What happend on 4th April

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2004

Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army stage an uprising in several towns and cities in Iraq after the Coalition's closure of Sadr's al-Hawza newspaper. Among the dozen or so coalition casualties in this was Casey Sheehan.

2003

Sammy Sosa becomes the 18th member of the 500 home run club with a home run at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati, Ohio.

1994

Netscape Communications Corporation is founded (under the name "Mosaic Communications Corporation") by Marc Andreessen and Jim Clark.

1991

Senator John Heinz of Pennsylvania and six others are killed when a helicopter collides with their plane over Merion, Pennsylvania.

1988

Governor Evan Mecham of Arizona is convicted in his impeachment trial and removed from office.

1984

President Ronald Reagan calls for an international ban on chemical weapons.

1983

Space Shuttle Challenger makes its maiden voyage into space.

1981

In Dublin, Ireland, Bucks Fizz win the twenty-sixth Eurovision Song Contest for the United Kingdom singing "Making Your Mind Up".

1979

President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan is executed.

1976

Prince Norodom Sihanouk resigns as leader of Cambodia and is placed under house arrest.