| General Information for April 4th 2017 |
| There are 6 public holidays today. |
| Day 94 of 2017 |
| 271 days left in 2017 |
| Week 14 of the year |
| On this Day in History |
| 1968 - The American black civil rights leader, Dr Martin Luther King, is assassinated. |
| 1923 - Baseball legend Babe Ruth hits the first home run in the history of the newly-opened Yankee Stadium. |
| 1841 - US President William Henry Harrison dies of pneumonia. |
| 1731 - The Countess of Cesena is found, her body reduced to ashes. Was this down to Spontaneous Human Combustion? |