What are the important events that happened on May 4? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
May 4: Facts & Myths About This Day
May 4 is the 125th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 241 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is April 21, 2024 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,579,680 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectaicosapentagon’ day.
Taurus is the zodiac 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 270 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,152 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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May 4 Historical Events
- 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
- 1686 –The Municipality of Ilagan is founded in the Philippines.
- 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.
- 1904 –The United States begins construction of the Panama Canal.
- 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.
- 1959 –The 1st Grammy Awards are held.
- 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.
Who were born on May 4?
- 1008 –King Henry I of France (d. 1060)
- 1654 –Kangxi Emperor of China (d. 1722)
- 1864 –Marie Booth, the third daughter of William and Catherine Booth (d. 1937)
- 1914 –Maedayama Eigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 39th Yokozuna (d. 1971)
- 1923 –Eric Sykes, British actor and comedian
- 1946 –Gary Bauer conservative American politician, former presidential candidate
- 1958 –Keith Haring, American graphical artist (d. 1990)
- 1960 –Andrew Denton, Australian television presenter and comedian
- 1971 –Luiz Garcia, Jr., Brazilian racing driver
- 1974 –Tony McCoy, Northern Irish National Hunt jockey
Who died on May 4?
- 1519 –Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (b. 1492)
- 1615 –Adriaan van Roomen, Flemish mathematician (b. 1561)
- 1737 –Eustace Budgell, English writer (b. 1686)
- 1880 –Edward Clark, Governor of Texas (b. 1815)
- 1919 –Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovak politician, French general and astronomer (b. 1880)
- 1980 –Josip Broz Tito, President of Yugoslavia (b. 1892)
- 1984 –Diana Dors, British actress (b. 1931)
- 1985 –Clarence Wiseman, the 10th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1907)
- 1987 –Paul Butterfield, American blues harmonica player (b. 1942)
- 2009 –Dom DeLuise, American actor and comedian (b. 1933)
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