On April 4th in history ..



1460 - University of Basle in Swizerland forms
1581 - Frances Drake completes circumnavigation of world
1660 - Declaration of Breda
1660 - English king Charles II ends Decl of Breda (freedom of religion)
1686 - English king James II publishes Declaration of Indulgence
1687 - King James II orders his declaration of indulgence read in church
1818 - Congress decided US flag is 13 red & white stripes & 20 stars
1828 - Casparus van Wooden patents chocolate milk powder (Amsterdam)
1850 - City of Los Angeles incorporated
1862 - Battle of Yorktown begins
1896 - Announcement of Gold in Yukon
1902 - Cecil Rhodes scholarship fund forms with $10 million
1911 - Hugh Chalmers, automaker, suggests idea of baseball MVP
1945 - US forces liberated the Nazi death camp Ohrdruf in Germany
1949 - North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) treaty signed (Wash DC)
1958 - 1st march against nuclear weapons (Aldermaston England)
1968 - Martin Luther King Jr, (Dream continues), assassinated in Memph at 39
1968 - Apollo 6 launched atop Saturn V; unmanned
1969 - Denton Cooley gets 1st temporary artificial heart
1975 - Steve Miller is arrested for burning his girlfriend's clothes
1983 - 6th space shuttle mission, Challenger 1 launched
1984 - Winston Smith in Orwell's "1984" begins his secret diary
1985 - Tulane University cancels its basketball season amidst scandal
1989 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's last NBA game in Seattle
1990 - Gloria Estefan released from hospital after her accident
1992 - John Tesh (Entertainment Tonight) marries actress Connie Selleca
1992 - Jury deliberations begin in Noriega case
1994 - LA Dodger Darryl Strawberry begins substance abuse treatment
1994 - Largest Opening Day crowd at Yankee Stadium, 56,706
1994 - Netscape Communications founded as Mosaic Communications
1994 - Tony Curtis undergoes heart-bypass surgery
1997 - Anaheim Ducks clinch their 1st-ever playoff berth
1997 - DMSP Titan 2 launched
1998 - NFL Europe (Formerly WLAF), kicks off season


Famous Birthdays..



1895 - Arthur Murray, NYC, dancer (Arthur Murray Dance Party)
1915 - Muddy Waters, Mississippi, musician
1924 - Eva Marie Saint, Newark NJ, actress (Sandpiper, Loving, Exodus)
1926 - Cloris Leachman, Des Moines Iowa, actress
1928 - Maya Angelou, [Marguerite Johnson], St Louis, poet/actress
1946 - Craig T. Nelson, actor (Coach)
1950 - Christine Lahti, Michigan, actress
1965 - Robert Downey Jr, NYC, comedian
1966 - Nancy McKeon, Westbury NY, actress (Jo Polniazek-Facts of Life)
1973 - David Blaine, NYC, magician
1979 - Heath Ledger, Australia, (whew what a hottie!) actor, (10 Things I Hate About You, The Order)