April 4th, 1949

Born on April 4th, 1949

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What happened on April 4th, 1949?

April 4th, 1949

Cold War: Twelve nations sign the North Atlantic Treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War

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.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Atlantic_Treaty

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, 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 at least two and damaging buildings across the two countries.

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

Born on April 4th, 1949

75

Abdullah Öcalan

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

*April 4th, 1949, Ömerli

75

Shing-Tung Yau

American mathematician from Hong Kong

*April 4th, 1949, Shantou

75

Udo van Kampen

German television economic journalist

*April 4th, 1949, Bad Kreuznach

72

Wolfgang Windhausen

German author and writer

*April 4th, 1949, Duderstadt †January 28th, 2022, Duderstadt

73

Frederico Rodrigues de Oliveira

Association football player

*April 4th, 1949, Rio de Janeiro †May 29th, 2022

75

Bruno Mégret

French politician and official

*April 4th, 1949, Paris

75

Litsa Diamanti

Greek singer

*April 4th, 1949, Athens

75

Jean-Baptiste Harang

French journalist

*April 4th, 1949, Chaulgnes

75

Klaus-Dieter Klebsch

German actor and voice actor

*April 4th, 1949, Potsdam

50

Junior Braithwaite

Jamaican musician

*April 4th, 1949, Kingston †June 2nd, 1999, Kingston

75

James Wilcox

American novelist and professor

*April 4th, 1949, Hammond

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

77

Wiranto

Indonesian politician

*April 4th, 1947, Yogyakarta City

74

Christine Lahti

American actress and director (born 1950)

*April 4th, 1950, Birmingham

76

Pick Withers

English rock and jazz drummer

*April 4th, 1948, Leicester

27

Victor Leksell

Swedish singer

*April 4th, 1997, Torslanda

93

José Luis Álvarez Álvarez

Spanish politician and diplomat (1930-2023)

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

78

Oscar Fulloné

Argentine association football player and manager (1939-2017)

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

26

Ayliva

German singer-songwriter Turkish Origin

*April 4th, 1998, Recklinghausen

73

Francesco De Gregori

Italian recording artist and singer-songwriter (1951-)

*April 4th, 1951, Rome

86

Maya Angelou

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

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

58

Stefan Mappus

German politician, former PM of Baden-Württemberg

*April 4th, 1966, Pforzheim

60

David Cross

American stand-up comedian and actor (born 1964)

*April 4th, 1964, Roswell

78

Lars-Göran Arwidson

Swedish biathlete

*April 4th, 1946, Malung

79

Daniel Cohn-Bendit

German/French journalist and politician

*April 4th, 1945, Montauban

59

Robert Downey Jr.

American actor (born 1965)

*April 4th, 1965, Manhattan

60

Anthony Perkins

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

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

61

Graham Norton

Irish comedian, actor and television host

*April 4th, 1963, Clondalkin

44

Laurie Beechman

American singer (1953-1998)

*April 4th, 1953, Philadelphia †March 8th, 1998, White Plains

56

John Brack

Swiss singer (1950–2006)

*April 4th, 1950, Zürich †May 1st, 2006, Zürich

79

Guy Teissier

French politician

*April 4th, 1945, Marseille

77

Frank Spieth

German trade unionist and politician

*April 4th, 1947, Wetzlar

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Born in 1949

75

Joachim Witt

German rock musician

*February 22nd, 1949, Hamburg

74

Rudy Hartono

Indonesian badminton player

*August 18th, 1949, Surabaya

75

Åse Kleveland

Swedish-Norwegian singer and politician

*March 18th, 1949, Stockholm

70

Jahn Teigen

Norwegian singer, musician, and comedian (1949–2020)

*September 27th, 1949, Tønsberg Municipality †February 24th, 2020, Ystad

74

David Rubenstein

American businessman

*August 11th, 1949, Baltimore

74

Sherman Howard

American actor

*June 11th, 1949, Chicago

74

Egon Flaig

German university teacher, Historian of classical antiquity and writer

*May 16th, 1949, Oberstenfeld

74

Meryl Streep

American actress (born 1949)

*June 22nd, 1949, Summit

74

Odaline de la Martinez

American conductor and composer

*October 31st, 1949, Matanzas

74

Gertrúd Ladányi

Badminton player

*May 3rd, 1949, Esztergom

66

Papa Wemba

Congolese singer and musician

*June 14th, 1949, Lubefu †April 24th, 2016, Abidjan

67

Denis Johnson

American writer (novel, drama, poetry, essay) (1949-2017)

*July 1st, 1949, Munich †May 24th, 2017, Sea Ranch

40

Stiv Bators

American punk rock vocalist and guitarist

*October 22nd, 1949, Youngstown †June 3rd, 1990, 1st arrondissement of Paris

74

Hans Michelbach

German politician

*May 3rd, 1949, Gemünden am Main

74

Sverre Årnes

Norwegian writer

*May 14th, 1949, Surnadal Municipality

74

Gloria Gaynor

American singer

*September 7th, 1949, Newark

75

Jessica Lange

American actress

*April 20th, 1949, Cloquet

74

Bruce Springsteen

American rock singer (born 1949)

*September 23rd, 1949, Long Branch

67

Carlos Slepoy

Argentinian lawyer (1949-2017)

*October 2nd, 1949, Buenos Aires †April 17th, 2017, Madrid

68

Stanley Greene

American photographer (1949-2017)

*February 14th, 1949, Brooklyn †May 19th, 2017, Paris

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No: With 365 days 1949 is a normal year and no leap year.

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