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April the 4th
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1994 |
Mosaic Communications Corporation was founded, later renamed to Netscape Communications Corporation. |
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1984 |
Russian airplane engineer, Oleg Antonov, died at the age of 78. His name was synonymous with Soviet era civilian aircraft. |
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1973 |
The World Trade Center in New York, officially opened. |
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1969 |
First ever temporary artificial heart was implanted. |
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1968 |
Civil rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr., was assassinated in Memphis. |
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1965 |
American Actor, Robert Downey Jr., was born in New York city. In the late nineties his career was plagued by drug abuse, which apparently he has managed to kick during the last few years. |
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1949 |
The North Atlantic Treaty was signed, creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). |
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1932 |
American actor, Anthony Perkins, was born. Famous for his part as Norman, in the thriller, Psycho. |
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1905 |
A massive earthquake hit the area of Kangra, India killing over 360,000 people. |
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1850 |
Los Angeles officially became a city. |
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1841 |
US president William Henry Harrison died of pneumonia, He was the first US president to die in office. He was president for only a month. |
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