April 4 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for April 4
In the headlines today:

2005	The US Treasury announces plans to redesign the $10 bill, which will incorporate a number of anti-counterfeiting measures. The new bill is expected for release in 2006.
1996	A former official of the New York City branch of Daiwa Bank pleads guilty to a $1.1 billion cover-up.
1983	The space shuttle Challenger makes its maiden voyage into Earth orbit.
1968		Civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., is assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. (photo credit: Jerden Records
1914	The Perils of Pauline, the first motion picture serial, debuts in New York City.
1895	The Goldenrod becomes the official state flower of Nebraska.
1887	Susanna Salter becomes the first female mayor of a US city (Argonia, KS).
1850	Los Angeles, California, is incorporated as a city.
1841	William Henry Harrison dies of pneumonia -- the first US president to die in office.
1581	Explorer Francis Drake is knighted by Britain's Queen Elizabeth I.