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 125^th 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, 476,328 hours 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.

May 4 Historical Events

• 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.
• 1493 –
  Pope Alexander VI divides the New World between Spain and Portugal along the Line of Demarcation.
• 1859 –
  The Cornwall Railway opens across the Royal Albert Bridge linking the counties of Devon and Cornwall in England.
• 1932 –
  In Atlanta, Georgia, mobster Al Capone begins serving an eleven-year prison sentence for tax evasion.
• 1945 –
  World War II: The North Germany Army surrenders to Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery.
• 1949 –
  The entire Torino football team (except for two players who did not take the trip: Sauro Tomà, due to an injury and Renato Gandolfi, because of coach request) is killed in a plane crash at the Superga hill at the edge of Turin, Italy.
• 1979 –
  Margaret Thatcher becomes the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
• 1994 –
  Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO leader Yasser Arafat sign a peace accord regarding Palestinian autonomy granting self-rule in the Gaza Strip and Jericho.
• 2001 –
  The Milwaukee Art Museum addition, the first Santiago Calatrava-designed structure in the United States, opens to the public.

Who were born on May 4?

• 1781 –
  Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, German philosopher (d. 1832)
• 1796 –
  William H. Prescott, American historian (d. 1859)
• 1870 –
  Alexandre Benois, Russian artist (d. 1960)
• 1916 –
  Richard Proenneke, American naturalist (d. 2003)
• 1928 –
  Hosni Mubarak, President of Egypt
• 1930 –
  Roberta Peters, American soprano
• 1931 –
  Thomas Stuttaford, British doctor and writer
• 1942 –
  Nickolas Ashford, American record producer, songwriter, and musician (Ashford and Simpson)
• 1949 –
  Graham Swift, British author
• 1983 –
  Trisha Krishnan, Indian actress

Who died on May 4?

• 1471 –
  Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (killed in battle) (b. 1453)
• 1734 –
  James Thornhill, English painter
• 1824 –
  Joseph Joubert, French essayist and moralist (b. 1754)
• 1849 –
  Hokusai, Japanese artist (b. 1760)
• 1903 –
  Gotse Delchev, a revolutionary from the Balkans – leader of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (b. 1872)
• 1970 –
  Allison Krause – Kent State victim (b. 1951)
• 1970 –
  Eugenia Livanos, Greek socialite (b. 1927)
• 1970 –
  William Schroeder (b. 1950)
• 1984 –
  Diana Dors, British actress (b. 1931)
• 1990 –
  Emily Remler American Jazz Guitarist (b.1957)