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What happend on 4. May in History
In our data base we found 341 events happened on 4. May:
• 1008: Henry I of France (d. 1060) [category: Births]
• 1008: Khwaja Abdullah Ansari, Persian Sufi (d. 1088) [category: Births]
• 1256: The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV issues a papal bull Licet ecclesiae catholicae. [category: Events]
• 1415: Religious reformers John Wycliffe and Jan Hus are condemned as heretics at the Council of Constance. [category: Events]
• 1436: Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Swedish statesman [category: Deaths]
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• 1436: Assassination of the Swedish rebel (later national hero) Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson [category: Events]
• 1471: Edmund Beaufort, 4th Duke of Somerset, English military commander (b. 1438) [category: Deaths]
• 1471: Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (b. 1453) [category: Deaths]
• 1471: Wars of the Roses: The Battle of Tewkesbury: Edward IV defeats a Lancastrian Army and kills Edward, Prince of Wales. [category: Events]
• 1493: Pope Alexander VI divides the New World between Spain and Portugal along the Line of Demarcation. [category: Events]
• 1506: Husayn Bayqarah, Timurid ruler of Herat (b. 1438) [category: Deaths]
• 1519: Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (b. 1492) [category: Deaths]
• 1566: Luca Ghini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1490) [category: Deaths]
• 1615: Adriaan van Roomen, Flemish mathematician (b. 1561) [category: Deaths]
• 1626: Arthur Lake, Bishop of Bath and Wells, English bishop and Bible translator (b. 1569) [category: Deaths]
• 1626: Dutch explorer Peter Minuit arrives in New Netherland (present day Manhattan Island) aboard the See Meeuw. [category: Events]
• 1649: Maharaja Chhatrasal (d. 1731) [category: Births]
• 1654: Kangxi Emperor of China (d. 1722) [category: Births]
• 1655: Bartolomeo Cristofori, Italian musical instrument maker, inventor of the piano (d. 1731) [category: Births]
• 1675: King Charles II of England orders the construction of the Royal Greenwich Observatory. [category: Events]
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• 1677: Isaac Barrow, English mathematician (b. 1630) [category: Deaths]
• 1684: John Nevison, English highwayman (b. 1639) [category: Deaths]
• 1686: The Municipality of Ilagan is founded in the Philippines. [category: Events]
• 1715: Richard Graves, English writer (d. 1804) [category: Births]
• 1729: Louis-Antoine, Cardinal de Noailles, French cardinal (b. 1651) [category: Deaths]
• 1733: Jean-Charles de Borda, French mathematician, physicist, political scientist, and sailor (d. 1799) [category: Births]
• 1734: James Thornhill, English painter [category: Deaths]
• 1737: Eustace Budgell, English writer (b. 1686) [category: Deaths]
• 1752: John Brooks, American politician, 11th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1825) [category: Births]
• 1767: Tyagaraja, Indian composer (d. 1847) [category: Births]
• 1772: Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus, German publisher (d. 1823) [category: Births]
• 1774: Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick (b. 1714) [category: Deaths]
• 1776: Jacques Saly, French sculptor (b. 1717) [category: Deaths]
• 1776: Rhode Island becomes the first American colony to renounce allegiance to King George III. [category: Events]
• 1781: Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, German philosopher (d. 1832) [category: Births]
• 1790: Matthew Tilghman, American planter and Revolutionary leader, delegate to the Continental Congress (b. 1718) [category: Deaths]
• 1796: Horace Mann, American educator (d. 1859) [category: Births]
• 1796: William H. Prescott, American historian (d. 1859) [category: Births]
• 1799: Tipu Sultan, Indian military leader (b. 1750) [category: Deaths]
• 1799: Fourth Anglo-Mysore War: The Battle of Seringapatam: The siege of Seringapatam ends when the city is invaded and Tipu Sultan killed by the besieging British army, under the command of General George Harris. [category: Events]
• 1811: Nikolay Kamensky, Russian general (b. 1776) [category: Deaths]
• 1814: Emperor Napoleon I of France arrives at Portoferraio on the island of Elba to begin his exile. [category: Events]
• 1814: King Ferdinand VII of Spain signs the Decrete of the 4th of May, returning Spain to absolutism. [category: Events]
• 1820: Julia Gardiner Tyler, American first lady, second wife of John Tyler (d. 1889) [category: Births]
• 1822: Charles Boucher de Boucherville, Canadian politician (d. 1915) [category: Births]
• 1824: Joseph Joubert, French essayist and moralist (b. 1754) [category: Deaths]
• 1825: Augustus Le Plongeon, French antiquitarian (d. 1908) [category: Births]
• 1825: Thomas Henry Huxley, English scientist (d. 1895) [category: Births]
• 1826: Frederic Edwin Church, American painter (d. 1900) [category: Births]
• 1827: John Hanning Speke, English explorer (d. 1864) [category: Births]
• 1836: Formation of Ancient Order of Hibernians [category: Events]
• 1849: Hokusai, Japanese artist (b. 1760) [category: Deaths]
• 1852: Alice Liddell, English schoolgirl model for Alice in Wonderland (d. 1934) [category: Births]
• 1855: American adventurer William Walker departs from San Francisco with about 60 men to conquer Nicaragua. [category: Events]
• 1856: Pablo de Escandón, Mexican polo player (d. 1929) [category: Births]
• 1858: Aimé Bonpland, French explorer and botanist (b. 1773) [category: Deaths]
• 1859: Joseph Diaz Gergonne, French mathematician (b. 1771) [category: Deaths]
• 1859: The Cornwall Railway opens across the Royal Albert Bridge linking the counties of Devon and Cornwall in England. [category: Events]
• 1863: American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville ends with a Union retreat. [category: Events]
• 1864: Marie Booth, English daughter of William and Catherine Booth (d. 1937) [category: Births]
• 1869: The Naval Battle of Hakodate Bay is fought in Japan. [category: Events]
• 1870: Alexandre Benois, Russian artist (d. 1960) [category: Births]
• 1871: The National Association, the first professional baseball league, opens its first season in Fort Wayne, Indiana. [category: Events]
• 1873: Joe De Grasse, Canadian director (d. 1940) [category: Births]
• 1880: Edward Clark, American politician, 8th Governor of Texas (b. 1815) [category: Deaths]
• 1886: Haymarket Square Riot: A bomb is thrown at policemen trying to break up a labor rally in Chicago, Illinois, United States, killing eight and wounding 60. The police fire into the crowd. [category: Events]
• 1889: Francis Spellman, American archbishop (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1890: Franklin Carmichael, Canadian artist, founder of the Group of Seven (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1901: John Jones Ross, Canadian politician, 7th Premier of Quebec (b. 1831) [category: Deaths]
• 1903: Luther Adler, American actor (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1903: Goce Delchev, Macedonian revolutionary figure, leader of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (b. 1872) [category: Deaths]
• 1904: Charles Stewart Rolls meets Frederick Henry Royce at the Midland Hotel in Manchester, England. [category: Events]
• 1904: The United States begins construction of the Panama Canal. [category: Events]
• 1907: Lincoln Kirstein, American writer and impresario (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1910: The Royal Canadian Navy is created. [category: Events]
• 1912: Italy occupies the Greek island of Rhodes. [category: Events]
• 1913: Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1914: Maedayama Eigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 39th Yokozuna (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1916: Jane Jacobs, American-Canadian author and activist (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1916: Richard Proenneke, American naturalist (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1916: Edward Daly, Irish nationalist and Member of the Easter Rising (b. 1891) [category: Deaths]
• 1916: Joseph Mary Plunkett, Irish nationalist and Leader of the Easter Rising (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1916: Members of the Easter Rising [category: Deaths]
• 1916: Willie Pearse, Irish nationalist and Member of the Easter Rising (b. 1891) [category: Deaths]
• 1917: Edward T. Cone, American composer, theorist, pianist, and philanthropist (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1918: Kakuei Tanaka, Japanese politician, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1918: Thomas Mead, Australian politician and journalist (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1919: Dory Funk, American wrestler (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1919: Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovak politician, French general and astronomer (b. 1880) [category: Deaths]
• 1919: May Fourth Movement: Student demonstrations take place in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, protesting the Treaty of Versailles, which transferred Chinese territory to Japan. [category: Events]
• 1921: Edo Murtić, Croatian painter (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1921: John van Kesteren, Dutch operatic tenor (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1922: Paul-Émile Charbonneau, Canadian bishop [category: Births]
• 1922: Viktor Kingissepp, Estonian-Bolshevik politician (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1923: Assi Rahbani, Lebanese composer and author (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1923: Ed Cassidy, American drummer (Spirit and Rising Sons) [category: Births]
• 1923: Ed Cassidy, American drummer (Spirit and Rising Sons) (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1923: Eric Sykes, English actor and comedian (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1923: Godfrey Quigley, English actor (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1923: Stanley Biber, American physician, pioneer of transgender surgery (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1923: Ralph McKittrick, American golfer and tennis player (b. 1877) [category: Deaths]
• 1925: Maurice R. Greenberg, American businessman [category: Births]
• 1928: Betsy Rawls, American golfer [category: Births]
• 1928: Hosni Mubarak, Egyptian politician and military commander, 4th President of Egypt [category: Births]
• 1928: Maynard Ferguson, Canadian jazz musician and bandleader (Big Bop Nouveau) (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1928: Wolfgang von Trips, German race car driver (d. 1961) [category: Births]
• 1929: Audrey Hepburn, Anglo-Dutch actress (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1929: Ronald Golias, Brazilian comedian and actor (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1929: Sidney Lamb, American linguist [category: Births]
• 1930: Katherine Jackson, American mother of the Jackson musical family [category: Births]
• 1930: Roberta Peters, American soprano [category: Births]
• 1931: Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Russian conductor [category: Births]
• 1931: Thomas Stuttaford, English doctor and writer [category: Births]
• 1932: In Atlanta, Georgia, mobster Al Capone begins serving an eleven-year prison sentence for tax evasion. [category: Events]
• 1933: J. Fred Duckett, American journalist and writer [category: Births]
• 1934: Tatiana Samoilova, Russian actress [category: Births]
• 1935: Harry Fujiwara, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1936: El Cordobés, Spanish matador [category: Births]
• 1937: Dick Dale, American guitarist [category: Births]
• 1937: Mr. Fuji, American wrestler and manager [category: Births]
• 1937: Ron Carter, American jazz bassist [category: Births]
• 1937: Noel Rosa, Brazilian singer-songwriter and musician (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1938: Carlos Monsiváis, Mexican writer [category: Births]
• 1938: Tyrone Davis, American singer (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1938: Carl von Ossietzky, German pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1889) [category: Deaths]
• 1939: Amos Oz, Israeli writer, novelist, and journalist [category: Births]
• 1939: Léon Rochefort, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1939: Paul Gleason, American actor (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1940: Robin Cook, American novelist [category: Births]
• 1941: George Will, American writer [category: Births]
• 1942: Nickolas Ashford, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Ashford and Simpson) (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1942: World War II: The Battle of the Coral Sea begins with an attack by aircraft from the United States aircraft carrier USS Yorktown on Japanese naval forces at Tulagi Island in the Solomon Islands. The Japanese forces had invaded Tulagi the day before. [category: Events]
• 1943: Georgi Asparuhov, Bulgarian footballer [category: Births]
• 1943: Mikhail Chemiakin, Russian painter [category: Births]
• 1944: Dave, Dutch singer [category: Births]
• 1944: Peggy Santiglia, American singer-songwriter (The Angels and The Delicates) [category: Births]
• 1944: Russi Taylor, American voice actress [category: Births]
• 1945: Narasimhan Ram, Indian journalist [category: Births]
• 1945: Fedor von Bock, German field marshal (b. 1880) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: World War II: German surrender at Lüneburg Heath, the North German Army surrenders to Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery. [category: Events]
• 1945: World War II: Neuengamme concentration camp near Hamburg is liberated by the British Army. [category: Events]
• 1946: Gary Bauer, American politician [category: Births]
• 1946: John Watson, Irish race car driver [category: Births]
• 1946: In San Francisco Bay, U.S. Marines from the nearby Treasure Island Naval Base stop a two-day riot at Alcatraz federal prison. Five people are killed in the riot. [category: Events]
• 1947: John Bosley, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1947: Richard Jenkins, American actor [category: Births]
• 1947: Willem van Beusekom, Dutch broadcaster and disk jockey (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1948: George Tupou V (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1948: Hurley Haywood, American race car driver [category: Births]
• 1949: Graham Swift, English author [category: Births]
• 1949: John Force, American race car driver [category: Births]
• 1949: Stella Parton, American singer-songwriter and actress [category: Births]
• 1949: The entire Torino football team (except for two players who did not take the trip: Sauro Tomà, due to an injury and Renato Gandolfi, because of coach request) is killed in a plane crash at the Superga hill at the edge of Turin, Italy. [category: Events]
• 1950: Darryl Hunt, English musician (The Pogues) [category: Births]
• 1951: Colin Bass, English musician songwriter, and producer (Camel and 3 Mustaphas 3) [category: Births]
• 1951: Colleen Hanabusa, American politician [category: Births]
• 1951: Gérard Jugnot, French actor, director, screenwriter, and producer [category: Births]
• 1951: Jackie Jackson, American singer-songwriter, musician, and dancer (The Jackson 5) [category: Births]
• 1951: Mick Mars, American musician and songwriter (Mötley Crüe) [category: Births]
• 1951: Tirso Cruz III, Filipino actor and singer [category: Births]
• 1952: Michael Barrymore, English comedian and actor [category: Births]
• 1953: Oleta Adams, American singer, pianist, and actress [category: Births]
• 1953: Salman Hashimikov, Soviet wrestler [category: Births]
• 1953: Alexandre Pharamond, French rugby player (b. 1876) [category: Deaths]
• 1953: Ernest Hemingway wins the Pulitzer Prize for The Old Man and the Sea. [category: Events]
• 1954: Marilyn Martin, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1954: Pia Zadora, American actress [category: Births]
• 1954: Robert Michael Snyder, American author [category: Births]
• 1955: Avram Grant, Israeli football manager [category: Births]
• 1955: Robert Ellis Orrall, American singer-songwriter and producer [category: Births]
• 1955: George Enescu, Romanian composer (b. 1881) [category: Deaths]
• 1956: David Guterson, American author [category: Births]
• 1956: Ken Oberkfell, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1956: Michael L. Gernhardt, American astronaut [category: Births]
• 1956: Sharon Jones, American singer Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings [category: Births]
• 1956: Ulrike Meyfarth, German athlete [category: Births]
• 1957: Kathy Kreiner, Canadian alpine ski racer [category: Births]
• 1958: Antonis Minou, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1958: Delbert Fowler, American football player [category: Births]
• 1958: Keith Haring, American graphical artist (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1959: Bob Tway, American golfer [category: Births]
• 1959: Inger Nilsson, Swedish actress [category: Births]
• 1959: Joseph James, Jr., American wrestling referee [category: Births]
• 1959: Randy Travis, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor [category: Births]
• 1959: The 1st Grammy Awards are held. [category: Events]
• 1960: Andrew Denton, Australian television producer and comedian [category: Births]
• 1960: Werner Faymann, Austrian politician, Chancellor of Austria [category: Births]
• 1961: Jay Aston, English singer-songwriter and dancer (Bucks Fizz) [category: Births]
• 1961: Luis Herrera, Colombian cyclist [category: Births]
• 1961: Anita Stewart, American actress (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1961: American civil rights movement: The "Freedom Riders" begin a bus trip through the South. [category: Events]
• 1964: Goran Prpić, Croatian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1964: Mónica Bardem, Spanish actress [category: Births]
• 1964: Rocco Siffredi, Italian porn actor [category: Births]
• 1964: Zsuzsa Mathe, Hungarian painter and visual artist, founder of transrealism [category: Births]
• 1966: Jane McGrath, English-Australian activist, co-founder of the McGrath Foundation (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1967: Akiko Yajima, Japanese voice actress [category: Births]
• 1967: Ana Gasteyer, American actress [category: Births]
• 1967: Kate Garraway, English journalist [category: Births]
• 1967: Ken Rosato, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1968: Julian Barratt, English comedian, actor, musician, and producer, one half of The Mighty Boosh [category: Births]
• 1969: Micah Aivazoff, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1969: Ryan Shamrock, American wrestling manager [category: Births]
• 1969: Osbert Sitwell, English writer (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
• 1970: Dawn Staley, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1970: Gregg Alexander, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (New Radicals) [category: Births]
• 1970: Paul Wiseman, New Zealand cricketer [category: Births]
• 1970: Sergio Basañez, Mexican actor [category: Births]
• 1970: Will Arnett, American actor [category: Births]
• 1970: Allison Krause American student, victim of the Kent State shootings (b. 1951) [category: Deaths]
• 1970: Eugenia Livanos, Greek socialite (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 1970: Jeffrey Miller, American student, victim of the Kent State shootings (b. 1950) [category: Deaths]
• 1970: Sandra Scheuer, American student victim of the Kent State shootings (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 1970: William Knox Schroeder, American student victim of the Kent State shootings (b. 1950) [category: Deaths]
• 1970: Vietnam War: Kent State shootings: the Ohio National Guard, sent to Kent State University after disturbances in the city of Kent the weekend before, opens fire killing four unarmed students and wounding nine others. [category: Events]
• 1971: Joe Borowski, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1971: Luiz Garcia, Jr., Brazilian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1971: Rudresh Mahanthappa, Indian-American saxophonist, composer, and educator [category: Births]
• 1971: Seamus Elliott, Irish cyclist (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Chris Tomlin, American singer-songwriter and musician [category: Births]
• 1972: Manny Aybar, Dominican baseball player [category: Births]
• 1972: Mike Dirnt, American musician and songwriter (Green Day, The Frustrators, Screeching Weasel, and Foxboro Hot Tubs) [category: Births]
• 1972: Edward Calvin Kendall, American chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1886) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: The Don't Make A Wave Committee, a fledgling environmental organization founded in Canada in 1971, officially changes its name to "Greenpeace Foundation". [category: Events]
• 1973: Guillermo Barros Schelotto, Argentine footballer [category: Births]
• 1973: John Madden, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1973: Matthew Barnaby, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1973: Jane Bowles, American writer and playwright (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 1974: Miguel Cairo, Venezuelan baseball player [category: Births]
• 1974: Tony McCoy, Irish horse racing jockey [category: Births]
• 1974: An all-female Japanese team reaches the summit of Manaslu, becoming the first women to climb an 8,000-meter peak. [category: Events]
• 1975: Catherine Trudeau, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1975: Laci Peterson, American murder victim (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1975: Moe Howard, American actor and comedian (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Ben Grieve, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1976: Jason Michaels, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1977: Emily Perkins, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1977: John Tripp, German ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1977: Mariano Pernía, Argentine-Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: Nestoras Kommatos, Greek basketball player [category: Births]
• 1978: Brett Burton, Australian football player [category: Births]
• 1978: Daisuke Ono, Japanese voice actor [category: Births]
• 1978: Erin Andrews, American sportscaster and journalist [category: Births]
• 1978: Shaenon K. Garrity, American writer and artist [category: Births]
• 1978: Vladimíra Uhlířová, Czech tennis player [category: Births]
• 1979: Kristin Harmel, American novelist [category: Births]
• 1979: Lance Bass, American singer, dancer, actor, producer, and author (*NSYNC) [category: Births]
• 1979: Lesley Vainikolo, Tongan rugby player [category: Births]
• 1979: Marie Poissonnier, French pole vaulter [category: Births]
• 1979: Wes Butters, English broadcaster and writer [category: Births]
• 1979: Margaret Thatcher becomes the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. [category: Events]
• 1980: Andrew Raycroft, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1980: Franziska Weisz, Austrian actress [category: Births]
• 1980: Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav revolutionary and statesman, 1st President of Yugoslavia (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: Eric Djemba-Djemba, Cameroon footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Giorgos Tsiaras, Greek basketball player [category: Births]
• 1982: Hector King, Mexican singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1982: Kleopas Giannou, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Markus Rogan, Austrian swimmer [category: Births]
• 1982: Twenty sailors are killed when the British Type 42 destroyer HMS Sheffield is hit by an Argentinian Exocet missile during the Falklands War. [category: Events]
• 1983: Derek Roy, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1983: Jesse Moss, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1983: Rubén Olivera, Uruguayan footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Trisha Krishnan, Indian actress [category: Births]
• 1984: Brad Maddox, American wrestler and referee [category: Births]
• 1984: Kevin Slowey, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1984: Manjural Islam Rana, Bangladeshi cricketer (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1984: Montell Owens, American football player [category: Births]
• 1984: Sarah Meier, Swiss figure skater [category: Births]
• 1984: Bob Clampett, American cartoonist (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Diana Dors, English actress (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Anthony Fedorov, American singer [category: Births]
• 1985: Ravinder Bopara, English cricketer [category: Births]
• 1985: Clarence Wiseman, English-Canadian 10th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Devan Dubnyk, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1986: George Hill, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1987: Anjeza Shahini, Albanian singer [category: Births]
• 1987: Cesc Fàbregas, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Jorge Lorenzo, Spanish motorcycle racer [category: Births]
• 1987: Cathryn Damon, American actress (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Paul Butterfield, American singer and musician (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Georgios Ioannidis, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Robert Lacy, American writer [category: Births]
• 1988: The PEPCON disaster rocks Henderson, Nevada, as tons of space shuttle fuel detonate during a fire. [category: Events]
• 1989: Aris Tatarounis, Greek basketball player [category: Births]
• 1989: James van Riemsdyk, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1989: Rory McIlroy, Irish golfer [category: Births]
• 1989: Iran-Contra Affair: Former White House aide Oliver North is convicted of three crimes and acquitted of nine other charges. The convictions, however, are later overturned on appeal. [category: Events]
• 1990: Irina Falconi, American tennis player [category: Births]
• 1990: Emily Remler American jazz guitarist (b.1957) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Latvia proclaims the renewal of its independence after the Soviet occupation. [category: Events]
• 1992: Ashley Rickards, American actress [category: Births]
• 1992: Courtney Jines, American actress [category: Births]
• 1992: Gregor Mackenzie, LEnglish politician (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Alexander Gould, American actor [category: Births]
• 1994: Pauline Ducruet, Monegasque daughter of Princess Stéphanie of Monaco [category: Births]
• 1994: Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO leader Yasser Arafat sign a peace accord regarding Palestinian autonomy granting self-rule in the Gaza Strip and Jericho. [category: Events]
• 1995: Connie Wisniewski, American baseball player (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: A federal judge in Sacramento, California, gives "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski four life sentences plus 30 years after Kaczynski accepts a plea agreement sparing him from the death penalty. [category: Events]
• 2000: Ken Livingstone becomes the first Mayor of London. [category: Events]
• 2001: Bonnie Lee Bakley, American murder victim, wife of Robert Blake (b. 1956) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: The Milwaukee Art Museum addition, the first Santiago Calatrava-designed structure in the United States, opens to the public. [category: Events]
• 2002: Anastasiya Petryk, Ukrainian singer [category: Births]
• 2002: An EAS Airlines BAC 1-11-500 crashes in a suburb of Kano, Nigeria shortly after takeoff killing more than 148 people. [category: Events]
• 2005: David Hackworth, American army officer and journalist (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Greensburg, Kansas is almost completely destroyed by a 1.7 mi wide EF-5 tornado. [category: Events]
• 2008: Kishan Maharaj, Indian tabla player (b.1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Prince Henrik of Denmark [category: Births]
• 2009: Dom DeLuise, American actor and comedian (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Ernie Harwell, American sportscaster (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Adam Yauch, American rapper, songwriter, musician, and director (Beastie Boys) (b. 1964) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Alexander Chikvaidze, Russian diplomat (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Angelica Garnett, English writer and painter (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Bob Stewart, American television producer, founded Stewart Tele Enterprises (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Charlotte Hawkins Flowers, American super-centenarian (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Haukur Angantýsson, Icelandic chess player (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Mort Lindsey, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Rashidi Yekini, Nigerian footballer (b. 1963) [category: Deaths]
• _: Bird Day (United States) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Blessed Ceferino Giménez Malla [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Cassinga Day (Namibia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Day of the adoption of the Declaration of independence (Latvia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Death of Milan Rastislav Štefánik Day (Slovakia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Deep Day (Eritrea) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Florian [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Gotthard of Hildesheim [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Greenery Day (Japan) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: International Firefighters' Day [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Judas Cyriacus [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Literary Day (Republic of China) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: May 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: May Fourth Movement commemorations: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Monica of Hippo [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Remembrance Day for Martyrs and Disabled (Afghanistan) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Remembrance of the Dead (Netherlands) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Sacerdos of Limoges [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Star Wars Day [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Venerius of Milan [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Youth Day (Fiji) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Youth Day (People's Republic of China) [category: Holidays and observances]