April 4, 2026
ephemeris of the day
Name day
Today's name day is:
IsidoreAstrological sign: Aries (March 21 - April 20)
Holidays and observances on April 4:
- International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action
- Senegal National Day commemorating independence gained from France in 1960
See also: April 3 - April 5 - All days of 2026
March 27 to May 31: Foire du Trône, Paris (France)
March 29 to April 5: Semana Santa (Spain), Jesus's Entry into Jerusalem, beginning of Holy Week
April 1-9: Passover: Jewish festival of Freedom, commemorating the exodus from Egypt of Passover
April 3-12: New York International Auto Show (NYIAS)
April 4: Oxford Cambridge Boat Race, The Boat Race (England)
April 4 and 6: NCAA Final Four, Indianapolis (USA)
April 4, 1912: Italy seizes the Greek island of Rhodes.
April 4, 1949: The North Atlantic Treaty is signed between Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom on one side, and the United States of America and Canada on the other.
April 4, 1960: Senegal gains its independence from France.
April 4, 1968: Assassination of Martin Luther King in Memphis.
April 4, 1973: In New York, the World Trade Center is inaugurated, identified by the two famous buildings, the Twin Towers, which will be destroyed in the September 11, 2001 attack.