Hello. Welcome to your weekend.
As we get into the first full weekend of April 2026 is in full swing with no signs of slowing down. That’s why we take time to intentionally ease into the weekend with our Saturday morning “scroll down memory lane.” It’s a simple way to start the day by looking at events that happened on this day in history. So, grab your favorite sippin’ drink and let’s scroll!
Today is Saturday, April 4th, the 94th day of the year.
On this day:
In 1776, General George Washington began marching his unpaid soldiers from Cambridge, Massachusetts toward New York in anticipation of a British invasion
In 1865, President Abraham Lincoln visited the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia after Union forces captured it.
In 1949, the U.S. and eleven other nations established the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or NATO, in an effort to contain possible Soviet aggression against western Europe.
In 1968, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was shot to death on a balcony outside his second-story room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis.
In 1975, Microsoft was founded as a partnership between Bill Gates and Paul Allen.
In 1989, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar played his last NBA game in Seattle.
In 2008, a raid was conducted on Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints owned YFZ Ranch in Texas; 401 children and 133 women taken into state custody due to reports of child marriages and widespread abuse.
In 2013, famous American movie critic Roger Ebert of the “Chicago Sun-Times” died at the age of 70 after battling cancer.
In 2016, Villanova won its second men’s basketball title in school history after one of the most thrilling championship games in history. Kris Jenkins buried a three-pointer at the buzzer to give the Wildcats a 77-74 win over North Carolina in the title game from Houston.
In 2016, Shaquille O’Neal and Allen Iverson headlined the ten-member class of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2016. Yao Ming, Tom Izzo and Sheryl Swoopes were also be inducted.
In 2016, Alaska Airlines bought Virgin America for two-point-six billion dollars.
In 2018, President Trump ordered National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border. The President signed a proclamation authorizing the use of the National Guard to help secure the border to stop drugs and illegal immigrants from coming into the country.
In 2019, the LDS church announced its plans to loosen up on anti-LGBTQ policies.
In 2022, the Ukrainian government began a war crime investigation after 410 civilians were found killed after Russian forces withdrew from Kyiv.
In 2023, Finland became the 31st member of NATO, doubling NATO’s border with Russia.
In 2023, former US President Trump pled not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records related to hush money payments made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election regarding an affair she claims they had a decade prior.
That brings us here to this day.
Whatever plans you have for your own 4.4.2026 here’s hoping there are moments along the way to record on the pages of your own personal history books.
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