Talk:April 4

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April 4: Hansik in Korea (2024); Qingming Festival (traditional Chinese, 2024) Alexios I Komnenos 503 BC – Roman consul Agrippa Menenius Lanatus celebrated a triumph for a military victory over the Sabines. 1081 – The Komnenos dynasty came to full power with the coronation of Alexios I Komnenos (pictured) as Byzantine emperor. 1859 – Bryant's Minstrels premiered the minstrel song "Dixie" in New York City as part of their blackface show. 1949 – Twelve nations signed the North Atlantic Treaty, establishing NATO, an international military alliance whereby its member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party. A. Thomas Bradbury (b. 1902) Martin Rundkvist (b. 1972) Xu Lai (d. 1973) Inez Robb (d. 1979) More anniversaries: April 3 April 4 April 5

Drake

Was Francis Drake knighted on April 4? Was he knighted as soon as he stepped off the boat? -- Zoe

When I checked this fact I saw several references to him being knighted while still on his boat. The Queen wanted a portion of his loot that he stole from the Spanish so she was very motivated to "legitimize" Drake's actions by knighting him. This pissed Philip off something fierce. --mav

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Second battle of the Somme in 1918 listed incorrectly?

Should this not list as "The First Battle of the Somme (1918)", considering the timeline states that it ended on April 4 1918? The Second phase (or battle) happened from August 21, 1918 to the (essentially) end of WWI. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tommy6860 (talk • contribs) 04:12, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Yo-yo

umm... I'm not sure if I should put this here but in Kana De Manga it said that April 4 is National Yo-Yo Day in Japan. 98.217.132.179 (talk) 00:54, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

That is far too trivial to include. Jim Michael (talk) 03:37, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Grumpy Cat

Included on the births page, is this serious?! This is a tricky precedent, are we going to include the several hundred (if not thousands) of articled racehorses or prizewinning dogs. I suggest the cat is removed and if needed a separate birthday list for animals is created. Richard Avery (talk) 07:14, 4 April 2014 (UTC)

If they are notable enough to have a wikipedia page, they are notable enough to be listed here in my opinion. That's the rule used on the Deaths in 2014 and related pages. EvergreenFir (talk) 15:32, 4 April 2014 (UTC)

I agree with Richard... I don't think that the cat should even have a wikipedia page as well... What has "it" done notable? posty (talk) 16:53, 4 April 2014 (UTC)

You are welcome to suggest it for deletion. Doubt it will go anywhere as it's quite a famous cat. Like any non-human page, it must be notable enough to have it's own article. EvergreenFir (talk) 16:54, 4 April 2014 (UTC)

Not going to bother because I know it won't get deleted... Just the sad state of today's world that we live in in what is considered "notable"... posty (talk) 17:12, 4 April 2014 (UTC)

Possible addition?

I don't know the guidelines for inclusion, but a reader contacted Wikimedia ticket:2016070410018315 noting that Southern Airways Flight 242 occurred on April 4.--S Philbrick(Talk) 13:37, 5 July 2016 (UTC)

Possible addition: Microsoft's birthday

Microsoft was founded on April 4, 1975 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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