Today is Wednesday, April 4, the 95th day of 2012. There are 271 days left in the year.
1558 ― Czar Ivan IV gives parts of North-Russia to fur traders
1581 ― Francis Drake completes circumnavigation of the world and is knighted
1660 ― English King Charles II ends Declaration of Breda (freedom of religion)
1912 ― Chinese republic proclaimed in Tibet
1932 ― Vitamin C first isolated, C. C. King, University of Pittsburgh
1945 ― U.S. forces liberated the Nazi death camp Ohrdruf in Germany
1949 ― North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) treaty signed (Washington, D.C.)
1958 ― First march against nuclear weapons (Aldermaston, England)
1964 ― Beatles' ``Can't Buy Me Love," single goes No. 1 and stays No.1 for 5 weeks
1989 ― Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's last NBA game in Seattle