May 4 is the 124th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (125th in leap years). There are 241 days remaining. The Gregorian calendar is the calendar widely used in the Western world. ... A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing an extra day or month in order to keep the calendar year in sync with an astronomical or seasonal year. ...

This article is about the month of May. ... May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (122nd in leap years). ... May 2 is the 122nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (123rd in leap years). ... May 3 is the 123rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (124th in leap years). ... May 5 is the 125th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (126th in leap years). ... May 6 is the 126th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (127th in leap years). ... May 7 is the 127th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (128th in leap years). ... May 8 is the 128th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (129th in leap years). ... May 9 is the 129th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (130th in leap years). ... May 10 is the 130th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (131st in leap years). ... May 11 is the 131st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (132nd in leap years). ... May 12 is the 132nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (133rd in leap years). ... May 13 is the 133rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (134th in leap years). ... May 14 is the 134th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (135th in leap years). ... May 15 is the 135th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (136th in leap years). ... May 16 is the 136th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (137th in leap years). ... May 17 is the 137th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (138th in leap years). ... May 18 is the 138th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (139th in leap years). ... May 19 is the 139th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (140th in leap years). ... May 20 is the 140th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (141st in leap years). ... May 21 is the 141st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (142nd in leap years). ... May 22 is the 142nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (143rd in leap years). ... May 23 is the 143rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (144th in leap years). ... May 24 is the 144th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (145th in leap years). ... May 25 is the 145th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (146th in leap years). ... May 26 is the 146th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (147th in leap years). ... May 27 is the 147th day (148th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 218 days remaining. ... May 28 is the 148th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (149th in leap years). ... May 29 is the 149th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (150th in leap years). ... May 30 is the 150th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (151st in leap years). ... May 31 is the 151st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (152nd in leap years), with 214 days remaining, as the last day of May. ... 2005(MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Events

• 1471 - Wars of the Roses: The Battle of Tewkesbury – Edward IV defeats a Lancastrian Army and kills Edward, Prince of Wales.
• 1493 - Pope Alexander VI divides the New World between Spain and Portugal along the Demarcation Line.
• 1494 - Christopher Columbus lands in Jamaica.
• 1626 - Dutch explorer Peter Minuit arrives in New Netherland (present day Manhattan Island) aboard the See Meeuw.
• 1675 - King Charles II of England orders the construction of the Royal Greenwich Observatory.
• 1776 - Rhode Island becomes the first American colony to renounce allegiance to King George III.
• 1814 - Emperor Napoleon I of France arrives at Portoferraio on the island of Elba to begin his exile.
• 1855 - American adventurer William Walker departs from San Francisco with about 60 men to conquer Nicaragua.
• 1863 - American Civil War: Battle of Chancellorsville – The battle ends with a Union retreat.
• 1865 - Abraham Lincoln buried in Springfield, Illinois, three weeks after his assassination.
• 1869 - The Naval Battle of Hakodate takes place in Japan.
• 1871 - The National Association, the first professional baseball league, begins its first season.
• 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.
• 1904 - Construction begins by the United States on the Panama Canal.
• 1910 - The Royal Canadian Navy is created.
• 1912 - Italy occupies the island of Rhodes.
• 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.
• 1924 - The 1924 Summer Olympics open in Paris, France.
• 1930 - British police arrest Mahatma Gandhi and place him in Yeravda Central Prison.
• 1932 - In Atlanta, Georgia, mobster Al Capone begins serving an eleven-year prison sentence for tax evasion.
• 1942 - World War II: Battle of the Coral Sea – The battle begins with the launch of attack aircraft from American and Japanese aircraft carriers.
• 1945 - World War II: Liberation of the Neuengamme concentration camp near Hamburg by the British Army.
• 1945 - World War II: Surrender of the North Germany Army to Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery.
• 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.
• 1948 - Norman Mailer's first novel, The Naked and the Dead, is published.
• 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.
• 1953 - Ernest Hemingway is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for The Old Man and the Sea.
• 1959 - The first Grammy Awards are announced.
• 1961 - American civil rights movement: The "Freedom Riders" begin a bus trip through the South.
• 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.
• 1972 - The Don't Make A Wave Committee, a fledgling environmental organization founded in Canada in 1971, officially changed its name to "Greenpeace Foundation".
• 1974 - An all-female Japanese team reaches the summit of Manaslu, becoming the first women to climb an 8,000-meter peak.
• 1979 - Margaret Thatcher becomes the first woman Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
• 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.
• 1990 - Latvia proclaims independence.
• 1991 - In Rome, Italy, Carola wins the thirty-sixth Eurovision Song Contest for Sweden singing "Fångad av en stormvind" (Trapped in a storm wind).
• 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.
• 1996 - José María Aznar is appointed Prime Minister of Spain, thus ending 13 years of Socialist rule.
• 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.
• 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.
• 2002 - An EAS Airlines BAC 1-11-500 crashes in a suburb of Kano, Nigeria shortly after takeoff killing more than 148 people.
• 2003 - The Outbreak of 2003 begins. Ninety-four tornadoes begin the week-long outbreak.

This article is about the year 1471, not the BT caller ID service accessible by dialling 1-4-7-1. ... The Wars of the Roses (1455–1487) is the name generally given to the intermittent civil war fought over the throne of England between adherents of the House of Lancaster and the House of York. ... The Battle of Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire, which took place on May 4, 1471, completed one phase of the Wars of the Roses. ... Edward IV (April 28, 1442 – April 9, 1483) was King of England from March 4, 1461 to April 9, 1483, with a break of a few months in the period 1470-1471. ... A cobblestone mosaic showing heraldic devices associated with the House of Lancaster The House of Lancaster is a dynasty of English kings. ... Edward of Westminster (October 13, 1453 - May 4, 1471) was the only Prince of Wales ever to die in battle. ... The Badge of the Prince of Wales is derived from the ostrich feathers borne by Edward, the Black Prince. ... Events January 4 - Christopher Columbus leaves the New World. ... Alexander VI, (Rodrigo Borgia) (January 1, 1431 – August 18, 1503) pope (1492-1503), is the most memorable of the secular popes of the Renaissance. ... Carte dAmérique, Guillaume Delisle, c. ... The Line of Demarcation was an imaginary longitude, moved slightly from that of a line drawn by Pope Alexander VI to divide Portuguese and Spanish claimed territory. ... Events January 25 - Alfonso II becomes King of Naples. ... Christopher Columbus (conjectural image) For information about the film director, see the article on Chris Columbus. ... Events September 30 - Nurhaci, chieftain of the Jurchens and founder of the Qing Dynasty dies and is succeeded by his son Hong Taiji. ... Peter Minuit (1580 - 1638), born in Wesel, Duchy of Cleves (present-day Germany), was the Director General of the Dutch colony of New Netherland from 1626 until 1633. ... New Netherland (Dutch: Nieuw-Nederland, Latin: Nova Belgica or Novum Belgium) was the territory claimed by the United Provinces (the Netherlands) on the eastern coast of North America in the 17th century. ... For other uses, see Manhattan (disambiguation). ... Events January 5 - The Battle of Turckeim August 10 - Building of the Royal Greenwich Observatory began November 11 - Guru Gobind Singh becomes the Tenth Guru of the Sikhs. ... Charles II (29 May 1630–6 February 1685) was the King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 30 January 1649 (de jure) or 29 May 1660 (de facto) until his death. ... Royal Observatory, Greenwich The original site of the Royal Greenwich Observatory (RGO), which was built as a workplace for the Astronomer Royal, was on a hill in Greenwich Park in Greenwich, London, overlooking the River Thames. ... This article is about the year 1776. ... State nickname: The Ocean State, Little Rhody Other U.S. States Capital Providence Largest city Providence Governor Donald Carcieri (R) Official languages None Area 4,005 km² (50th)  - Land 2,709 km²  - Water 1,296 km² (32. ... Betsy Ross purportedly sewed the first American flag with 13 stars and 13 stripes representing each of the 13 colonies. ... George III (George William Frederick) (4 June 1738–29 January 1820) was King of Great Britain, and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until 1 January 1801, and thereafter King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death. ... 1814 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Napoleon I of France, by Jacques-Louis David. ... A view from the local mountains of Portoferraio. ... Elba and the Tuscan Archipelago. ... 1855 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... William Walker William Walker (May 8, 1824 - September 12, 1860) was a U.S. physician, lawyer, journalist, adventurer, and soldier of fortune who attempted to conquer several Latin American countries in the mid-19th century. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... 1863 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... The American Civil War was fought in North America from 1861 until 1865 between the United States of America – forces coming mostly from the 23 northern states of the Union – and the newly-formed Confederate States of America, which consisted of 11 southern states that had declared their secession. ... The Battle of Chancellorsville was a major battle of the American Civil War in 1863. ... The Battle of Waterloo by William Sadler. ... ... 1865 is a common year starting on Sunday. ... Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865), sometimes called Abe Lincoln and nicknamed Honest Abe, the Rail Splitter, and the Great Emancipator, was the 16th President of the United States (1861 to 1865), and the first president from the Republican Party. ... Location in Illinois Founded  -Incorporated 1819 {{{incorporated}}}  County Sangamon County Mayor Timothy Davlin Area  - Total  - Water 156. ... Jack Ruby murdered Lee Harvey Oswald, the alleged assassin of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, in a very public manner In its most common use, assassination has come to mean the killing of an important person. ... 1869 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Battle of Hakodate was fought from 4-10 May 1869, at the beginning of the Meiji Restoration, in the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, between the remnants of the Shoguns navy, consolidated into the armed forces of the rebel Ezo Republic, and the newly formed Imperial Japanese Navy. ... 1871 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The National Association of Professional Baseball Players, or simply the National Association, was founded in 1871 and lasted through the 1875 season, after which its stronger teams created the National League. ... 1886 is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) // Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ... On May 1, 1886 (on May Day), labor unions organized a strike for an eight hour work day in Chicago, Illinois, United States. ... Chicago, colloquially known as the Second City and the Windy City, is the third-largest city in population in the United States and the largest inland city in the country. ... 1904 is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Satellite image of the Panama Canal NASA image of the Panama canal The Panama Canal is a canal 82 km (51 mi) long that cuts through the isthmus of Panama, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans in Central America. ... 1910 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) was the navy of Canada from 1911 until 1968 when the three branches of the Canadian military were merged into the Canadian Armed Forces. ... 1912 is a leap year starting on Monday. ... Main entrance to the medieval city of Rhodes Rhodes, Greek Ροδος (Rhodos), is the largest of the Dodecanese islands, and easternmost of the major islands of Greece in the Aegean Sea. ... 1919 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Students in Beijing rallied during the May Fourth Movement. ... Tiananmen Square (Simplified Chinese: 天安门广场; Traditional Chinese: 天安門廣場; pinyin: ) is the large plaza near the center of Beijing, China, named for the Tiananmen (literally, Gate of Heavenly Peace) which sits to its north, separating it from the Forbidden City. ...   Beijing? (Chinese: 北京; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Pei-ching; Postal System Pinyin: Peking) is the capital of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). ... Woodrow Wilson with the American Peace Commissioners The Treaty of Versailles of 1919 is the peace treaty created as a result of six months of negotiations at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919, which put an official end to World War I between the Allies and Central Powers. ... 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Games of the VIII Olympiad were held in 1924 in Paris, France. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (October 2, 1869 – January 30, 1948) (Devanagari: मोहनदास करमचन्द गांधी, Gujarati મોહનદાસ કરમચંદ ગાંધી) was a national icon who led the struggle for Indias independence from British colonial rule, empowered by tens of millions of common Indians. ... 1932 is a leap year starting on a Friday. ... Atlanta is the capital and largest city of Georgia, a state of the United States of America. ... FBI mugshot of Capone, 1931 Alphonse Gabriel Capone (January 17, 1899 – January 25, 1947), more popularly known as Al Scarface Capone, was a famous American Gangster in the 1920s and 1930s, although his business card is reported to have said he was a dealer in used furniture. ... This article contrasts tax evasion, tax avoidance, tax resistance and tax mitigation. ... This article is about the year. ... World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons like the atom bomb World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a mid-20th-century conflict that engulfed much of the globe... The Battle of the Coral Sea, in early May 1942, was one of the major turning points of the Pacific War. ... The Battle of Waterloo by William Sadler. ... An aircraft carrier is a warship whose main role is to deploy and recover aircraft—in effect acting as a sea-going airbase. ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... During World War 2 Neuengamme was a concentration camp near Hamburg, Germany[1]. The site is one of the few concentration camps in Germany where most of the buildings have been conserved and serves as a memorial today. ... A concentration camp is a large detention center created for political opponents, aliens, specific ethnic or religious groups, civilians of a critical war-zone, or other groups of people, often during a war. ... Hamburg is Germanys second largest city (after Berlin) and, with the Hamburg Harbour, its principal port. ... Note: This article is about the military usage of the word marshal. For other usages, see the end of this article. ... Bernard Law Montgomery Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein (November 17, 1887 - March 24, 1976) was a British military officer during World War II often referred to as Monty. ... 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... San Francisco Bay, San Pablo Bay, and the Golden Gate The San Francisco Bay is a shallow, productive estuary in which water draining approximately forty percent of California, flowing in the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers from the Sierra Nevada mountains, enters the Pacific Ocean. ... United States Marine Corps Emblem The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is a branch of the U.S. military. ... For the rock band Riot see Riot (the band) Riots in Newark, New Jersey Riots occur when crowds of people have gathered and are committing crimes or acts of violence. ... Alcatraz Island is located in the middle of San Francisco Bay in California. ... 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Norman Mailer, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1948 Norman Kingsley Mailer (born January 31, 1923) is an American writer and innovator of the nonfictional novel. ... The Naked and the Dead is a 1948 novel, the first written by Norman Mailer. ... 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... Torino Calcio is one of the most popular Italian football clubs, based in Turin. ... In typical game play, players attempt to move towards a goal through individual control of the ball, such as by dribbling (running with the ball close to their feet); by passing the ball from team-mate to team-mate; and by taking shots at the goal. ... The Superga air disaster happened on Wednesday, May 4, 1949, when a plane carrying almost the entire Torino squad (18 players), plus management, journalists and crew, crashed into the Superga hills near Turin, killing everyone on board. ... Location within Italy Region Piedmont Province Turin Area   – Total   – Water 130 km² (50 mi²) ##.# km² (#.# mi²) #.##% Population   – Total (2002)   – Density 857,433 6,596/km² Time zone CET: UTC+1 Latitude Longitude   45°04′ N 7°40′ E1. ... 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... [[Image:Hemmingway. ... Listen to this article · (info) This audio file was created from the revision dated 2005-04-13, and does not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ... Original book cover The Old Man and the Sea is a novella by Ernest Hemingway written in Cuba in 1951 and published in 1952. ... 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Grammy Awards (originally the Gramophone Awards), presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American... 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The civil rights movement in the United States has been a long, primarily nonviolent struggle to bring full civil rights and equality under the law to all citizens of United States. ... The Freedom Riders were a group of men and women from many different background and ethnicities who boarded buses, trains and planes headed for the deep South to test the 1960 U.S. Supreme Court ruling outlawing racial segregation in all interstate public facilities. ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... The Vietnam War or Second Indochina War was a conflict between the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRVN, or North Vietnam), allied with the National Liberation Front (NLF, or Viet Cong) against the Republic of Vietnam (RVN, or South Vietnam), and their allies—notably the United States military in support of... Mary Ann Vecchio kneels over the body of Jeffrey Miller The Kent State shootings, also known as May 4th or The Kent State Massacre, occurred at Kent State University in the city of Kent, Ohio, and involved the shooting of students by the Ohio National Guard on Monday, May 4... State nickname: The Buckeye State Other U.S. States Capital Columbus Largest city Columbus Governor Bob Taft (R) Official languages None Area 116,096 km² (34th)  - Land 106,154 km²  - Water 10,044 km² (8. ... The United States National Guard is a significant component of the United States armed forces military reserve. ... Kent State University (KSU) is an institution of higher learning located in Kent, Ohio, which is about 40 miles southeast of Cleveland, and 12 miles from Akron, Ohio. ... The Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) is a training program of the United States armed forces present on college campuses to recruit and educate commissioned officers. ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... This is a list of environmental organizations, organizations that preserve or monitor the environment in different ways. ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... Greenpeace protest in Brasília, Brazil. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... Manaslu (also known as Kutang) is the eighth highest mountain in the world, located in the Nepalese Himalayas. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... The Right Honourable Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, PC, FRS (born 13 October 1925), is a British stateswoman and was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990, also Leader of the Opposition from 1975, and the only woman to date to hold the former... In the United Kingdom, the Prime Minister is the head of government, exercising many of the executive functions nominally vested in the Sovereign, who is head of state. ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... dipset ... The southern side of the White House The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States. ... Oliver North Oliver Laurence North (b. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC mythical, 1st millennium BC Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni (Democratici di Sinistra) Area  - City Proper  1290 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 2,546,807 almost 4,000,000 1... Carola Häggkvist (born in Stockholm on September 8, 1966) is a Swedish singer. ... Running since 1956, the Eurovision Song Contest (in French: Concours Eurovision de la Chanson) is an annual televised song contest with participants from numerous countries whose national television broadcasters are members of the European Broadcasting Union. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Yitzhak Rabin Yitzhak Rabin (or Yitschak Rabin) (יצחק רבין in Hebrew), (March 1, 1922 – November 4, 1995) was an Israeli politician and general. ... The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) (Arabic Munazzamat al-Tahrir Filastiniyyah منظمة تحرير فلسطينية ) is a political and paramilitary organization of Palestinian Arabs dedicated to the establishment of an independent Palestinian state to consist of the area between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, with an intent to destroy Israel. ... Yasser Arafat Yasser Arafat (Arabic: ياسر عرفات) (August 4 or August 24, 1929 – November 11, 2004), born Muhammad `Abd ar-Rauf al-Qudwa al-Husayni (محمد عبد الرؤوف القدوة الحسيني) and also known as Abu `Ammar (ابو عمّار), was Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) (1969–2004); President of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) (1993–2004); and... The Palestinians are a mainly Arabic-speaking people with family origins in Palestine. ... Jericho (Arabic أريحا; ʼArīḥā; Hebrew יְרִיחוֹ; Standard Hebrew YÉ™riḥo; Tiberian Hebrew YÉ™rîḫô, YÉ™rîḥô) is a town in the West Bank, near the west bank of the Jordan River. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... José María Aznar López (born February 25, 1953, in Madrid, Spain) was President of the Spanish government from May 5, 1996 to April 17, 2004. ... ... The Spanish Socialist Workers Party (Partido Socialista Obrero Español or PSOE) is one of the main parties of Spain. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... City nickname: The Big Tomato Location Location of Sacramento in California Government County Sacramento Mayor Heather Fargo Physical characteristics Area      Land      Water 99. ... Theodore Kaczynski Theodore John Kaczynski, Ph. ... Capital punishment, also referred to as the death penalty, is the judicially ordered execution of a prisoner as a punishment for a serious crime, often called a capital offense or a capital crime. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) Official languages English Area 410,000 km² (3rd)  - Land 404,298 km²  - Water 20,047 km² (4. ... gday leah dawg this casey daniel and the other niggas and suge knight esse ... The Purple Heart is a U.S. military decoration awarded in the name of the President of the United States to those who have been wounded or killed while serving in or with the U.S. military after April 5, 1917. ... The Vietnam War or Second Indochina War was a conflict between the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRVN, or North Vietnam), allied with the National Liberation Front (NLF, or Viet Cong) against the Republic of Vietnam (RVN, or South Vietnam), and their allies—notably the United States military in support of... 2002(MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... EAS (Executive Air Services) Airlines was an airline in Nigeria Two crashes were recorded in early 2001 and May 2002 from EAS Airline. ... For other uses of the word Kano see Kano (disambiguation). ... 2003(MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The May 2003 tornado outbreak in the United States was a cluster of events that occurred from May 4 to May 10, 2003. ...

Births

• 1008 - King Henry I of France (d. 1060)
• 1654 - Kangxi Emperor of China (d. 1722)
• 1655 - Bartolomeo Cristofori, Italian maker of musical instruments (d. 1731)
• 1733 - Jean-Charles de Borda, French mathematician, physicist, political scientist, and sailor (d. 1799)
• 1772 - Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus, German publisher (d. 1823)
• 1781 - Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, German philosopher (d. 1832)
• 1796 - Horace Mann, American educator (d. 1859)
• 1820 - Julia Tyler, First Lady of the United States (d. 1889)
• 1825 - Thomas Henry Huxley, English scientist (d. 1895)
• 1825 - Augustus Le Plongeon, French archaeologist (d. 1908)
• 1826 - Frederic Edwin Church, American painter (d. 1900)
• 1827 - John Hanning Speke, British explorer (d. 1864)
• 1852 - Alice Pleasance Liddell, English schoolgirl, model for Alice in Wonderland (d. 1934)
• 1873 - Joe De Grasse, Canadian film director (d. 1940)
• 1889 - Francis Cardinal Spellman, American religious leader (d. 1967)
• 1903 - Luther Adler, American stage actor (d. 1984)
• 1918 - Tanaka Kakuei, Japanese political leader (d. 1993)
• 1921 - Edo Murtić, Croatian painter (d. 2005)
• 1923 - Eric Sykes, British actor and comedian
• 1928 - Maynard Ferguson, Canadian musician
• 1928 - Hosni Mubarak, President of Egypt
• 1929 - Audrey Hepburn, Belgian actress (d. 1993)
• 1929 - Sidney Lamb, American linguist
• 1930 - Roberta Peters, American soprano
• 1936 - El Cordobes, Spanish bullfighter
• 1937 - Dick Dale, American guitarist
• 1939 - Amos Oz, Israeli writer, novelist, and journalist
• 1941 - George Will, American writer
• 1942 - Tammy Wynette, American musician (d. 1998)
• 1942 - Nickolas Ashford, American record producer, songwriter, musician (Ashford and Simpson)
• 1944 - Roger Rees, British-born actor
• 1945 - Narasinham Ram, Indian journalist
• 1949 - John Force, American race car driver
• 1954 - Pia Zadora, American actress
• 1956 - David Guterson, American author
• 1956 - Ulrike Meyfarth, German athlete
• 1958 - Keith Haring, American graphical artist (d. 1990)
• 1959 - Randy Travis, American musician
• 1967 - Ana Gasteyer, American actress
• 1972 - Mike Dirnt, American musician (Green Day)
• 1976 - Jason Michaels, baseball player
• 1979 - Lance Bass, American musician (*NSYNC)
• 1994 - Alexander Gould, American actor
• 1985 - Anthony Fedorov, American singer

Events Olof, king of Sweden, is baptized. ... Henry I (French: Henri Ier) (May 4, 1008–August 4, 1060) was King of France from 1031 to 1060. ... Events May - The Norman leader Robert Guiscard conquers Taranto. ... Events April 5 - Signing of the Treaty of Westminster, ending the First Anglo-Dutch War. ... This article needs cleanup, so as to conform to a higher standard. ... Events Abraham De Moivre states De Moivres theorem connecting trigonometric functions and complex numbers Publication of the first book of Bachs Well-Tempered Clavier Fall of Persias Safavid dynasty during a bloody revolt of the Afghani people. ... Events New Sweden (Delaware) attacked and captured by Dutch forces. ... Bartolomeo Cristofori di Francesco (May 4, 1655 - January 27, 1732) was an Italian maker of musical instruments, generally regarded as the inventor of the piano. ... Events 10 Downing Street becomes the official residence of the United Kingdoms Prime Minister when Robert Walpole moves in. ... Events February 12 - British colonist James Oglethorpe founds Savannah, Georgia. ... Jean-Charles de Borda (May 4, 1733 - February 19, 1799) was a French mathematician, physicist, political scientist, and sailor. ... 1799 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1772 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus (May 4, 1772 - August 20, 1823) was a German encyclopedia publisher and editor. ... 1823 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1781 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Karl Christian Friedrich Krause (May 4, 1781 - September 27, 1832), German philosopher, was born at Eisenberg. ... 1832 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1796 was a leap year starting on Friday. ... Horace Mann was an early leader in education; there is also a Sir Horace Mann, who was an important correspondent of Horace Walpole in the 18th century. ... 1859 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... 1820 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... White House portrait Julia Gardiner Tyler (July 23, 1820 - July 10, 1889), second wife of John Tyler, was First Lady of the United States from June 26, 1844 to March 4, 1845. ... Laura Bush, current First Lady (2001-present) First Lady of the United States is the unofficial title of the hostess of the White House. ... 1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1825 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Thomas Huxley Thomas Henry Huxley F.R.S. (May 4, 1825 – June 29, 1895) was a British biologist, known as Darwins Bulldog for his defence of Charles Darwins theory of evolution. ... 1895 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1825 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Augustus Le Plongeon (1825-1908) was an archaeologist who excavated the Mayan ruins of Chichen Itza in Yucatan. ... 1908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1826 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Frederic Edwin Church (May 4, 1826 - April 7, 1900) was an American landscape painter born in Hartford, Connecticut. ... 1900 is a common year starting on Monday. ... 1827 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... John Hanning Speke (May 4, 1827 – September 15, 1864) was an officer in the British Indian army, who made three voyages of exploration to Africa. ... 1864 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1852 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Alice Pleasance Liddell (May 4, 1852 - November 16, 1934) was the inspiration for the heroine of the childrens classic Alices Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. ... 1934 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1873 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Joseph Louis De Grace (May 4, 1873 - May 25, 1940) was a Canadian film director. ... 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... His Eminence Francis Joseph Cardinal Spellman, (4 May 1889 - 2 December 1967) was the ninth bishop - sixth archbishop - of the Roman Catholic diocese of New York. ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1903 has the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes for 400 years, because the Gregorian calendar hasnt had a leap year for seven years or a century leap year since 1600. ... Luther Adler (May 4, 1903 – December 8, 1984) was an American actor best known for his work in theater, but who also worked in film and television. ... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Tanaka shook hands with his similarly-embattled contemporary, U.S. President Richard Nixon, during a Washington visit in July of 1973. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... 1921 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Edo Murtić (May 4, 1921 - January 2, 2005) was a renowned painter from Croatia. ... 2005(MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1923 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Eric Sykes, CBE (born May 4, 1923) was born in Oldham, Lancashire (now Greater Manchester) and is a British comedic writer and actor. ... 1928 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Maynard Ferguson (born May 4, 1928 in Montreal, Canada) is a jazz trumpet player and bandleader. ... Hosni Mubarak, President of Egypt Muhammad Hosni Said Mubarak (Arabic : محمد حسنى سيد مبارك ) (born May 4, 1928) commonly known as Hosni Mubarak (Arabic: حسنى مبارك ) has been the President of the Arab Republic of Egypt for twenty-four years, since 14 October 1981. ... Monarchs Wālīs (Governors) of Egypt, 1805-1867 Muḩammad ‘Alī 1805-1848 Ibrāhīm 1848 Muḩammad ‘Alī (restored) 1848-1849 ‘Abbās I 1849-1854 Sa‘īd 1854-1863 Ismā‘īl 1863-1867 Khedives of Egypt, 1867-1914 Ismā‘īl 1867-1879 Tawfīq 1879-1892 ‘Abbās II 1892-1914 Sultans of Egypt, 1914... 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Audrey Hepburn in Funny Face. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Sydney MacDonald Lamb (May 4, 1929- ), American linguist, professor at Rice University whose stratificational grammar is a significant alternative theory to Chomskys transformational grammar. ... 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Roberta Peters (b. ... 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Manuel Benítez Pérez, born 4th May 1936 (probable date) in Palma del Río near Córdoba is known as El Cordobés, the famous matador of the 1960s, who brought to the bullring an unorthodox acrobatic and theatrical style, totally indifferent to his own safety. ... 1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Dick Dale (born Richard Mansour on May 4, 1937) was a pioneer of surf rock and one of the most influential guitarists of the early 1960s. ... 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Amos Oz, November 7, 2004 Amos Oz (born May 4, 1939), birth name Amos Klausner, is an Israeli writer, novelist, and journalist. ... 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... George Frederick Will (born May 4, 1941) is an American columnist, journalist, and author. ... This article is about the year. ... Tammy Wynette on the cover of her tribute album Tammy Wynette Remembered Tammy Wynette (May 5, 1942 – April 6, 1998) was an American country singer and songwriter. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Nickolas Ashford (born May 4, 1942, in Fairfield, South Carolina) and Valerie Simpson (born August 26, 1946 in The Bronx, New York) are a successful songwriting/production team, as well as being recording artists in their own right. ... Nickolas Ashford (born May 4, 1942, in Fairfield, South Carolina) and Valerie Simpson (born August 26, 1946 in The Bronx, New York) are a successful songwriting/production team, as well as being recording artists in their own right. ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Roger Rees (born on May 4, 1944) is a British-American actor. ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Narasinham Ram (born May 4, 1945) is editor-in-chief of The Hindu, Frontline, Business Line and Sportstar. ... 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... John Force (born May 4, 1949 in Yorba Linda, California) is an NHRA drag racer and 13-time Funny Car division champion. ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Pia Zadora (born May 4, 1954) is an American actress and singer. ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Gutersons novel Snow Falling on Cedars David Guterson (born May 4, 1956) is best known as the author of the novel Snow Falling on Cedars, which won many awards, including the 1995 PEN/Faulkner Award. ... Ulrike Nasse-Meyfarth (born May 4, 1956) is a former German high jumper. ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Keith Haring (May 4, 1958 - February 16, 1990) was a pre-eminent artist and social activist born in Kutztown, Pennsylvania, whose work responded to the New York street culture of the 1980s. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... . Randy Travis sings his chart-topping song Three Wooden Crosses, at the DoD-sponsored salute to Korean War veterans at the MCI Center in Washington, July 26, 2003. ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ana Gasteyer (born May 4, 1967 in Washington, DC) is a comedian who established herself as a cast member of Saturday Night Live (SNL) in 1996. ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... Mike Dirnt from the video of Boulevard of Broken Dreams Michael Ryan Pritchard (born May 4, 1972) is the bassist for the punk band Green Day. ... Green Day is a California based pop punk band consisting of Billie Joe Armstrong (lead vocals, guitar), Mike Dirnt (bass, backing vocals, born Michael Ryan Pritchard), and Tré Cool (drummer, backing vocals, born Frank Edwin Wright III, in Germany). ... 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jason Drew Michaels (born May 4, 1976 in Tampa, Florida) is an outfielder in Major League Baseball currently playing for the Philadelphia Phillies of the National League East division. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... James Lance Bass (born May 4, 1979 in Laurel, Mississippi) is the bass singer for the American pop group *NSYNC. He began his musical career in the seventh grade in the school chorus. ... *NSYNC is a five-part pop music vocal group, sometimes referred to as a boy band, formed in Orlando, Florida, USA. The group members are Lance Bass, JC Chasez, Joey Fatone, Chris Kirkpatrick, and Justin Timberlake. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Alexander Gould (born May 4, 1994) is an American child actor. ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Anthony Fedorov (born May 4, 1985) is an American singer and was a contestant from the fourth season of the American Idol television series who made it to the final four. ...

Deaths

• 1615 - Adriaan van Roomen, Flemish mathematician (b. 1561)
• 1626 - Arthur Lake, Bishop of Bath and Wells, English bishop and Bible translator (b. 1569)
• 1677 - Isaac Barrow, English mathematician (b. 1630)
• 1684 - John Nevison, English highwayman (b. 1639)
• 1729 - Louis-Antoine, Cardinal de Noailles, French cardinal (b. 1651)
• 1734 - James Thornhill, English painter
• 1737 - Eustace Budgell, English writer (b. 1686)
• 1799 - Tipu Sultan, Indian military leader (b. c. 1750)
• 1824 - Joseph Joubert, French essayist and moralist (b. 1754)
• 1849 - Hokusai, Japanese artist (b. 1760)
• 1880 - Edward Clark, Governor of Texas (b. 1815)
• 1903 - Goce Delchev, Macedonian revolutionary (b. 1872)
• 1955 - Georges Enescu, Romanian composer (b. 1881)
• 1969 - Osbert Sitwell, English writer (b. 1892)
• 1970 - Kent State victims:
  • Allison Krause
  • Jeffrey Miller
  • Sandra Scheuer (b. 1949)
  • William Schroeder (b. 1950)
• 1975 - Moe Howard, American actor and comedian (b. 1897)
• 1980 - Josip Broz Tito, President of Yugoslavia (b. 1892)
• 1984 - Bob Clampett, American cartoonist (b. 1913)
• 1984 - Diana Dors, British actress (b. 1931)
• 1986 - Henri Toivonen, Finnish race car driver (b. 1956)
• 2005 - David Hackworth, U.S. Army officer and military journalist (b. 1930)

Events June 2 - First Récollet missionaries arrive at Quebec City, from Rouen, France. ... Adriaan van Roomen (29 September 1561 _ 4 May 1615), also known as Adrianus Romanus, was a Belgian mathematician. ... // Events The Edict of Orleans suspends the persecution of the Huguenots. ... Events September 30 - Nurhaci, chieftain of the Jurchens and founder of the Qing Dynasty dies and is succeeded by his son Hong Taiji. ... Arthur Lake (September 1569-4 May 1626) was Bishop of Bath and Wells and a translator of the King James Version of The Bible. ... Events January 11 - First recorded lottery in England. ... Events First performance of Racines tragedy, Phèdre Sarah Churchill marries John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough Battle of Cassel, Philippe I of Orléans defeats William of Orange Mary II of England marries William of Orange English Statute of frauds is passed into law Battle of Landskrona Elias... Isaac Barrow Isaac Barrow (1630 - May 4, 1677) was an English divine, scholar and mathematician who is generally given minor credit for his role in the development of modern calculus; in particular, for his work regarding the tangent; for example, Barrow is given credit for being the first to calculate... Events February 22 - Native American Quadequine introduces Popcorn to English colonists. ... Events France under Louis XIV makes Truce of Ratisbon separately with the Empire and Spain. ... John Nevison (1639-4 May 1684) was one of Britains most notorious highwaymen, a gentleman-rogue supposedly nicknamed Swift Nick by King Charles II after a renowned dash from Kent to York (often wrongly attributed to Dick Turpin, though there are suggestions that the feat was actually undertaken by... Events January 14 - Connecticuts first constitution, the Fundamental Orders, is adopted. ... Events July 30 - Baltimore, Maryland is founded. ... Louis-Antoine de Noailles (27 May 1651–4 May 1729), second son of Anne, 1st duc de Noailles, was a French bishop and cardinal. ... // Events January 1 - Charles II crowned King of Scotland in Scone. ... Events January 8 - Premiere of George Frideric Handels opera Ariodante at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. ... Sir James Thornhill (25 July 1675 or 1676 - May 4, 1734) was an English painter of historical subjects, in the Italian baroque tradition. ... Events 12 February — The San Carlo, the oldest working opera house in Europe, is inaugurated. ... Eustace Budgell (August 19, 1686 - May 4, 1737) was an English writer. ... Events The League of Augsburg is founded. ... 1799 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Tipu sultans summer palace Tipu Sultan, also known as the The Tiger of Mysore (December 10, 1750, Devanhalli – May 4, 1799, Srirangapatnam) was the second son of Haider Ali by his second wife, Fatima or Fakr-un-nissa. ... Events March 2 - Small earthquake in London April 4 - Small earthquake in Warrington, England August 23 - Small earthquake in Spalding, England September 30 - Small earthquake in Northampton, England November 16 – Westminster Bridge officially opened Jonas Hanway is the first Englishman to use an umbrella James Gray reveals her sex to... 1824 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Joseph Joubert (born May 7, 1754 in Montignac/Périgord, died May 4, 1824 in Villeneuve-sur-Yonne) was a French moralist and essayist. ... 1754 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The Great Wave at Kanagawa (from a Series of Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji) by Katsushika Hokusai. ... 1760 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1880 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... This article concerns the Confederate governor of Texas. ... The Battle of New Orleans 1815 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1903 has the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes for 400 years, because the Gregorian calendar hasnt had a leap year for seven years or a century leap year since 1600. ... // Biography Goce Delchev Gotze Delchevs grave in Skopje, Macedonia Petrov, Maleshevski and Delchev, 3 Macedonian revolutionary fighters Gotze Delchev with friends Goce Delčev (Гоце Делчев, also transliterated Gotze Delchev and Gotse Delchev; 1872-1903) was a 19th century revolutionary. ... 1872 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... George Enescu George Enescu (known in France as Georges Enesco) (August 19, 1881, Liveni – May 4, 1955, Paris) was a Romanian composer, violonist, pianist, conductor and teacher, preeminent musician of the 20th century, one of the greatest interprets of his time. ... 1881 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... Sir Francis Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, fifth baronet, was an English writer. ... 1892 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Mary Ann Vecchio kneels over the body of Jeffrey Miller The Kent State shootings occurred at Kent State University, Ohio, and involved the shooting of students by the National Guard on May 4, 1970. ... Allison Krause was a student at Kent State University, Ohio when she was killed by Ohio National Guardsmen in the Kent State shootings on May 4, 1970, while protesting the Vietnam war. ... Mary Ann Vecchio kneels over the body of Jeffrey Miller in this famous photo by John Filo Jeffrey Glenn Miller was a student at Kent State University, Ohio, when he was shot in the head and killed by Ohio National Guardsmen in the Kent State shootings on May 4, 1970... Sandra Lee Scheuer was a student at Kent State University, Ohio, when she was killed by Ohio National Guardsmen in the Kent State shootings on May 4, 1970. ... 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... William Knox Schroeder (July 20, 1950–May 4, 1970) was a student at Kent State University, Ohio, when he was killed by Ohio National Guardsmen in the Kent State shootings on May 4, 1970. ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Perhaps most famous for his black sugar-bowl haircut and prominent eyebags, Moe Howard (June 19, 1897 – May 4, 1975)--born Harry Moses Horwitz--was the leader of the Three Stooges. ... 1897 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Josip Broz Tito   listen? (May 7, 1892 – May 4, 1980) was the leader of Yugoslavia between the end of World War II and his death in 1980. ... The President of Yugoslavia was Yugoslavias head of state from 1953 to 1991 in SFR Yugoslavia, and from 1992 to 2003 in FR Yugoslavia. ... 1892 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Robert Bob Clampett (May 8, 1913–May 4, 1984) was an animator, producer, director, and puppeteer best known for his work on the Looney Tunes series of cartoons from Warner Bros. ... Link title1913 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... See the list of her movies and other details at the IMDB Categories: Stub | 1931 births | 1984 deaths ... 1931 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Henri Toivonen (August 25, 1956 – May 2, 1986) was a Finnish rally car driver. ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005(MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article needs cleanup. ... 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ...

Holidays and observances

• International - World Asthma Day
• Feast day of the following saints in the Roman Catholic Church:
  • Saint Monica (d. 387)
  • Ladislaus of Gielnow
  • Saint Florian
  • Saint Godehard
  • Titianus
  • Malou
  • Saint Ethelred
  • John Houghton, Robert Lawrence (martyr), Augustine Webster, Richard Reynolds (martyr), and John Hale (martyr); all put to death in 1535.
• The Netherlands - Remembrance of the dead (1940-1945)
• People's Republic of China - Youth Day (青年节, commemorating May Fourth Movement)
• Republic of China - Literary Day (文藝節, commemorating May Fourth Movement)

World Asthma Day is an international remembrance day held yearly on May 4 which is used by the national asthma foundations to raise awareness of this condition and the impact it has on the lives of people suffering from it, and their families. ... The calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organising a liturgical year on the level of days by associating each day with a saint, and referring to the day as the saints day of that saint. ... In general, the term Saint refers to someone who is exceptionally virtuous and holy. ... The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian body, with over 1. ... Saint Monica of Hippo (333 - 387) is a Christian saint and mother of Saint Augustine. ... Saint Florian, 1473 painting by Francesco del Cossa. ... Saint Godehard (also known as Gothard or Godehard the Bishop) is a Roman-Catholic saint. ... Sir John T. Houghton FRS CBE is the co-cahir of the IPCC working group I. He was the lead editor of first three IPCC reports. ... Saint Augustine Webster was an English Catholic martyr. ... Events January 18 - Lima, Peru founded by Francisco Pizarro April - Jacques Cartier discovers the Iroquois city of Stadacona, Canada (now Quebec) and in May, the even greater Huron city of Hochelaga (now Montreal) June 24 - The Anabaptist state of Münster (see Münster Rebellion) is conquered and disbanded. ... The Netherlands (Dutch: Nederland) is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Dutch: Koninkrijk der Nederlanden). ... On May 4 in the Netherlands the dead of World War II are remembered. ... Youth Day is a holiday dedicated to the youths of a country. ... Students in Beijing rallied during the May Fourth Movement. ... National motto: None Official language Mandarin Chinese Capital and largest city Taipei President Chen Shui-bian Premier Frank Hsieh Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 138th 35,980 km² 2. ... Students in Beijing rallied during the May Fourth Movement. ...

Puns

• Star Wars Day. May the Fourth (be with you)

Star Wars is a series of science fantasy films created by writer/producer/director George Lucas. ...

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• Today in History: May 4

May 3 - May 5 - April 4 - June 4 – listing of all days May 3 is the 123rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (124th in leap years). ... May 5 is the 125th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (126th in leap years). ... April 4 is the 94th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (95th in leap years). ... June 4 is the 155th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (156th in leap years), with 210 days remaining. ... Condensed list of historical anniversaries. ...