History Events on April 04
![Napoleon](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FApril_04%2Ffilter1DMBpIrDeSMfniBjqbGT.png?generation=1608819224644478&alt=media)
Napoleon abdicates for the first time and names his son Napoleon II as Emperor of the French.
#Napoleon
![Cold War](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FApril_04%2Ffilter1sSteqQCwAJkzr5PkLSi.png?generation=1608819225408558&alt=media)
Cold War: Twelve nations sign the North Atlantic Treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
#Cold_War
![American Civil War](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FApril_04%2Ffilter66fOktTQ1ZMazi6pUOeM.png?generation=1608819226178150&alt=media)
American Civil War: A day after Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln visits the Confederate capital.
#American_Civil_War
![Space Shuttle program](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FApril_04%2Ffilter6AKvBVfGxOUdUCq75ngp.png?generation=1608819226932459&alt=media)
Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Challenger makes its maiden voyage into space.
#Space_Shuttle_program
![Schutzstaffel](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FApril_04%2Ffilter7Oxb1JBGmJB7r900xjbw.jpg?generation=1608819227301874&alt=media)
The Schutzstaffel (SS) is founded under Adolf Hitler's Nazi party in Germany.
#Schutzstaffel
![Byzantine-Venetian treaty of 1268](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FApril_04%2Ffilter7ap5UuyxTNPHRiWkpapv.jpg?generation=1608819227698634&alt=media)
A five-year Byzantine-Venetian peace treaty is concluded between Venetian envoys and Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos.
#Byzantine-Venetian_treaty_of_1268
![Francis Drake](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FApril_04%2Ffilter7w6ceRSDUf3buEYKOjqO.jpg?generation=1608819228057342&alt=media)
Francis Drake is knighted for completing a circumnavigation of the world.
#Francis_Drake
![Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FApril_04%2FfilterBWy2MF07uOdgQ9xMfIPC.png?generation=1608819228476036&alt=media)
The CND peace symbol is displayed in public for the first time in London.
#Campaign_for_Nuclear_Disarmament
![Georges Cuvier](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FApril_04%2FfilterEQUVBAmR9vSd02TJG5vD.png?generation=1608819229240447&alt=media)
Georges Cuvier delivers the first paleontological lecture.
#Georges_Cuvier
![Roman consul](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FApril_04%2FfilterEXZ6qYkp4H5tzqpq8H3l.png?generation=1608819230474346&alt=media)
Roman consul Agrippa Menenius Lanatus celebrates a triumph for a military victory over the Sabines.
#Roman_consul
![Comet Hyakutake](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FApril_04%2FfilterFLAY5jAVIGmWJGEJ6LVV.jpg?generation=1608819230924550&alt=media)
Comet Hyakutake is imaged by the USA Asteroid Orbiter Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous.
#Comet_Hyakutake
![Vietnam War](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FApril_04%2FfilterFPsv4rQxTw9ZTjcSEVZf.png?generation=1608819231712437&alt=media)
Vietnam War: A United States Air Force Lockheed C-5A Galaxy transporting orphans, crashes near Saigon, South Vietnam shortly after takeoff, killing 172 people.
#Vietnam_War
![France](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FApril_04%2FfilterGlUGfB1yXcbG3757jP3C.png?generation=1608819232471208&alt=media)
France returns to being a member of NATO.
#France
![Hungary](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FApril_04%2FfilterHOwIYa9fra6D92WCt2ho.png?generation=1608819233249128&alt=media)
World War II: Soviet troops liberate Hungary from German occupation and occupy the country itself.
#Hungary
![Zulfikar Ali Bhutto](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FApril_04%2FfilterHnT9E2M4UqOLr00B9B5c.jpg?generation=1608819233628669&alt=media)
Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan is executed.
#Zulfikar_Ali_Bhutto
![United States Congress](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FApril_04%2FfilterI90H0Qa2Sptp1HPO8fms.png?generation=1608819234921769&alt=media)
The United States Congress, affirming the Second Continental Congress, adopts the flag of the United States with 13 red and white stripes and one star for each state (20 at that time).
#United_States_Congress
![Cottenham](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FApril_04%2FfilterJjjOYlapoikFAFuWFHRo.jpg?generation=1608819235308291&alt=media)
A large part of the English village of Cottenham burns to the ground in suspicious circumstances.
#Cottenham
![Apollo program](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FApril_04%2FfilterL92cSZGtnt8xkLd8zv9U.png?generation=1608819236079474&alt=media)
Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 6.
#Apollo_program
![Flag of Hong Kong](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FApril_04%2FfilterLeSVBo1rcF2x04StoIGx.png?generation=1608819236517537&alt=media)
The current flag of Hong Kong is adopted for post-colonial Hong Kong during the Third Session of the Seventh National People's Congress.
#Flag_of_Hong_Kong
![World War II](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FApril_04%2FfilterLsBAONsVzF8qfoqHqO2g.jpg?generation=1608819236924440&alt=media)
World War II: First bombardment of oil refineries in Bucharest by Anglo-American forces kills 3000 civilians.
#World_War_II
![Philip Astley](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FApril_04%2FfilterMu0HyFU2HqKLmAxFrQ7B.jpg?generation=1608819237304402&alt=media)
In London, Philip Astley stages the first modern circus.
#Philip_Astley
The Beatles occupy the top five positions on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart.
#The_Beatles
![William Henry Harrison](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FApril_04%2FfilterQPiwT7JrGNCVXKjR3RPv.jpg?generation=1608819238064925&alt=media)
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.
#William_Henry_Harrison
![Battle of Kassel (1945)](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FApril_04%2FfilterQcpquwd4FVmRKSIvTiHf.jpg?generation=1608819238463363&alt=media)
World War II: American troops capture Kassel.
#Battle_of_Kassel_(1945)
![France](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FApril_04%2FfilterS4w3XwAvW3hIymCmDQIt.png?generation=1608819239216191&alt=media)
France agrees to grant independence to the Mali Federation, a union of Senegal and French Sudan.
#France
![James Madison](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FApril_04%2FfilterUvAa7PNoJWe6dNDupego.jpg?generation=1608819239568507&alt=media)
United States President James Madison enacts a ninety-day embargo on trade with the United Kingdom.
#James_Madison
![Iran-Iraq War](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FApril_04%2FfilterWcltUVyS6DViMGoqa5Lx.png?generation=1608819240362067&alt=media)
Iran-Iraq War: The Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force mounts an attack on H-3 Airbase and destroys about 50 Iraqi aircraft.
#Iran-Iraq_War
![First Balkan War](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FApril_04%2FfilterWjLfOXKA0GUm5RSyBgQM.jpg?generation=1608819240772069&alt=media)
First Balkan War: Greek aviator Emmanouil Argyropoulos becomes the first pilot to die in the Hellenic Air Force when his plane crashes.
#First_Balkan_War
![2013 Thane building collapse](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FApril_04%2FfilterYEYG1BHnHF5h3e70v7Lg.png?generation=1608819241559099&alt=media)
More than 70 people are killed in a building collapse in Thane, India.
#2013_Thane_building_collapse
![Marc Andreessen](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FApril_04%2FfiltercW0zLqGL3qOtEwmHK9sz.jpg?generation=1608819241949846&alt=media)
Marc Andreessen and Jim Clark found Netscape Communications Corporation under the name Mosaic Communications Corporation.
#Marc_Andreessen
![Angola](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FApril_04%2Ffiltercdj2Mby7XOGQM3wNA3EE.png?generation=1608819242333657&alt=media)
The Angolan government and UNITA rebels sign a peace treaty ending the Angolan Civil War.
#Angola
![Lockheed C-141 Starlifter](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FApril_04%2Ffilterf5XJJeGMMkUyPm0IjxDb.jpg?generation=1608819242782901&alt=media)
A Lockheed C-141 Starlifter, dubbed the Hanoi Taxi, makes the last flight of Operation Homecoming.
#Lockheed_C-141_Starlifter
![Argonia, Kansas](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FApril_04%2Ffilterhvb85eanCOkFshC4wZnw.jpg?generation=1608819243173916&alt=media)
Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.
#Argonia,_Kansas
![Martin Luther King Jr.](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FApril_04%2FfilterinvjYrmXdHwouEuxOiF2.jpg?generation=1608819243545755&alt=media)
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.
![World Trade Center (1973-2001)](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FApril_04%2FfilterjiYfEfSCXdlnkDtTVeEi.jpg?generation=1608819243942546&alt=media)
The Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City are officially dedicated.
#World_Trade_Center_(1973-2001)
![Los Angeles](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FApril_04%2FfilterkisVM5TdAA95TFDQ35pF.jpg?generation=1608819244339507&alt=media)
Los Angeles is incorporated as a city.
#Los_Angeles
![Ronald Reagan](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FApril_04%2FfilterlkthiRHypKXfgS9YY78l.jpg?generation=1608819244692991&alt=media)
President Ronald Reagan calls for an international ban on chemical weapons.
#Ronald_Reagan
U.S. Navy airship USSÂ Akron is wrecked off the New Jersey coast due to severe weather.
#Airship
![1905 Kangra earthquake](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FApril_04%2Ffiltero0yy6qLVkXJyDxK03lOw.jpg?generation=1608819245446679&alt=media)
In India, an earthquake hits the Kangra Valley, killing 20,000, and destroying most buildings in Kangra, McLeod Ganj and Dharamshala.
#1905_Kangra_earthquake
![Microsoft](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FApril_04%2FfilterofP5W293xkCAV1ED5RKF.jpg?generation=1608819245825886&alt=media)
Microsoft is founded as a partnership between Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
#Microsoft
![Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FApril_04%2FfilterpSymIhQcg1062wIoxNTE.jpg?generation=1608819246217874&alt=media)
Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated by James Earl Ray at a motel in Memphis, Tennessee.
#Assassination_of_Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
![Faisal II of Iraq](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FApril_04%2FfilterqlIAtjXHPG6f6ppCCpR7.jpg?generation=1608819246613555&alt=media)
Faisal II becomes King of Iraq.
#Faisal_II_of_Iraq
![John Heinz](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FApril_04%2Ffiltershp6UOtCfMc4aCeOciHr.jpg?generation=1608819247000028&alt=media)
Senator John Heinz of Pennsylvania and six others are killed when a helicopter collides with their airplane over an elementary school in Merion, Pennsylvania.
#John_Heinz
![Robert Walpole](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FApril_04%2FfilteruTEZIGc8ElWry0sVs2l5.jpg?generation=1608819247391304&alt=media)
Sir Robert Walpole becomes the first British prime minister.
#Robert_Walpole
![Moscow](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FApril_04%2Ffilterv6ajEBdnXJtKjGEX1gR1.jpg?generation=1608819247765173&alt=media)
Moscow is mentioned for the first time in the historical record, when it is named as a meeting place for two princes.
#Moscow
![Denton Cooley](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FApril_04%2FfilterwxBNcxEJEu50WoqEjHkd.jpg?generation=1608819248128934&alt=media)
Dr. Denton Cooley implants the first temporary artificial heart.
#Denton_Cooley
![Alexander II of Russia](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/infinityfact.appspot.com/o/HISTORY%2FEvents%2FApril_04%2FfilterzxH9fcJngkhnSUvfTUsB.jpg?generation=1608819248497245&alt=media)
Alexander II of Russia narrowly escapes an assassination attempt by Dmitry Karakozov in the city of Saint Petersburg.
#Alexander_II_of_Russia