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Day Of The Week: May 4

What day of the week?

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

If you are into daily horoscope then Taurus is your zodiac sign. Emerald is your modern birthstone. Sapphire is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

Historical Events: May 4

  • 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.
  • 1686
    The Municipality of Ilagan is founded in the Philippines.
  • 1814
    King Ferdinand VII of Spain signs the Decrete of the 4th of May, returning Spain to absolutism.
  • 1871
    The National Association, the first professional baseball league, opens its first season in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 1970
    Vietnam War: Kent State shootings: the Ohio National Guard, sent to Kent State University after disturbances in the city of Kent the weekend before, opens fire killing four unarmed students and wounding nine others. The students were protesting the United States’ invasion of Cambodia.
  • 2000
    Ken Livingstone becomes the first Mayor of London.

Who were born on May 4?

  • 1930
    Roberta Peters, American soprano
  • 1937
    Dick Dale, American guitarist
  • 1938
    Carlos Monsiváis, Mexican writer
  • 1951
    Tirso Cruz III, Filipino actor and singer.
  • 1959
    Scott Armstrong, American professional wrestling referee
  • 1971
    Rudresh Mahanthappa, Indian-American jazz alto saxophonist and composer
  • 1977
    Emily Perkins, Canadian actress
  • 1978
    Daisuke Ono, Japanese seiyu
  • 1980
    Andrew Raycroft, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1989
    Rory McIlroy, Northern Irish golfer

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