Martin Luther King, Jr, a leader of the American civil rights movement who was in Memphis, Tennessee, to support a strike by the city’s sanitation workers, was assassinated by James Earl Ray.
Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded Microsoft, which became the world’s largest personal-computer software company.
In India, an earthquake hits the Kangra Valley, killing 20,000, and destroying most buildings in Kangra, McLeod Ganj and Dharamshala.
Pandit Makhanlal Chaturvedi, also called Pandit ji, was an Indian poet, writer, essayist, playwright and a journalist who is notably recognised for his participation in India's national struggle for independence
William Wyler’s Bible epic Ben-Hur created an Oscar record by winning awards in 11 out of 12 categories in which the film was nominated at the 32nd Academy Awards.
In 1848, after Los Angeles and the rest of California were purchased as a part of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Los Angeles was formally incorporated as an American city on 4 April 1850.
Along with the alliance of member nations including Belgium, Canada, Denmark the UK, and US and more the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was formed on this date.