Islam’s prophet Muhammad died on this day in 632 AD.
On this day in 1968, James Earl Ray, an escaped U.S. convict, was
arrested in London, England, and charged with the assassination
of African American civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. on
April 4, 1968. in Memphis, Tennessee.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
On this day in 1967, Israeli airplanes attacked the USS Liberty in the Mediterranean during the 6-Day War between Israel and its Arab neighbors. 34 U.S. Navy crewmen were killed. Israel later called the incident a tragic mistake in identifying the ship. The U.S. has never publicly investigated the incident.
Frank Lloyd Wright (Frank Lincoln Wright)
(June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959)
Frank Lloyd Wright was an American architect, interior designer, writer
and educator, who designed more than 1,000 structures, 532 of which
were completed. Wright believed in designing structures that were in
harmony with humanity and its environment, a philosophy he called
organic architecture. His creative period spanned more than 70 years
and was recognized in 1991 by the American Institute of Architects as
"the greatest American architect of all time".
Fallingwater (Kaufmann Home) designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
The New York Yankees retired Mickey Mantle’s number (7) on this
day in 1969.
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