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April 4
1818 - Congress adopted a U.S. flag with one star for each state.
1841 - President William Henry Harrison died from pneumonia, just one month after his inauguration, becoming the first U.S. president to die in office; John Tyler became the first vice president to assume the presidency after such a death.
1865 - President Abraham Lincoln, accompanied by his son Tad, visited the vanquished Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia, where he was greeted by a crowd that included former slaves.
1905 - An earthquake in Kangra, India killed more than 20,000.
1917 - The U.S. Senate voted 82-6 in favor of declaring war against Germany (the House followed suit two days later).
1945 - The Ohrdruf death camp was liberated from Nazi occupation.
1949 - The treaty establishing the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was signed.
1968 - Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated at age 39 on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee; his slaying was followed by a wave of rioting (Washington, D.C., Baltimore and Chicago were particularly hard hit). James Earl Ray later pleaded guilty to assassinating King, then spent the rest of his life claiming he'd been the victim of a setup.
1973 - A ribbon cutting ceremony was held to open the World Trade Center in New York City.
1975 - More than 130 people, most of them children, were killed when a U.S. Air Force transport plane evacuating Vietnamese orphans crash-landed shortly after takeoff from Saigon.
1979 - Pakistan prime minister Zulifkar Ali Bhutto was executed by the military.
1981 - Henry Cisneros became the mayor of San Antonio, Texas, the first Hispanic mayor of a major U.S. city.
1983 - Sally Ride became the first American woman in space aboard the space shuttle Challenger, which was making its maiden voyage.
1991 - Sen. John Heinz (R-Pennsylvania) and six others, including two children, were killed when a helicopter collided with Heinz's plane over a schoolyard in Merion, Pennsylvania.
2013 - Pulitzer Prize-winning film reviewer Roger Ebert died in Chicago at age 70.
2018 - Saying the situation had reached “a point of crisis,” President Donald Trump signed a proclamation directing the deployment of the National Guard to the U.S.-Mexico border to fight illegal immigration.
Birthdays
24 - Aliyah Royale (actress)
28 - Austin Mahone (singer)
31 - Daniela Bobadilla (actress)
33 - Jamie Lynn Spears (actress/singer)
33 - Jessica Serfaty (model)
41 - Eric Andre (actor)
45 - Natasha Lyonne (actress)
48 - James Roday (actor)
51 - David Blaine (magician)
52 - Jill Scott (singer)
53 - Clay Davidson (singer)
54 - Barry Pepper (actor)
58 - Nancy McKeon (actress)
59 - Robert Downey Jr. (actor)
60 - David Cross (actor)
61 - Graham Norton (talk show host)
68 - David E. Kelley (producer)
70 - Mary-Margaret Humes (actress)
74 - Christine Lahti (actress)
80 - Craig T. Nelson (actor)
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Today in Sports History - April 4
1921 - The Ottawa Senators beat the Vancouver Millionaires in the 1921 Stanley Cup Finals. The Senators became the first NHL team to win back-to-back Stanley Cup titles.
1974 - Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves tied Babe Ruth's career home run record, hitting his 714th in a game against the Cincinnati Reds.
1983 - North Carolina State defeats Houston 54-52 to win the NCAA Tournament.
1986 - Wayne Gretzky set an NHL record with his 213th point of the season.
1988 - Kansas defeats Oklahoma 83-79 to win the NCAA Tournament.
1989 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar plays in his final NBA game.
1989 - Tommy John of the New York Yankees ties a record by playing in his 26th MLB season.
1993 - Texas Tech defeats Ohio State 84-82 to win the NCAA Women's Tournament.
1994 - Arkansas defeats Duke 76-72 to win the NCAA Tournament.
1994 - Karl "Tuffy" Rhodes (Chicago Cubs) became the first player in the National League to hit three home runs on Opening Day.
1996 - Michael Jordan (Chicago Bulls) became the fourth player in NBA history to reach 2,000 career steals.
1998 - Mark McGwire (St. Louis Cardinals) became the second National League player to hit a home run in the first four games of a season. Willie Mays (San Francisco) had hit home runs in the first four games of the 1971 season.
1999 - The Colorado Rockies and the San Diego Padres played the first major league season opener to be held in Mexico. The Rockies beat the Padres 8-2. The game was also the first season opener to be held in a country other than the United States or Canada.
2005 - North Carolina defeats Illinois 75-70 to win the NCAA Tournament.
2006 - Maryland defeats Duke 78-75 in overtime to win the NCAA Women's Tournament.
2011 - Connecticut defeats Butler 53-41 to win the NCAA Tournament.
2016 - Villanova defeats North Carolina 77-74 to win the NCAA Tournament.
2021 - Stanford defeated Arizona 54-53 to win the NCAA Women's Tournament.
2022 - Kansas defeats North Carolina 72-69 to win the NCAA Tournament.
1818 - Congress adopted a U.S. flag with one star for each state.
1841 - President William Henry Harrison died from pneumonia, just one month after his inauguration, becoming the first U.S. president to die in office; John Tyler became the first vice president to assume the presidency after such a death.
1865 - President Abraham Lincoln, accompanied by his son Tad, visited the vanquished Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia, where he was greeted by a crowd that included former slaves.
1905 - An earthquake in Kangra, India killed more than 20,000.
1917 - The U.S. Senate voted 82-6 in favor of declaring war against Germany (the House followed suit two days later).
1945 - The Ohrdruf death camp was liberated from Nazi occupation.
1949 - The treaty establishing the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was signed.
1968 - Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated at age 39 on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee; his slaying was followed by a wave of rioting (Washington, D.C., Baltimore and Chicago were particularly hard hit). James Earl Ray later pleaded guilty to assassinating King, then spent the rest of his life claiming he'd been the victim of a setup.
1973 - A ribbon cutting ceremony was held to open the World Trade Center in New York City.
1975 - More than 130 people, most of them children, were killed when a U.S. Air Force transport plane evacuating Vietnamese orphans crash-landed shortly after takeoff from Saigon.
1979 - Pakistan prime minister Zulifkar Ali Bhutto was executed by the military.
1981 - Henry Cisneros became the mayor of San Antonio, Texas, the first Hispanic mayor of a major U.S. city.
1983 - Sally Ride became the first American woman in space aboard the space shuttle Challenger, which was making its maiden voyage.
1991 - Sen. John Heinz (R-Pennsylvania) and six others, including two children, were killed when a helicopter collided with Heinz's plane over a schoolyard in Merion, Pennsylvania.
2013 - Pulitzer Prize-winning film reviewer Roger Ebert died in Chicago at age 70.
2018 - Saying the situation had reached “a point of crisis,” President Donald Trump signed a proclamation directing the deployment of the National Guard to the U.S.-Mexico border to fight illegal immigration.
Birthdays
24 - Aliyah Royale (actress)
28 - Austin Mahone (singer)
31 - Daniela Bobadilla (actress)
33 - Jamie Lynn Spears (actress/singer)
33 - Jessica Serfaty (model)
41 - Eric Andre (actor)
45 - Natasha Lyonne (actress)
48 - James Roday (actor)
51 - David Blaine (magician)
52 - Jill Scott (singer)
53 - Clay Davidson (singer)
54 - Barry Pepper (actor)
58 - Nancy McKeon (actress)
59 - Robert Downey Jr. (actor)
60 - David Cross (actor)
61 - Graham Norton (talk show host)
68 - David E. Kelley (producer)
70 - Mary-Margaret Humes (actress)
74 - Christine Lahti (actress)
80 - Craig T. Nelson (actor)
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Today in Sports History - April 4
1921 - The Ottawa Senators beat the Vancouver Millionaires in the 1921 Stanley Cup Finals. The Senators became the first NHL team to win back-to-back Stanley Cup titles.
1974 - Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves tied Babe Ruth's career home run record, hitting his 714th in a game against the Cincinnati Reds.
1983 - North Carolina State defeats Houston 54-52 to win the NCAA Tournament.
1986 - Wayne Gretzky set an NHL record with his 213th point of the season.
1988 - Kansas defeats Oklahoma 83-79 to win the NCAA Tournament.
1989 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar plays in his final NBA game.
1989 - Tommy John of the New York Yankees ties a record by playing in his 26th MLB season.
1993 - Texas Tech defeats Ohio State 84-82 to win the NCAA Women's Tournament.
1994 - Arkansas defeats Duke 76-72 to win the NCAA Tournament.
1994 - Karl "Tuffy" Rhodes (Chicago Cubs) became the first player in the National League to hit three home runs on Opening Day.
1996 - Michael Jordan (Chicago Bulls) became the fourth player in NBA history to reach 2,000 career steals.
1998 - Mark McGwire (St. Louis Cardinals) became the second National League player to hit a home run in the first four games of a season. Willie Mays (San Francisco) had hit home runs in the first four games of the 1971 season.
1999 - The Colorado Rockies and the San Diego Padres played the first major league season opener to be held in Mexico. The Rockies beat the Padres 8-2. The game was also the first season opener to be held in a country other than the United States or Canada.
2005 - North Carolina defeats Illinois 75-70 to win the NCAA Tournament.
2006 - Maryland defeats Duke 78-75 in overtime to win the NCAA Women's Tournament.
2011 - Connecticut defeats Butler 53-41 to win the NCAA Tournament.
2016 - Villanova defeats North Carolina 77-74 to win the NCAA Tournament.
2021 - Stanford defeated Arizona 54-53 to win the NCAA Women's Tournament.
2022 - Kansas defeats North Carolina 72-69 to win the NCAA Tournament.