📜 This Day in History

April 4

• 503 BCRoman consul Agrippa Menenius Lanatus celebrated a triumph for a military victory over the Sabines.
• 1814Napoleon abdicated as Emperor of the French and named his son Napoleon II to replace him.
• 1873The Kennel Club, the world's oldest kennel club, was founded in the United Kingdom after Sewallis Shirley became frustrated by trying to organise dog shows without a consistent set of rules.
• 1973A year after the completion of the second of the complex's twin towers, the World Trade Center in New York City was officially dedicated.
• 1975Vietnam War: On a mission to evacuate children from South Vietnam, a U.S. Air Force plane crash-landed at Tan Son Nhut Air Base, killing 78 children and 60 others.
• 2013A building collapsed on tribal land in Thane in Maharashtra, India, causing 74 deaths.

Born on this day

• 188Caracalla, Roman emperor (died 217)
• 1928Maya Angelou, American memoirist and poet (died 2014)
• 1965Robert Downey Jr., American actor, producer, and screenwriter.
• 1979Heath Ledger, Australian actor (died 2008)