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