[[05-05]] [[UN Anti-Bullying Day]] [[Star Wars Day]] ## Events - [[1.1604-05-04 - Claudio Merulo died]] - [[1.1776-05-04 - Rhode Island renounces allegiance to King George III]] - [[1.1871-05-04 - National Association opens first pro baseball league]] - [[1.1904-05-04 - U.S. begins construction of Panama Canal]] - [[1.1919-05-04 - Students protest Treaty of Versailles in Tiananmen Square]] - [[1.1926-05-04 - U.K. general strike begins 1]] - [[1.1929-05-04 - Audrey Hepburn born]] - [[1.1932-05-04 - Al Capone begins 11-year sentence for tax evasion]] - [[1.1944-05-04 - Russi Taylor born]] - [[1.1945-05-04 - U.K. liberates Neuengamme concentration camp]] - [[1.1953-05-04 - Ernest Hemingway wins Pulitzer Prize for The Old Man and the Sea]] - [[1.1959-05-04 - Randy Travis born]] - [[1.1959-05-04 - Grammy Awards held for first time]] - [[1.1961-05-04 - Freedom Riders begin bus trip]] - [[1.1973-05-04 - Sears Tower in Chicago becomes tallest building]] - [[1.1979-05-04 - Margaret Thatcher becomes first female PM of UK]] - [[1.1979-05-04 - Lance Bass born]] - [[1.1989-05-04 - Oliver North convicted of three crimes in relation to Iran-Contra]] - [[1.1990-05-04 - Latvia declares independence from Soviet Union]]