April 4
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[edit] Events
- 1581 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I.
- 1814 - Napoleon abdicates for the first time.
- 1925 - Schutzstaffel (SS), "Protective Squadron" for the NSDAP established
- 1930 - The Communist Party of Panama is founded.
- 1968 - Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated by James Earl Ray at a motel in Memphis, Tennessee.
[edit] Births
- 186 - Caracalla, Roman emperor (d. 217)
- 1882 - Kurt von Schleicher, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1934)
[edit] Deaths
- 1841 - William Henry Harrison, 9th President of the United States (b. 1773)
- 1968 - Martin Luther King, Jr, Afro-American civil rights activist,Communist agitator.
