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