1887
Apr 4, Susanna Medora Salter became the first woman elected mayor of an American community -- Argonia, Kan.

1924
Apr 4, Eva Marie Saint, actress (Sandpiper, Loving, Exodus), was born in Newark, NJ.

1999
Apr 4, In Malaysia Azizah Ismail, the wife of Anwar Ibrahim, announced the formation of the People’s Justice Party (PKR) and called on opposition forces to topple Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.

2005
Apr 4, The Los Angeles Times and The Wall Street Journal captured two Pulitzer Prizes apiece; Marilynne Robinson received the fiction award for her novel "Gilead," while John Patrick Shanley received the drama Pulitzer for "Doubt."

2006
Apr 4, Kuwaiti women voted and ran as candidates for the first time in a municipal election in the conservative country's capital, but initial reports indicated not many women were casting ballots

2009
Apr 4, In southern Israel a woman opened fire on a police station Beersheba before officers shot back and killed her.

2012
Apr 4, In Somalia an explosion at the national theater in Mogadishu killed at least 4 people including two top sports officials in an attack by an Islamist group. Officials said a female suicide bomber was responsible, but al-Shabab said it was a planted device. The explosion at the newly reopened theater happened as PM Abdiweli Mohamed Ali was standing at the podium to deliver a speech.