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move to April 4th to match infobox on Alexios I Komnenos: * 1081 – The Komnenos dynasty came to full power with '''Alexios I Komnenos'''{{`s}} coronation as the Byzantine emperor.
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* [[1710]] – The '''[[Statute of Anne]]''', the first legislation in Great Britain providing for [[copyright]] regulated by the government and courts, received [[royal assent]] and went into effect five days later.
* [[1936]] – An '''[[Fujita1936 scaleTupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak|An F5 tornado]] tornado''' struck [[Tupelo, Mississippi]], and killed at least 216 people during '''[[1936List Tupelo–Gainesvilleof North American tornadoes and tornado outbreakoutbreaks|one of the deadliest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history]]'''.
* [[1966]] – During the '''[[Buddhist Uprising]]''', South Vietnamese military prime minister [[Nguyễn Cao Kỳ]] personally attempted to lead the capture of the restive city of [[Da Nang|Đà Nẵng]] before backing down.
* [[1998]] – The '''[[Akashi Kaikyō Bridge]]''' ''(pictured)'', the [[List of longest suspension bridge spans|longest suspension bridge]] in the world, <!--with a main span length of {{convert|1991|m|ft|0}} and -->linking [[Awaji Island]] and [[Kobe]] in Japan, opened to traffic.