviator Emmanouil Argyropoulos becomes the first pilot to die in the Hellenic Air Force when his plane crashes.
U.S. Navy airship, USS Akron, is wrecked off the New Jersey coast due to severe weather.
World War II: First bombardment of oil refineries in Bucharest by Anglo-American forces kills 3000 civilians.
World War II: Soviet troops liberate Hungary from German occupation and occupy the country itself.
Twelve nations sign the North Atlantic Treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
France agrees to grant independence to the Mali Federation, a union of Senegal and French Sudan.
Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence" speech in New York City's Riverside Church.
Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated by James Earl Ray at a motel in Memphis, Tennessee.
A.E.K. Athens B.C. becomes the first Greek team to win the European Basketball Cup.
A Lockheed C-141 Starlifter, dubbed the Hanoi Taxi, makes the last flight of Operation Homecoming.
Microsoft is founded as a partnership between Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque, New Mexico
A United States Air Force Lockheed C-5A Galaxy transporting orphans, crashes near Saigon, South Vietnam shortly after takeoff, killing 172 people.
Prince Norodom Sihanouk resigns as leader of Cambodia and is placed under house arrest.
The Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force mounts an attack on H-3 Airbase and destroys about 50 Iraqi aircraft.
Governor Evan Mecham of Arizona is convicted in his impeachment trial and removed from office.
Senator John Heinz of Pennsylvania and six others are killed when a helicopter collides with their airplane over an elementary school in Merion, Pennsylvania.
The current flag of Hong Kong is adopted for post-colonial Hong Kong during the Third Session of the Seventh National People's Congress.
Marc Andreessen and Jim Clark found Netscape Communications Corporation under the name Mosaic Communications Corporation.
Comet Hyakutake is imaged by the USA Asteroid Orbiter Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous.
The Angolan government and UNITA rebels sign a peace treaty ending the Angolan Civil War.
Roman consul Agrippa Menenius Lanatus celebrated a triumph for a military victory over the Sabines.