Historical Events In April - 04

1994  On this day in history netscape Communications founded as Mosaic Communications   

1994  On this day in history tony Curtis undergoes heart-bypass surgery   

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

1996  Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Austin TX on KJFK 98.9 FM on April - 04.   

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

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

1997  DMSP Titan 2 launched on this day in history.   

1997  STS 83 (Columbia 22), launches on this day in history.   

1998  NFL Europe (Formerly WLAF), kicks off season on April - 04.   

2007  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 on April - 04.   

2007  On this day in history nATO and Afghan forces retake a key town from the Taliban in Sangin in southern Helmand Province.   

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

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

2014  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 on this day in history.   

2017  On this day in history chemical weapons attack on Khan Sheikhoun, Syria by Syrian government forces kills more than 80 civilians   

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

2017  On April - 04 alibaba becomes the world's largest retailer according to US Securities and Exchange Commission   

2018  On this day in history 21st Commonwealth Games open in the Gold Coast, Australia   

2018  On this day in history the 2018 Commonwealth Games are held in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.   

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  On this day in history the 2021 Bulgarian parliamentary election takes place.   

2021  More than 270 people are killed in Indonesia and East Timor after Cyclone Seroja strikes East Nusa Tenggara and the island of Timor on this day in history.   

2023  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 on April - 04.   

2023  On this day in history finland becomes the 31st member of NATO, doubling the alliance's border with Russia.   

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0186  Caracalla, Roman emperor (d. 217) was born on April - 04.   

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

1527  On this day in history birth of abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Neth geographer   

1572  William Strachey, English writer (d. 1621) was born on April - 04.   

1593  On this day in history birth of edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669)   

1646  On this day in history birth of antoine Galland, French archaeologist (d. 1715)   

1648  Grinling Gibbons, sculptor/woodcarver was born on this day in history.   

1688  Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768) was born on this day in history.   

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

0636  Death of Saint Isidore of Seville, Church Father and the proposed patron of Internet (b. cira 560) on April - 04.   

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  Nicholas IV, [Girolamo Masci], Pope (1288-92), dies on this day in history.   

1305  Death of Jeanne of Navarre, wife of Philip IV of France (b. circa 1217) on this day in history.   

1393  Floris van Wevelinkhoven, bishop of Utrecht, dies on this day in history.