April 4
| 527 | In Constantinople, Justin, seriously ill, crowns his nephew Justinian as his co-emperor. | |
| 1581 | Francis Drake completes circumnavigation of the world. | |
| 1812 | The territory of Orleans becomes the 18th state and will become known as Louisiana. | |
| 1818 | The United States flag is declared to have 13 red and white stripes and 20 stars. | |
| 1841 | President William Henry Harrison, aged 68, becomes the first president to die in office, just a month after being sworn in. | |
| 1862 | The Battle of Yorktown begins as Union gen. George B. McClellan closes in on Richmond, Va. | |
| 1917 | The U.S. Senate votes 90-6 to enter World War I on Allied side. | |
| 1918 | The Battle of the Somme ends. | |
| 1941 | Field Marshal Erwin Rommel captures the British held town of Benghazi in North Africa. | |
| 1949 | The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) treaty is signed. | |
| 1968 | Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. | |
| 1974 | Hank Aaron ties Babe Ruth's home-run record. | |
| 1979 | Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the president of Pakistan is executed. | |
| 1985 | A coup in Sudan ousts President Nimeiry and replaces him with General Dahab. |
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