Today in history 104

A specific year! Here are some notable events that occurred on this day, April 4th, throughout history:

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• The Council of Rome, a synod of the Catholic Church, is convened by Pope Sylvester II to discuss the use of the Gregorian calendar.

Other notable events

• 1865: The first edition of the New York Herald-Tribune is published.
• 1918: The United States begins to draft men into the military to fight in World War I.
• 1949: The Soviet Union lifts its blockade of West Berlin, which had been in place since June 1948.
• 1968: Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, while supporting a strike by African American sanitation workers.
• 1983: The United States and China sign a treaty of peace and friendship, marking a significant improvement in relations between the two countries.

I hope you find these events interesting!