May, 4th in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Sunday 04, 2003:
The Outbreak of 2003 begins. Ninety-four tornadoes begin the week-long outbreak.

Saturday 04, 2002:
An EAS Airlines BAC 1-11-500 crashes in a suburb of Kano, Nigeria shortly after takeoff killing more than 148 people.

Tuesday 04, 1999:
In California, Manuel Babbitt is executed for the 1980 murder of Leah Schendel. While on death row Babbitt was awarded a Purple Heart for injuries he received in the Vietnam War.

Monday 04, 1998:
A federal judge in Sacramento, California, gives "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski four life sentences plus 30 years after Kaczynski accepted a plea agreement sparing him from the death penalty.

Saturday 04, 1996:
José María Aznar is appointed Prime Minister of Spain, thus ending 13 years of Socialist rule.

Wednesday 04, 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.

Saturday 04, 1991:
In Rome, Italy, Carola wins the thirty-sixth Eurovision Song Contest for Sweden singing "Fångad av en stormvind" (Trapped in a storm wind).

Friday 04, 1990:
Latvia proclaims independence.

Thursday 04, 1989:
Iran-Contra Affair: Former White House aide Oliver North is convicted of three crimes and was acquitted of nine other charges. The convictions, however, are later overturned on appeal.

Friday 04, 1979:
Margaret Thatcher becomes the first woman Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Saturday 04, 1974:
An all-female Japanese team reaches the summit of Manaslu, becoming the first women to climb an 8,000-meter peak.

Thursday 04, 1972:
The Don't Make A Wave Committee, a fledgling environmental organization founded in Canada in 1971, officially changed its name to "Greenpeace Foundation".

Monday 04, 1970:
Vietnam War: Kent State shootings – The Ohio National Guard, sent to Kent State University after the ROTC building was burnt down, opens fire on students protesting at the United States' invasion of Cambodia. Four students are killed, nine are wounded.

Thursday 04, 1961:
American civil rights movement: The "Freedom Riders" begin a bus trip through the South.

Monday 04, 1959:
The first Grammy Awards are announced.

Monday 04, 1953:
Ernest Hemingway is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for The Old Man and the Sea.

Wednesday 04, 1949:
The entire Torino football (soccer) team (except for one player who did not take the trip due to an injury) is killed in a plane crash at the Superga hill at the edge of Turin, Italy.

Tuesday 04, 1948:
Norman Mailer's first novel, The Naked and the Dead, is published.

Saturday 04, 1946:
In San Francisco Bay, US Marines from the Treasure Island Marine Barracks stop a two-day riot at Alcatraz federal prison. Five people are killed in the riot.

Friday 04, 1945:
World War II: Surrender of the North Germany Army to Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery.

Monday 04, 1942:
World War II: Battle of the Coral Sea – The battle begins with the launch of attack aircraft from American and Japanese aircraft carriers.

Wednesday 04, 1932:
In Atlanta, Georgia, mobster Al Capone begins serving an eleven-year prison sentence for tax evasion.

Sunday 04, 1930:
British police arrest Mahatma Gandhi and place him in Yeravda Central Prison.

Sunday 04, 1924:
The 1924 Summer Olympics open in Paris, France.

Sunday 04, 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.

Saturday 04, 1912:
Italy occupies the island of Rhodes.

Wednesday 04, 1910:
The Royal Canadian Navy is created.

Wednesday 04, 1904:
Construction begins by the United States on the Panama Canal.

Tuesday 04, 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.

Thursday 04, 1871:
The National Association, the first professional baseball league, begins its first season.

Tuesday 04, 1869:
The Naval Battle of Hakodate takes place in Japan.

Thursday 04, 1865:
Abraham Lincoln buried in Springfield, Illinois, three weeks after his assassination.

Monday 04, 1863:
American Civil War: Battle of Chancellorsville – The battle ends with a Union retreat.

Friday 04, 1855:
American adventurer William Walker departs from San Francisco with about 60 men to conquer Nicaragua.

Wednesday 04, 1814:
Emperor Napoleon I of France arrives at Portoferraio on the island of Elba to begin his exile.

Saturday 04, 1776:
Rhode Island becomes the first American colony to renounce allegiance to King George III.

Saturday 04, 1675:
King Charles II of England orders the construction of the Royal Greenwich Observatory.

Monday 04, 1626:
Dutch explorer Peter Minuit arrives in New Netherland (present day Manhattan Island) aboard the See Meeuw.

Friday 04, 1494:
Christopher Columbus lands in Jamaica.

Thursday 04, 1493:
Pope Alexander VI divides the New World between Spain and Portugal along the Demarcation Line.

Thursday 04, 1471:
Wars of the Roses: The Battle of Tewkesbury – Edward IV defeats a Lancastrian Army and kills Edward, Prince of Wales.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/04-may/on-this-day.html


People born on May 04

1994:
Alexander Gould, American actor (b: May 4, 1994) (Biography of Alexander Gould)

1985:
Anthony Fedorov, American singer (b: May 4, 1985) (Biography of Anthony Fedorov)

1979:
Lance Bass, American musician (*NSYNC) (b: May 4, 1979) (Biography of Lance Bass)

1976:
Jason Michaels, baseball player (b: May 4, 1976) (Biography of Jason Michaels)

1972:
Mike Dirnt, American musician (Green Day) (b: May 4, 1972) (Biography of Mike Dirnt)

1967:
Ana Gasteyer, American actress (b: May 4, 1967) (Biography of Ana Gasteyer)

1962:
Oleta Adams, American singer (b: May 4, 1962) (Biography of Oleta Adams)

1959:
Randy Travis, American musician (b: May 4, 1959) (Biography of Randy Travis)

1958:
Keith Haring, American graphical artist (b: May 4, 1958 ; d: February 16, 1990) (Biography of Keith Haring)

1956:
David Guterson, American author (b: May 4, 1956) (Biography of David Guterson)
Ulrike Meyfarth, German athlete (b: May 4, 1956) (Biography of Ulrike Meyfarth)

1954:
Pia Zadora, American actress (b: May 4, 1954) (Biography of Pia Zadora)

1949:
John Force, American race car driver (b: May 4, 1949) (Biography of John Force)

1945:
Narasinham Ram, Indian journalist (b: May 4, 1945) (Biography of Narasinham Ram)

1942:
Tammy Wynette, American musician (b: May 4, 1942 ; d: April 6, 1998) (Biography of Tammy Wynette)
Nickolas Ashford, American record producer, songwriter, musician (Ashford and Simpson) (b: May 4, 1942) (Biography of Nickolas Ashford)

1941:
George Will, American writer (b: May 4, 1941) (Biography of George Will)

1939:
Amos Oz, Israeli writer, novelist, and journalist (b: May 4, 1939) (Biography of Amos Oz)

1937:
Dick Dale, American guitarist (b: May 4, 1937) (Biography of Dick Dale)

1936:
El Cordobes, Spanish bullfighter (b: May 4, 1936) (Biography of El Cordobes)

1930:
Roberta Peters, American soprano (b: May 4, 1930) (Biography of Roberta Peters)

1929:
Audrey Hepburn, Belgian actress (b: May 4, 1929 ; d: January 20, 1993) (Biography of Audrey Hepburn)
Sidney Lamb, American linguist (b: May 4, 1929) (Biography of Sidney Lamb)

1928:
Maynard Ferguson, Canadian musician (b: May 4, 1928) (Biography of Maynard Ferguson)
Hosni Mubarak, President of Egypt (b: May 4, 1928) (Biography of Hosni Mubarak)

1923:
Eric Sykes, British actor and comedian (b: May 4, 1923) (Biography of Eric Sykes)

1921:
Edo Murtić, Croatian painter (b: May 4, 1921 ; d: January 2, 2005) (Biography of Edo Murtic)

1918:
Tanaka Kakuei, Japanese political leader (b: May 4, 1918 ; d: December 16, 1993) (Biography of Tanaka Kakuei)

1903:
Luther Adler, American stage actor (b: May 4, 1903 ; d: December 8, 1984) (Biography of Luther Adler)

1889:
Francis Cardinal Spellman, American religious leader (b: May 4, 1889) (Biography of Francis Cardinal Spellman)

1873:
Joe De Grasse, Canadian film director (b: May 4, 1873 ; d: May 25, 1940) (Biography of Joe De Grasse)

1852:
Alice Pleasance Liddell, English schoolgirl, model for Alice in Wonderland (b: May 4, 1852) (Biography of Alice Pleasance Liddell)

1827:
John Hanning Speke, British explorer (b: May 4, 1827 ; d: September 15, 1864) (Biography of John Hanning Speke)

1826:
Frederic Edwin Church, American painter (b: May 4, 1826) (Biography of Frederic Edwin Church)

1825:
Thomas Henry Huxley, English scientist (b: May 4, 1825 ; d: June 29, 1895) (Biography of Thomas Henry Huxley)
Augustus Le Plongeon, French archaeologist (b: May 4, 1825) (Biography of Augustus Le Plongeon)

1820:
Julia Tyler, First Lady of the United States (b: May 4, 1820) (Biography of Julia Tyler)

1796:
Horace Mann, American educator (b: May 4, 1796 ; d: August 2, 1859) (Biography of Horace Mann)

1781:
Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, German philosopher (b: May 4, 1781 ; d: September 27, 1832) (Biography of Karl Christian Friedrich Krause)

1772:
Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus, German publisher (b: May 4, 1772) (Biography of Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus)

1733:
Jean-Charles de Borda, French mathematician, physicist, political scientist, and sailor (b: May 4, 1733 ; d: February 19, 1799) (Biography of Jean-Charles de Borda)

1655:
Bartolomeo Cristofori, Italian maker of musical instruments (b: May 4, 1655 ; d: January 27, 1731) (Biography of Bartolomeo Cristofori)

1654:
Kangxi Emperor of China (b: May 4, 1654 ; d: December 20, 1722) (Biography of Kangxi Emperor)

1008:
King Henry I of France (b: May 4, 1008 ; d: August 4, 1060) (Biography of Henry I of France)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/04-may/births.html

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People who died on May 04

2005:
David Hackworth (d: May 4, 2005) (Biography of David Hackworth)

1986:
Henri Toivonen (d: May 4, 1986) (Biography of Henri Toivonen)

1984:
Bob Clampett (d: May 4, 1984) (Biography of Bob Clampett)
Diana Dors (d: May 4, 1984) (Biography of Diana Dors)

1980:
Josip Broz Tito, President of Yugoslavia (b: May 7, 1892 ; d: May 4, 1980) (Biography of Josip Broz Tito)

1975:
Moe Howard, American actor and comedian (b: June 19, 1897 ; d: May 4, 1975) (Biography of Moe Howard)

1970:
Kent State massacre (d: May 4, 1970) (Biography of Kent State massacre)
Allison Krause (d: May 4, 1970) (Biography of Allison Krause)
Jeffrey Miller (d: May 4, 1970) (Biography of Jeffrey Miller)
Sandra Scheuer (d: May 4, 1970) (Biography of Sandra Scheuer)
William Schroeder (Kent State massacre) (d: May 4, 1970) (Biography of William Schroeder (Kent State massacre))

1969:
Sir Osbert Sitwell, English author (b: December 6, 1890 ; d: May 4, 1969) (Biography of Osbert Sitwell)

1961:
Anita Stewart, American film actress (b: February 7, 1895 ; d: May 4, 1961) (Biography of Anita Stewart)

1955:
Georges Enescu, Romanian composer (b: August 19, 1881 ; d: May 4, 1955) (Biography of Georges Enescu)

1938:
Carl von Ossietzky, German pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b: October 3, 1889 ; d: May 4, 1938) (Biography of Carl von Ossietzky)

1903:
Goce Delchev, Bulgarian revolutionary (b: January 23, 1872 ; d: May 4, 1903) (Biography of Goce Delchev)

1880:
Edward Clark, Governor of Texas (b: April 1, 1815 ; d: May 4, 1880) (Biography of Edward Clark)

1849:
Hokusai (d: May 4, 1849) (Biography of Hokusai)

1824:
Joseph Joubert (d: May 4, 1824) (Biography of Joseph Joubert)

1799:
Tipu Sultan, Indian ruler (b: December 10, 1750 ; d: May 4, 1799) (Biography of Tipu Sultan)

1737:
Eustace Budgell, English writer (b: August 19, 1686 ; d: May 4, 1737) (Biography of Eustace Budgell)

1734:
James Thornhill (d: May 4, 1734) (Biography of James Thornhill)

1729:
Louis-Antoine, Cardinal de Noailles, French cardinal (b: May 27, 1651 ; d: May 4, 1729) (Biography of Louis-Antoine, Cardinal de Noailles)

1684:
John Nevison (d: May 4, 1684) (Biography of John Nevison)

1677:
Isaac Barrow (d: May 4, 1677) (Biography of Isaac Barrow)

1626:
Arthur Lake, Bishop of Bath and Wells (d: May 4, 1626) (Biography of Arthur Lake, Bishop of Bath and Wells)

1615:
Adriaan van Roomen, Flemish mathematician (b: September 29, 1561 ; d: May 4, 1615) (Biography of Adriaan van Roomen)

1566:
Luca Ghini (d: May 4, 1566) (Biography of Luca Ghini)

1519:
Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (b: September 12, 1492 ; d: May 4, 1519) (Biography of Lorenzo II de' Medici)

1506:
Husayn Bayqarah (d: May 4, 1506) (Biography of Husayn Bayqarah)

1471:
Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (b: October 13, 1453 ; d: May 4, 1471) (Biography of Edward of Westminster)
Edmund Beaufort, 4th Duke of Somerset (d: May 4, 1471) (Biography of Edmund Beaufort, 4th Duke of Somerset)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/04-may/deaths.html