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Here are some historical events that occurred on this day, April 4th:

1949: Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

1968: Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, while supporting a strike by African American sanitation workers.

1975: The US invades Cambodia, citing the need to disrupt North Vietnamese supply lines.

1983: The US and China sign a joint communiqué, marking a significant improvement in relations between the two countries.

1991: The US begins its withdrawal of troops from Somalia, following the end of Operation Restore Hope.

2007: The Virginia Tech shooting occurs, resulting in the deaths of 32 people and injuring 17 others.

2013: The Boston Marathon bombing occurs, killing three people and injuring hundreds.

These are just a few of the many historical events that have occurred on this day.