MONDAY, APRIL 4, 2011

Today is Monday, April 4, the 94th day of 2011. There are 271 days left in the year.

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

1912 ― Chinese republic proclaimed in Tibet

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

1944 ― De Gaulle forms new regime in exile, with communists

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

1958 ― First march against nuclear weapons (Aldermaston England)

1960 ― 32nd Academy Awards ― ``Ben-Hur," Charlton Heston and Simone Signoret win

1969 ― Dr. Denton Cooley implants first temporary artificial heart

1972 ― First electric power plant fueled by garbage begins operating

1986 ― Wayne Gretzky sets NHL record with 213th point of season