About May 4

May 4, 2020 is the 125th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 241 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.

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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 284 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.
  • 1471 –
    Wars of the Roses: The Battle of Tewkesbury: Edward IV defeats a Lancastrian Army and kills Edward, Prince of Wales.
  • 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.
  • 1863 –
    American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville ends with a Union retreat.
  • 1869 –
    The Naval Battle of Hakodate Bay is fought in Japan.
  • 1904 –
    Charles Stewart Rolls meets Frederick Henry Royce at the Midland Hotel in Manchester, England.
  • 1904 –
    The United States begins construction of the Panama Canal.
  • 1910 –
    The Royal Canadian Navy is created.
  • 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.
  • 1945 –
    World War II: Neuengamme concentration camp near Hamburg is liberated by the British Army.
  • 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.
  • 1953 –
    Ernest Hemingway wins the Pulitzer Prize for The Old Man and the Sea.
  • 1961 –
    American civil rights movement: The “Freedom Riders” begin a bus trip through the South.
  • 1972 –
    The Don't Make A Wave Committee, a fledgling environmental organization founded in Canada in 1971, officially changes 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.
  • 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.
  • 2000 –
    Ken Livingstone becomes the first Mayor of London.

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