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April 4

3 sourced moments from April 4 in history: The 1818 Flag Act froze the US flag at 13 stripes; Twelve nations signed the treaty creating NATO (1949); and MLK's assassination: what the official inquiries concluded (1968).

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3 things happened on April 4

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1968 History · Modern

MLK's assassination: what the official inquiries concluded

Every inquiry agrees James Earl Ray fired the shot in Memphis in 1968. They split on whether anyone helped him.

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1949 Society & Economy · Politics & Law

Twelve nations signed the treaty creating NATO

On April 4, 1949, foreign ministers from twelve nations gathered in Washington to sign a treaty pledging that an attack on one was an attack on all.

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1818 History · Modern

The 1818 Flag Act froze the US flag at 13 stripes

Monroe's 1818 law stopped the flag gaining a stripe for each new state. The statute in today's US Code still calls for 48 stars.

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