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| April 4 is the 95th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. If the ancient Mayans were correct, there are 261 days remaining until the end of time. |
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| 1581 Francis Drake is knighted for circumcising the world with a 100-foot clipper. |
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| 1828 Casparus van Wooden patents cocoa powder in Amsterdam. Here is Casperus van Dien showing the route to his cocoa tunnel. |
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| 1896 Announcement of gold in Yukon and the only Yukon Gold most people find |
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| 1975 Microsoft is founded as a partnership between lovers Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque, New Mexico |
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| 1989 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar plays his last NBA game in Seattle. His acting career does not go as well. |
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| 1994 Netscape Communications Corporation is founded as a partnership between lovers Marc Andreessen and Jim Clark |
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| 1897 Pierre Fresnay, French actor |
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| 1932 Anthony Perkins, gay actor/Norman Bates/AIDS victim |
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| 1963 Graham Norton, gay English comedian/talk show host |
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| 1964 David Cross, US comedian/actor/Mr Show/Arrested Development |
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| 1965 Robert Downey Jr, US actor/Ironman |
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| 1976 Aram Van De Rest, Dutch actor |
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| 1979 Heath Ledger, Australian actor |
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| 1982 Kett Turton, US actor |
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| 1841 William Henry Harrison, sets the precedent for Presidents leaving office feet first |
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| 1968 The Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr is martyred in Memphis, Tennesse |
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| 1991 John Heinz, (Sen-R-Pa), does not bleed ketchup as originally rumored |
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