April 4 Birthday
April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King Jr. was standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis when James Earl Ray fired a single shot. King had come to Memphis to support striking sanitation workers. He had given his "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech the night before, in which he said, "I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the Promised Land." He was 39. The same date gave the world Maya Angelou, born in 1928. People born on April 4 fall under the zodiac sign of Aries. The birthstone is Diamond and the birth flower is Daisy. Historical events on April 4 include 1968: Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated, 1975: Microsoft founded (as Micro-Soft), 1973: World Trade Center completed. Famous people born on April 4 include Maya Angelou (1928), Robert Downey Jr. (1965), Heath Ledger (1979).