Historical Events In April - 04

1994  Netscape Communications founded as Mosaic Communications on April - 04.  

1994  Tony Curtis undergoes heart-bypass surgery on this day in history.  

1996  On April - 04 "Inherit the Wind" opens at Royale Theater NYC for 45 performances  

1996  On April - 04 howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Austin TX on KJFK 98.9 FM  

1997  On April - 04 anaheim Ducks clinch their 1st-ever playoff berth  

1997  Braves officially open Turner Field against Cubs on April - 04.  

1997  On this day in history dMSP Titan 2 launched  

1997  On this day in history sTS 83 (Columbia 22), launches  

1998  On April - 04 nFL Europe (Formerly WLAF), kicks off season  

2007  On this day in history iran announced it will release the British sailors and marines that they captured on mar 23. The captives arrive back in the UK the next day.  

2007  NATO and Afghan forces retake a key town from the Taliban in Sangin in southern Helmand Province on April - 04.  

2012  On April - 04 german Nobel Laureat, Gunter Grass, publishes controversial poem that claims Israel is plotting to wipe out Iran  

2013  74 people are killed after an illegally constructed building collapses in Thane, India on this day in history.  

2014  On this day in history president of the World Bank, Jim Yong Kim, claims that climate change will lead to battles over water and food within the next five to ten years  

2017  Chemical weapons attack on Khan Sheikhoun, Syria by Syrian government forces kills more than 80 civilians on April - 04.  

2017  On this day in history pink Star diamond sets world record price of $71 million for a gem at an action in Hong Kong  

2017  Alibaba becomes the world's largest retailer according to US Securities and Exchange Commission on April - 04.  

2018  21st Commonwealth Games open in the Gold Coast, Australia on April - 04.  

2018  The 2018 Commonwealth Games are held in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia on April - 04.  

2019  Second Libyan Civil War: The Libyan National Army (LNA) launches a surprise offensive in western Libya, moving units towards the Government of National Accord-held capital Tripoli and capturing Gharyan. The LNA says that the operation, ordered by General Khalifa Haftar, is aimed at "cleansing the western zone from terrorist groups" on this day in history.  

2021  ANA Inspiration Women's Golf, Mission Hills CC: Patty Tavatanakit of Thailand wins her first LPGA Tour event by 2 strokes from NZ's Lydia Ko who cards a 10-under-par final round on April - 04.  

2021  The 2021 Bulgarian parliamentary election takes place on April - 04.  

2021  On April - 04 more than 270 people are killed in Indonesia and East Timor after Cyclone Seroja strikes East Nusa Tenggara and the island of Timor.  

2023  On this day in history former US president Donald Trump pleads not guilty in a NY court to 34 felony counts of falsifying documents related to 2016 hush money payments to a woman alleging they had an extramarital affair  

2023  Finland becomes the 31st member of NATO, doubling the alliance's border with Russia on April - 04.  

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0186  Caracalla, Roman emperor (d. 217) was born on this day in history.  

1492  On this day in history birth of ambrosius Blarer, German reformer (d. 1564)  

1527  On April - 04 birth of abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Neth geographer  

1572  William Strachey, English writer (d. 1621) was born on this day in history.  

1593  On April - 04 birth of edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669)  

1646  Antoine Galland, French archaeologist (d. 1715) was born on April - 04.  

1648  On this day in history birth of grinling Gibbons, sculptor/woodcarver  

1688  On this day in history birth of joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768)  

0397  Ambrosius, gov of Liguria/bishop of Milan (374-97)/saint, dies on this day in history.  

0636  On this day in history death of saint Isidore of Seville, Church Father and the proposed patron of Internet (b. cira 560)  

0896  On April - 04 formosus, Pope (891-96), dies  

1229  Hugo van Pierrepont, bishop of Liege, dies on this day in history.  

1284  On this day in history alfonso X, "El Sabio" King of Castile/Leon (1252-84), dies at 62  

1292  On April - 04 nicholas IV, [Girolamo Masci], Pope (1288-92), dies  

1305  On April - 04 death of jeanne of Navarre, wife of Philip IV of France (b. circa 1217)  

1393  On this day in history floris van Wevelinkhoven, bishop of Utrecht, dies