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May 4: Day of the Week
May 4, 2024 is the 125th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 241 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Saturday.
If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is sábado.
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Here’s the May calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
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.
May 4 Historical Event(s)
1415
Religious reformers John Wycliffe and Jan Hus are condemned as heretics at the Council of Constance.
1436
Assasination of the Swedish rebel (later national hero) Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson
1912
Italy occupies the Greek island of Rhodes.
1953
Ernest Hemingway wins the Pulitzer Prize for The Old Man and the Sea.
1961
American civil rights movement: The “Freedom Riders” begin a bus trip through the South.
1989
Iran-Contra Affair: Former White House aide Oliver North is convicted of three crimes and acquitted of nine other charges. The convictions, however, are later overturned on appeal.
1990
Latvia proclaims the renewal of its independence after the Soviet occupation.
1998
A federal judge in Sacramento, California, gives “Unabomber” Theodore Kaczynski four life sentences plus 30 years after Kaczynski accepts a plea agreement sparing him from the death penalty.
2000
Ken Livingstone becomes the first Mayor of London.
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)
1923
Stanley Biber, American physician, pioneer of transgender surgery (d. 2006)
1937
Ron Carter, American jazz bassist
1951
Mick Mars, American guitarist (Mötley Crüe)
1964
Rocco Siffredi, Italian porn actor
1969
Ryan Shamrock, American wrestling valet
1976
Jason Michaels, American baseball player
1981
Eric Djemba-Djemba, Cameroon footballer
1989
Aris Tatarounis, Greek basketball player
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Holy Toledo! Did you know that coffee and word games are an excellent combination to sharpen your vocabulary? Let’s give it a quick spin. Within 30 seconds, how many words can you think of from these letters OCFYMOU? Check your answers here: Make words with these letters OCFYMOU. (Sponsored by WordFinder.Cafe)
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Now try another date like anniversaries, birthdays of someone you know or any other date that is special to you. Don’t forget to share the info to your friends, loved ones or social media followers. Who knows, they might appreciate and thank you for it.