Today in History: April 4, Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated in Memphis
In the current era is Friday April the th day of There are days left in the year In the current era in history On April civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr was shot and killed while standing on a balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis Tennessee King s death triggered a wave of unrest in cities across the United States that killed people and injured more than Also on this date In President William Henry Harrison succumbed to pneumonia one month after his inauguration becoming the first U S chief executive to die in office Harrison s vice president John Tyler was sworn in as president two days later Related Articles Dueling Titanic shows will open within weeks of each other in Denver Currently in History April Unabomber arrested in Montana The present day in History April Pope John Paul II dies at In the present day in History April US forces invade Okinawa during World War II In current times in History March Bruce Lee s son accidentally shot to death on movie set In nations including the United States signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington D C establishing NATO In the twin towers of New York s World Business Center were officially dedicated In Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded Microsoft in Albuquerque New Mexico In Sen John Heinz R-Pa and six other people including two children were killed when a helicopter collided with Heinz s plane over a schoolyard in Merion Pennsylvania In a federal judge sentenced five former New Orleans police officers to prison for the deadly Danziger Bridge shootings in the chaotic days following Hurricane Katrina The verdicts in the matter were later set aside by the judge who cited prosecutorial misconduct the officers pleaded guilty in to reduced charges In in North Charleston South Carolina Walter Scott a -year-old Black motorist was shot to death while running away from a traffic stop Officer Michael Thomas Slager seen in a cellphone video opening fire at Scott was charged with murder The charge which lingered after a first state trial ended in a mistrial was dropped as part of a deal under which Slager pleaded guilty to a federal civil rights violation he was sentenced to years in prison In Prosecutors in New York unsealed a historic -count felony indictment of Donald Trump alleging that he conspired to illegally influence the balloting through a series of hush money payments designed to stifle indicates that could be harmful to his candidacy Trump became the first former U S president to face criminal charges He would be ascertained guilty on all counts the following month The present day s Birthdays Recording executive Clive Davis is Golf Hall of Famer JoAnne Carner is Actor Craig T Nelson is Actor Christine Lahti is Football Hall of Famer John Hannah is TV writer-producer David E Kelley is Actor Hugo Weaving is TV host-comic Graham Norton is Actor David Cross is Actor Robert Downey Jr is Singer Jill Scott is Magician David Blaine is Baseball Hall of Famer Scott Rolen is Hockey Hall of Famer Roberto Luongo is Actor Natasha Lyonne is Actor-comedian Eric Andr is Actor-singer Jamie Lynn Spears is
