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Anniversaries in American history that fall on April 4.

1968 · Events / Assassinations
Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
The 1968 killing that convulsed the nation and the movement
Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
1949 · Documents / Laws & Acts
North Atlantic Treaty
The 1949 alliance document that reversed 150 years of American foreign policy
North Atlantic Treaty
1792 · People / Statesmen & Politicians
Thaddeus Stevens born
Radical Republican Congressman and Architect of Reconstruction
Thaddeus Stevens