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It happened on a… April 4

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It happened on a… April 4

2017

Alibaba becomes the world’s largest retailer according to US Securities and Exchange Commission.

1999

Jack Ma founds Chinese internet company Alibaba.

1989

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s last NBA game in Seattle.

1986

Wayne Gretzky set an NHL record with his 213th point of the season.

1983

At Cape Canaveral, the space shuttle Challenger took off on its first flight. It was the sixth flight overall for the shuttle program.

1968

Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated at the age of 39.

1964

The Beatles occupy the top five positions on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart.

1949

Canada and eleven nations signed a treaty to create The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

1850

City of Los Angeles incorporated.

1814

Napoleon abdicates for the first time in favour of his son.

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