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1964 : Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. On April 4, 1968, the Nobel Peace Prize, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated at a hotel in Memphis, Tennessee. The killing led to riots in all the United States.
1973 : World Trade Center On April 4, 1973, the World Trade Center in New York were completed and became the tallest buildings in the world.
1975 : Crash of orphans in Vietnam On April 4, 1975, a U.S. cargo plane carrying orphans crashed near Saigon, Vietnam, during the evacuation Operation Babylift.
1975 : Microsoft Foundation On April 4, 1975, two friends passionate about computer programming, Bill Gates and Paul Allen, created Microsoft Corporation.
1983 : First flight of the shuttle Challenger On April 4, 1983, the shuttle Challenger made its first flight from Edwards Air Force Base. The shuttle exploded during its 10th mission.

Children's Day in Hong Kong and Taiwan
Senegal's National Day April 4 is the National Day in Senegal which commemorates independence gained against France in 1960.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
A man who won't die for something is not fit to live.

Édouard Lucas, Matemático francés (1842)
Isoroku Yamamoto, General japonés (1884)
Pierre Fresnay, Actor francés (1897)
Marguerite Duras, Escritora francesa (1914)
Anthony Perkins, Actor americano (1932)
Andrei Tarkovsky, Director de cine ruso (1932)
Craig T. Nelson, Actor americano (1944)
Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Político alemán (1945)
Christine Lahti, Actriz americana (1950)
Hun Sen, Político de Camboya (1951)
David E. Kelley, Guionista y productor estadounidense (1956)
Hugo Weaving, Actor Inglés-Australiano (1960)
Robert Downey, Jr., Actor americano (1965)
Nancy McKeon, Actriz americana (1966)
Nancy McKeon, Actriz americana (1966)
David Blaine, Mago y ilusionista estadounidense (1973)
Loris Capirossi, Motorcycle Racer (1973)
Heath Ledger, Actor australiano (1979)
Frank Fielding, Futbolista Inglés (1988)
Jamie Lynn Spears, Actriz y cantante americana (1991)

John Napier, Matemático escocés (1617)
Heinrich Gustav Magnus, Químico y Físico alemán (1870)
André Michelin, Industrial francés (1931)
Wilhelm Ostwald, Químico alemán, premio Nobel (1932)
Martin Luther King, Jr., Líder de derechos civiles estadounidense, Premio Nobel de la Paz (1968)
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Político de Pakistán (1979)
Gloria Swanson, Actriz americana (1983)

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