About May 4

May 4, 2025 is the 124th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 241 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.

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Taurus is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Emerald is the modern birthstone for this month. Sapphire is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 289 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On May 4

  • 1415 –
    Religious reformers John Wycliffe and Jan Hus are condemned as heretics at the Council of Constance.
  • 1436 –
    Assasination of the Swedish rebel (later national hero) Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson
  • 1626 –
    Dutch explorer Peter Minuit arrives in New Netherland (present day Manhattan Island) aboard the See Meeuw.
  • 1686 –
    The Municipality of Ilagan is founded in the Philippines.
  • 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.
  • 1863 –
    American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville ends with a Union retreat.
  • 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.
  • 1912 –
    Italy occupies the Greek 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.
  • 1932 –
    In Atlanta, Georgia, mobster Al Capone begins serving an eleven-year prison sentence for tax evasion.
  • 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.
  • 1945 –
    World War II: Neuengamme concentration camp near Hamburg is liberated by the British Army.
  • 1959 –
    The 1st Grammy Awards are held.
  • 1979 –
    Margaret Thatcher becomes the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
  • 1988 –
    The PEPCON disaster rocks Henderson, Nevada, as tons of space shuttle fuel detonate during a fire.
  • 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.
  • 1990 –
    Latvia proclaims the renewal of its independence after the Soviet occupation.
  • 2000 –
    Ken Livingstone becomes the first Mayor of London.
  • 2002 –
    An EAS Airlines BAC 1-11-500 crashes in a suburb of Kano, Nigeria shortly after takeoff killing more than 148 people.
  • 2007 –
    Greensburg, Kansas is almost completely destroyed by a 1.7 mi wide EF-5 tornado.

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