FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 2008

Today is Friday, April 4, the 95th day of 2008. There are 271 days left in the year.

1581 _ Francis Drake completes circumnavigation of the world and is knighted

1716 _ Russian and Prussian troops occupy Wismar

1905 _ Earthquake in Kangra India, kills 370,000

1912 _ Chinese republic proclaimed in Tibet

1920 _ Arabs attack Jews in Jerusalem

1932 _ Vitamin C first isolated, C. .C King, University of Pittsburgh

1947 _ U.N.'s International Civil Aviation Organization established

1949 _ North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) treaty signed (Washington D.C.)

1958 _ First march against nuclear weapons (Alder Aston, England)

1960 _ Senegal declares independence from France

1974 _ Hank Aaron ties Babe Ruth's homerun record by hitting his 714th