April 4th, 1944

Born on April 4th, 1944

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What happened on April 4th, 1944?

April 4th, 1944

World War II: First bombardment of oil refineries in Bucharest by Anglo-American forces kills 3,000 civilians.

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What else happened on April 4th?

January 1st, 1970

Roman consul Agrippa Menenius Lanatus celebrated a triumph for a military victory over the Sabines.

April 4th, 1988

Evan Mecham, Governor of Arizona, was removed from office after being convicted in his impeachment trial.

April 4th, 1975

Vietnam War: On a mission to evacuate children from South Vietnam, a U.S. Air Force plane crash-landed at Tan Son Nhut Air Base, killing 78 children and 60 others.

April 4th, 1973

A year after the completion of the second of the complex's twin towers, the World Trade Center in New York City was officially dedicated.

April 4th, 1968

American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. (pictured) was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee.

April 4th, 1949

Twelve nations signed the North Atlantic Treaty, establishing NATO, an international military alliance whereby its member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party.

April 4th, 1873

The Kennel Club, the world's oldest kennel club, was founded in the United Kingdom after Sewallis Shirley became frustrated by trying to organise dog shows without a consistent set of rules.

April 4th, 1866

Russian tsar Alexander II narrowly survived an assassination attempt by Dmitry Karakozov.

April 4th, 1841

William Henry Harrison (pictured) became the first U.S. president to die in office, sparking a brief constitutional crisis regarding questions of presidential succession that were unanswered by the U.S. Constitution.

April 4th, 1268

The Byzantine Empire and the Republic of Venice signed a five-year peace treaty.

April 4th, 1920

The four-day Nebi Musa riots commence.

April 4th, 2023

Finland becomes a member of NATO after Turkey accepts its membership request.

April 4th, 2011

Georgian Airways Flight 834 crashes at N'djili Airport in Kinshasa, killing 32.

April 4th, 2010

A magnitude 7.2 earthquake hits south of the Mexico-USA border, killing two and damaging buildings across the two countries.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on April 4th

Born on April 4th, 1944

80

Craig T. Nelson

American actor

*April 4th, 1944, Spokane

78

Phyllida Barlow

British artist

*April 4th, 1944, Newcastle upon Tyne †March 12th, 2023, London

80

Robert Schindel

Austrian writer

*April 4th, 1944, Bad Hall

80

Elmar Ledergerber

Swiss politician

*April 4th, 1944, Engelberg

80

Erik Pettersson

Swedish road racing cyclist

*April 4th, 1944, Vårgårda

60

Yehudit Naot

Israeli scientist and politician (1944-2004)

*April 4th, 1944, Israel †December 16th, 2004, Haifa

80

Bassam Tibi

German political scientist

*April 4th, 1944, Damascus

80

Bob McDill

American musician

*April 4th, 1944, Beaumont

80

Magda Aelvoet

Flemish politician

*April 4th, 1944, Steenokkerzeel

68

Toktamış Ateş

Turkish academician, political commentator, columnist and writer

*April 4th, 1944, Yeniceoba †January 19th, 2013, Istanbul

68

Nelson Prudêncio

Athletics competitor

*April 4th, 1944, Lins †November 23rd, 2012, São Paulo

Same Day
Who's birthday is on April 4th?

77

Wiranto

Indonesian politician

*April 4th, 1947, Yogyakarta City

78

Oscar Fulloné

Argentine association football player and manager (1939-2017)

*April 4th, 1939, La Plata †May 22nd, 2017, Casablanca

93

José Luis Álvarez Álvarez

Spanish politician and diplomat (1930-2023)

*April 4th, 1930, Madrid †August 23rd, 2023, Cartagena

27

Victor Leksell

Swedish singer

*April 4th, 1997, Torslanda

79

Daniel Cohn-Bendit

German/French journalist and politician

*April 4th, 1945, Montauban

26

Ayliva

German singer-songwriter Turkish Origin

*April 4th, 1998, Recklinghausen

86

Maya Angelou

American poet, author, and civil rights activist (1928–2014)

*April 4th, 1928, St. Louis †May 28th, 2014, Winston-Salem

79

Guy Teissier

French politician

*April 4th, 1945, Marseille

78

Lars-Göran Arwidson

Swedish biathlete

*April 4th, 1946, Malung

76

Pick Withers

English rock and jazz drummer

*April 4th, 1948, Leicester

74

Christine Lahti

American actress and director (born 1950)

*April 4th, 1950, Birmingham

58

Stefan Mappus

German politician, former PM of Baden-Württemberg

*April 4th, 1966, Pforzheim

60

Anthony Perkins

American actor, director, and singer (1932–1992)

*April 4th, 1932, New York City †September 12th, 1992, Hollywood

60

David Cross

American stand-up comedian and actor (born 1964)

*April 4th, 1964, Roswell

73

Francesco De Gregori

Italian recording artist and singer-songwriter (1951-)

*April 4th, 1951, Rome

92

Clive Davis

American music executive (born 1932)

*April 4th, 1932, Brooklyn

88

Hans Grodotzki

East German athletics competitor

*April 4th, 1936, Pasłęk

59

Robert Downey Jr.

American actor (born 1965)

*April 4th, 1965, Manhattan

75

Abdullah Öcalan

Ideologist, writer and founder of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)

*April 4th, 1949, Ömerli

61

Graham Norton

Irish comedian, actor and television host

*April 4th, 1963, Clondalkin

Same year
Born in 1944

79

Udo Kier

German actor

*October 14th, 1944, Cologne

79

Dieter Planck

German archaeologist

*August 14th, 1944, Rottenburg am Neckar

79

Poul Michelsen

Faroese businessperson and politician

*July 22nd, 1944, Tórshavn

79

Nils Ole Oftebro

Norwegian actor

*December 1st, 1944, Sarpsborg Municipality

73

Jonathan Demme

American film director (1944–2017)

*February 22nd, 1944, Baldwin †April 26th, 2017, Manhattan

79

John Rhys-Davies

British actor

*May 5th, 1944, Ammanford

80

Syed Mohammed Arif

Badminton player and trainer

*January 29th, 1944, Hyderabad

80

Joachim Schimpke

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1944, Hohenstein-Ernstthal

79

Gernot Erler

German politician

*May 3rd, 1944, Meissen

79

Michael Douglas

American actor and film producer

*September 25th, 1944, New Brunswick

80

Gerhard Schröder

Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005

*April 7th, 1944, Mossenberg-Wöhren

80

Gert Audring

German historian of classical antiquity

*February 6th, 1944, Śrem

80

Alice Walker

American author and activist (1944- )

*February 9th, 1944, Eatonton

79

Ban Ki-moon

8th Secretary-General of the United Nations

*June 13th, 1944, Eumseong County

77

Judi Rollick

Badminton player

*August 17th, 1944, Seattle †April 5th, 2022

80

Alexander Van der Bellen

President of Austria since 2017

*January 18th, 1944, Vienna

77

Volker Lechtenbrink

German actor and singer

*August 18th, 1944, Zelenogradsk †November 22nd, 2021, Hamburg

72

David Chandler

American chemist (1944-2017)

*October 15th, 1944, New York City †April 18th, 2017, Berkeley

72

Helena Štáchová

Czech actress, theatre director, manager and puppeteer

*November 18th, 1944, Prague †March 22nd, 2017, Prague

79

Serge Haroche

French physicist, Nobel laureate

*September 11th, 1944, Casablanca

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Leap year

Yes: 1944 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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