WHAT HAPPENED ON 4. APRIL
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The Greek aviator Emmanouil Argyropoulos becomes the first pilot to die in the Hellenic Air Force when his plane crashes. (4. April 1913)

The Communist Party of Panama is founded. (4. April 1930)

U.S. Navy airship, USS Akron, is wrecked off the New Jersey coast due to severe weather. (4. April 1933)

Faisal II becomes King of Iraq. (4. April 1939)

World War II: First bombardment of oil refineries in Bucharest by Anglo-American forces kills 3000 civilians. (4. April 1944)

World War II: American troops liberate Ohrdruf forced labor camp in Germany. (4. April 1945)

World War II: American troops capture Kassel. (4. April 1945)

Twelve nations sign the North Atlantic Treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. (4. April 1949)

The CND peace symbol is displayed in public for the first time in London. (4. April 1958)

France agrees to grant independence to the Mali Federation, a union of Senegal and French Sudan. (4. April 1960)

The Beatles occupy the top five positions on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart. (4. April 1964)

The first model of the new Saab Viggen fighter aircraft is unveiled. (4. April 1965)

Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence" speech in New York City's Riverside Church. (4. April 1967)

Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated by James Earl Ray at a motel in Memphis, Tennessee. (4. April 1968)

Robert F. Kennedy's speech on the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. (4. April 1968)

Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 6. (4. April 1968)

AEK Athens BC becomes the first Greek team to win the European Basketball Cup. (4. April 1968)

Dr. Denton Cooley implants the first temporary artificial heart. (4. April 1969)

The World Trade Center in New York is officially dedicated. (4. April 1973)

A Lockheed C-141 Starlifter, dubbed the Hanoi Taxi, makes the last flight of Operation Homecoming. (4. April 1973)