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Holidays and Observances
- Star Wars Day
- Afghanistan - Remembrance Day
- Netherlands - Remembrance Day
- Japan - Greenery Day
Famous Birthdays
- 1979: Lance Bass - [[*NSYNC]]
- 1970: Will Arnett - Arrested Development
- 1929: Audrey Hepburn - My Fair Lady
- 1928: Hosni Mubarak - President of Egypt
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The 1990s
- 1998: The Unabomber Ted Kaczynski was given four life sentences for mail bombings.
- 1994: Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat reached agreement in Cairo on the first stage of Palestinian self-rule.
May 4 1970
Ohio National Guardsmen opened fire on anti-war protesters at Kent State University, killing four students and wounding nine others.
The 1970s
- 1979: Margaret Thatcher is sworn in as the first female prime minister of the United Kingdom.
The 1940s
- 1946: Five people were killed during a 2 day riot at Alcatraz prison in San Francisco bay.
The 1700s
- 1776: Rhode Island declared its freedom from England.
May 4 Top Social Stories
- Mahalo Answers: What happened to David Cook's brother Adam? (266 Views)
- Reddit: Girl's Dad Has Seizure, She Calls 911... (1360 Score)
- Digg: Trent Reznor rips Apple, says WinMo sucks balls (2569 Diggs)
- Fark: Nerdiest. Wedding. EVAR (51755 Clicks)
- YouTube: Unbelievable Dallas Cowboys Roof Collapse Footage (11,517 views)
- VideoSift: What Went Wrong (And What's Next) at the LHC (52 Sifts)
May 4 Moment of Zen
- The Daily Show: Weird Massages (2000)
- The Daily Show: True Terminators (2002)
- The Daily Show: Blair Sweats (2005)
- The Daily Show: Bird Flu (2006)
- 1998: The Unabomber Ted Kaczynski was given four life sentences for mail bombings.