Friday, April 04, 2014

History for April 4

History for April 4 - On-This-Day.com

Birth anniversary of Muddy Waters (1915-83), born McKinley Morganfield at Rolling Fork, MS.

Happy Birthday! Christine Lahti, Craig T. Nelson, Michael Parks


50 years ago, in 1964, the Beatles held the top five positions of the Billboard Hot 100 chart with “Can’t Buy Me Love,” “Twist and Shout,” “She Loves You,” “I Want To Hold Your Hand,” and “Please, Please Me.



1581 - Francis Drake completed the circumnavigation of the world. 



1818 - The U.S. flag was declared to have 13 red and white stripes and 20 stars and that a new star would be added for the each new state. 











1841 - U.S. President William Henry Harrison, at the age of 68, became the first president to die in office. He had been sworn in only a month before he died of pneumonia. 



1917 - The U.S. Senate voted 90-6 to enter World War I on the Allied side. 



1932 - After five years of research, professor C.G. King, of the University of Pittsburgh, isolated vitamin C. 



1968 - Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated at the age of 39. 



1969 - Dr. Denton Cooley implanted the first temporary artificial heart. 



1974 - Hank Aaron tied Babe Ruth's major league baseball home-run record with 714. 



1991 - Pennsylvanian Senator John Heinz and six others were killed when a helicopter collided with Heinz's plane over a schoolyard in Merion, PA

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