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

Under the Julian calendar, this day is April 21, 2025 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 29,105,280 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 ‘hectaicosatetragon’ 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 289 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 4,517 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

May 4 Historical Events

• 1799 –
  Fourth Anglo-Mysore War: The Battle of Seringapatam: The siege of Seringapatam ends when the city is invaded and Tipu Sultan killed by the besieging British army, under the command of General George Harris.
• 1814 –
  Emperor Napoleon I of France arrives at Portoferraio on the island of Elba to begin his exile.
• 1859 –
  The Cornwall Railway opens across the Royal Albert Bridge linking the counties of Devon and Cornwall in England.
• 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.
• 1910 –
  The Royal Canadian Navy is created.
• 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.
• 2001 –
  The Milwaukee Art Museum addition, the first Santiago Calatrava-designed structure in the United States, opens to the public.
• 2002 –
  An EAS Airlines BAC 1-11-500 crashes in a suburb of Kano, Nigeria shortly after takeoff killing more than 148 people.

Who were born on May 4?

• 1796 –
  Horace Mann, American educator (d. 1859)
• 1890 –
  Franklin Carmichael, Canadian artist, a founder of the Group of Seven (d. 1945)
• 1913 –
  Lady Katherine Brandram, née Princess of Greece and Denmark (d. 2007)
• 1923 –
  Assi Rahbani, Lebanese composer and author
• 1937 –
  Mr. Fuji, Former professional wrestler
• 1943 –
  Georgi Asparuhov, Bulgarian footballer
• 1951 –
  Jackie Jackson, American singer and musician (The Jackson 5)
• 1954 –
  Robert Michael Snyder, American author and convicted sex offender
• 1964 –
  Rocco Siffredi, Italian porn actor
• 1983 –
  Jesse Moss, Canadian actor

Who died on May 4?

• 1506 –
  Husayn Bayqarah, ruler of Herat (b. 1438)
• 1519 –
  Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (b. 1492)
• 1566 –
  Luca Ghini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1490)
• 1677 –
  Isaac Barrow, English mathematician (b. 1630)
• 1799 –
  Tipu Sultan, Indian military leader (b. 1750)
• 1880 –
  Edward Clark, Governor of Texas (b. 1815)
• 1971 –
  Seamus Elliott, Irish cyclist (b. 1934)
• 1987 –
  Cathryn Damon, American actress (b. 1930)
• 1990 –
  Emily Remler American Jazz Guitarist (b.1957)
• 1995 –
  Connie Wisniewski, American baseball player [AAGPBL] (b. 1922)