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Historical Events on May 4

  • Wars of the Roses

    1471

    Wars of the Roses: The Battle of Tewkesbury: Edward IV defeats a Lancastrian Army and kills Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales.

  • Napoleon I of France

    1814

    Emperor Napoleon I of France arrives at Portoferraio on the island of Elba to begin his exile.

  • United Kingdom

    1926

    The United Kingdom general strike begins.

  • Atlanta

    1932

    In Atlanta, mobster Al Capone begins serving an eleven-year prison sentence for tax evasion.

  • World War II

    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.

  • American civil rights movement

    1961

    American civil rights movement: The "Freedom Riders" begin a bus trip through the South.

  • Vietnam War

    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 Cambodian Campaign of the United States and South Vietnam.

  • Margaret Thatcher

    1979

    Margaret Thatcher becomes the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

  • Latvia

    1990

    Latvia proclaims the renewal of its independence after the Soviet occupation.

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