This Day in History
04 May 1256
Augustinian monastic order constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV issues papal bull Licet ecclesiae catholicae
04 May 1415
Religious reformers John Wycliffe and Jan Hus are condemned as heretics at the Council of Constance
04 May 1493
Spanish Pope Alexander VI divides America between Spain and Portugal
04 May 1540
Venice and Turkey sign Treaty of Constantinople
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Gene Vincent records Be-Bop-A-Lula
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The Haymarket Square Riot
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National Guard kills four students at Kent State University
In Kent Ohio 28 National Guardsmen fire their weapons at a group of antiwar demonstrators on the Kent State University campus killing four students wounding...
Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat sign accord for Palestinian self-rule
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Rusk reports on Viet Cong strength
At a press conference Secretary of State Dean Rusk reports that Viet Cong forces have grown to 12000 men and that they had killed or kidnapped more than 3000...
Four students killed at Kent State
At Kent State University 100 National Guardsmen fire their rifles into a group of students killing four and wounding 11. This incident occurred in the afterma...
Willie Mays breaks National League home run record
On May 4 1965 San Francisco Giants outfielder Willie Mays hits his 512th career home run to break Mel Otts National League record for home runs. Mays ...
President Lincoln is buried in Springfield, Illinois
On this day in 1865 Abraham Lincoln is laid to rest in his hometown of Springfield Illinois. His funeral train had traveled through 180 cities and seven state...
David Frost interviews Richard Nixon
On this day in 1977 British journalist David Frost interviews former President Richard Nixon. In the televised interview Nixon answered questions regarding th...
Legendary gunslinger Jack Slade joins the army
Jack Slade who later became a victim of the Montana vigilantes begins his involvement with the West by joining the military.Born in 1829 in Illinois Joseph A...
Norman Mailers first novel, The Naked and the Dead, is published
Twenty-five-year-old Norman Mailers first novel The Naked and the Dead is published on this day in 1948. The book is critically acclaimed and widely c...
Legendary actress Audrey Hepburn is born
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Nigerian aircraft crashes in crowded city
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Labor Protests lead to riot in Chicago’s Haymarket Square
What begins as a peaceful labor protest in Haymarket Square in Chicago Illinois turns into a riot leaving more than 100 wounded and 8 police officers dead. A...
Electric chair malfunctions in Florida, leading states to change execution methods
Jesse Tafero is executed in Florida after his electric chair malfunctions three times causing flames to leap from his head. Taferos death sparked a new...
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