^B{^#!16!4 April^N! National Day of Hungary. Feast day of St Ambrose, St Isidore, St Plato, St Tigernach, St Benedict the Black, and Saints Agathopus and Theodulus.
^B{1541^B} Spanish Jesuit Ignatius de Loyola became the order's first superior-general. ^B{1581^B} English navigator Francis Drake returned home after sailing around the world, and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth I. ^B{1933^B} In the US, 73 people died when the helium-filled airship ^I{Akron^I} crashed into the sea off the New Jersey coast. ^B{1934^B} 'Cat's-eye' reflective studs were first used on roads near Bradford, Yorkshire, UK. ^B{1949^B} The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was formed in Washington DC, US; 11 countries signed the treaty. ^B{1958^B} Members of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) held the first Aldermaston March, walking from Hyde Park Corner, London, to the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment at Aldermaston, Berkshire, UK. ^B{1968^B} Dr. Martin Luther King, US Black civil rights leader, was assassinated in Memphis,Tennessee.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}Grinling Gibbons, Dutch-born woodcarver and sculptor, ^B{1648^B}; William Siemens, German-born British metallurgist and inventor, ^B{1823^B}; Marguerite Duras, French author, ^B{1914^B}; Muddy Waters, US blues singer, ^B{1915^B}; Maya Angelou, US author, ^B{1928^B}; Anthony Perkins, US actor, ^B{1932^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}John Napier, Scottish mathematician who invented logarithms, ^B{1617^B}; Oliver Goldsmith, Irish playwright, ^B{1774^B}; Karl Benz, German automobile engineer, ^B{1929^B}; AndrΘ Michelin, French tire manufacturer, ^B{1931^B}; Martin Luther King, US civil-rights leader, assassinated, ^B{1968^B}; Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Pakistani prime minister, executed, ^B{1979^B}.
