April 4

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Lead Story
Dr. King is assassinated, 1968
American Revolution
Washington begins march to New York, 1776
Automotive
Man who took NASCAR mainstream is born, 1933
Civil War
President Lincoln tours Richmond, 1865
Cold War
NATO pact signed, 1949
Crime
Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated, 1968
Disaster
Dirigible crash kills 73, 1933
General Interest
President Harrison dies after one month in office, 1841
Second Battle of the Somme ends, 1918
NATO established, 1949
Hollywood
Ben-Hur wins 11 Academy Awards, 1960
Literary
Maya Angelou is born, 1928
Music
Muddy Waters is born, 1913
Old West
Yellowstone photographer William Jackson is born, 1843
Presidential
Harrison dies of pneumonia, 1841
Lincoln dreams about a presidential assassination, 1865
Sports
Gretzky finishes season with 212 points, 1982
Vietnam War
Martin Luther King, Jr., speaks out against the war, 1967
Operation Baby Lift aircraft crashes, 1975
World War I
Germans and Allies step up operations near Somme, 1918
World War II
Yamamoto Isoroku, Japan's mastermind of the Pearl Harbor attack, is born, 1884

Presidential

Apr 4, 1865:

Lincoln dreams about a presidential assassination

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According to the recollection of one of his friends, Ward Hill Lamon, President Abraham Lincoln dreams on this night in 1865 of "the subdued sobs of mourners" and a corpse lying on a catafalque in the White House East Room. In the dream, Lincoln asked a soldier standing guard "Who is dead in the White House?" to which the soldier replied, "the President.he was killed by an assassin." Lincoln woke up at that point. On April 11, he told Lamon that the dream had "strangely annoyed" him ever since. Ten days after having the dream, Lincoln was shot dead by an assassin while attending the theater.

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This Week in History, Apr 4 - Apr 10

Apr 04, 1841
Harrison dies of pneumonia
Apr 04, 1865
Lincoln dreams about a presidential assassination
Apr 05, 1792
Washington exercises first presidential veto
Apr 06, 1841
Tyler is inaugurated as 10th president
Apr 07, 1961
JFK lobbies Congress to help save historic sites in Egypt
Apr 08, 1935
FDR signs Emergency Relief Appropriation Act
Apr 09, 1962
Kennedy throws first pitch at new D.C. stadium
Apr 10, 1933
FDR creates Civilian Conservation Corps

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