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Saturday, May 4, 2013

This will be 124th day of the year and 241 days will remain in the year.

Hebrew calendar — 24 Iyyar 5773
Chinese calendar — the 25th day of the 3rd month of 4711 (Kui Si)
Islamic calendar — (note)

May 4 Birthdays

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1929–1993, actress, born in Brussels, Belgium.

Horace Mann
educator (1796)

Thomas Henry Huxley
biologist (1825)

Frederick Church
artist (1826)

Hosni Mubarak
president of Egypt (1928)

May 2013

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May 4 in History

1626

Peter Minuit landed in Manhattan, which he later bought for $24 worth of cloth and brass buttons.

1886

The Haymarket Square riot broke out as a result of a labor demonstration.

1932

Public Enemy Number One, Al Capone, was jailed for tax evasion.

1959

The first Grammy Awards were held.

1961

Civil rights activists, called "freedom riders," left Washington, DC for New Orleans.

1970

Four Kent State University students were shot down by National Guard members during an anti-Vietnam War demonstration.

1998

The Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski, was sentenced to four life terms plus 30 years for his series of bombings that killed three and injured 23.

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Note: Dates in the Islamic calendar are provided for planning purposes only, and calculated with the hdate Islamic calendar program for moonrise in Boston, Masschusetts. Depending on your location and other factors, this result may differ from actual religious observances by one day. Please consult your local religious authority for any religious determinations of hejiric date.