President Ronald Reagan calls for an international ban on chemical weapons. Date: April 4, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 4 📅 Events on this day in 1984 📅 On This Day (Today)
Garuda Indonesia Flight 032 crashes at Medan Airport, killing 23. Date: April 4, 1987 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 4 📅 Events on this day in 1987 📅 On This Day (Today)
Governor Evan Mecham of Arizona is convicted in his impeachment trial and removed from office. Date: April 4, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 4 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today)
The current flag of Hong Kong is adopted for post-colonial Hong Kong during the Third Session of the Seventh National People's Congress. Date: April 4, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 4 📅 Events on this day in 1990 📅 On This Day (Today)
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. Date: April 4, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 4 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)
Senator John Heinz of Pennsylvania and six others are killed when a helicopter collides with their airplane over an elementary school in Merion, Pennsylvania. Date: April 4, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 4 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)
Three people are killed when KLM Cityhopper Flight 433 crashes at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. Date: April 4, 1994 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 4 📅 Events on this day in 1994 📅 On This Day (Today)
Comet Hyakutake is imaged by the USA Asteroid Orbiter Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous. Date: April 4, 1996 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 4 📅 Events on this day in 1996 📅 On This Day (Today)
Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on STS-83. However, the mission is later cut short due to a fuel cell problem. Date: April 4, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 4 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 On This Day (Today)
The MPLA government of Angola and UNITA rebels sign a peace treaty ending the Angolan Civil War. Date: April 4, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 4 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today)