April 4 in History
April 4 is the anniversary of the death of Manoj Kumar (2025). Below are deaths, events for April 4, plus editor's picks and genealogy records.
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Caracalla, Roman emperor was born in 188, while Ambrose, Roman archbishop and saint died in 397.
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Famous people who died on April 4
2024
Thomas Gumbleton (Wikipedia, opens in a new tab)
American Catholic prelate and activist (1930–2024)
2013
Bengt Blomgren (Wikipedia, opens in a new tab)
Swedish actor, film director and screenwriter (1923–2013)
2012
A. Dean Byrd (Wikipedia, opens in a new tab)
A. Dean Byrd, American psychologist and academic (born 1948)
2012
Claude Miller (Wikipedia, opens in a new tab)
French film director, producer and screenwriter (1942–2012)
What happened on April 4
- 2025
The impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea in response to his declaration of martial law is unanimously upheld by the country's Constitutional Court, ending his presidency.
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Russo-Ukrainian war: The Battle of Chasiv Yar begins.
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Finland becomes a member of NATO after Turkey accepts its membership request.
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China holds a national day of mourning for martyrs who died in the fight against the novel coronavirus disease outbreak.
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Syria conducts an air strike on Khan Shaykhun using chemical weapons, killing 89 civilians.
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Seventy-four people are killed in a building collapse in Thane, India.
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Georgian Airways Flight 834 crashes at N'djili Airport in Kinshasa, killing 32.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 2010
A magnitude 7.2 earthquake hits south of the Mexico-USA border, killing at least two and damaging buildings across the two countries.
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France announces its return to full participation of its military forces within NATO.
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The MPLA government of Angola and UNITA rebels sign a peace treaty ending the Angolan Civil War.
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Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on STS-83. However, the mission is later cut short due to a fuel cell problem.
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Comet Hyakutake is imaged by the USA Asteroid Orbiter Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous.
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Three people are killed when KLM Cityhopper Flight 433 crashes at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.
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Senator John Heinz of Pennsylvania and six others are killed when a helicopter collides with their airplane over an elementary school in Merion, Pennsylvania.
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Forty-one people are taken hostage inside a Good Guys! Electronics store in Sacramento, California. Three of the hostage takers and three hostages are killed.
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Editor's picks
Born on April 4
- 188 — Caracalla, Roman emperor (died 217)
- 1436 — Amalia of Saxony, Duchess of Bavaria-Landshut (died 1501)
- 1490 — Vojtěch I of Pernstein, Bohemian nobleman (died 1534)
Died on April 4
- 397 — Ambrose, Roman archbishop and saint (born 338)
- 636 — Isidore of Seville, Spanish archbishop and saint (born 560)
- 814 — Plato of Sakkoudion, Byzantine monk and saint (born 735)
Source: Wikipedia historical listings for April 4
Quick answers
Who died on April 4? Manoj Kumar (2025), Tony Rundle (2025), Thomas Gumbleton (2024).
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