May 4
People born on this day are Taurus.
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Margaret Thatcher becomes the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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Twenty sailors are killed when the British Type 42 destroyer HMS Sheffield is hit by an Argentinian Exocet missile during the Falklands War.
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The PEPCON disaster rocks Henderson, Nevada, as tons of Space Shuttle fuel detonate during a fire.
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Iran–Contra affair: Former White House aide Oliver North is convicted of three crimes and acquitted of nine other charges; the convictions are later overturned on appeal.
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Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on mission STS-30 to deploy the Venus-bound Magellan space probe.
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Latvia declares independence from the Soviet Union.
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Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO leader Yasser Arafat sign a peace accord, granting self-rule in the Gaza Strip and Jericho.
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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.
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Ken Livingstone becomes the first Mayor of London (an office separate from that of the Lord Mayor of London).
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One hundred three people are killed and 51 are injured in a plane crash near Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano, Nigeria.
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Greensburg, Kansas is almost completely destroyed by the 2007 Greensburg tornado, a 1.7-mile wide EF5 tornado. It was the first-ever tornado to be rated with the new Enhanced Fujita scale.
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The inaugural all-female motorsport series, W Series, takes place at Hockenheimring. The race was won by Jamie Chadwick, who would go on to become the inaugural series champion.
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2001Noah Beck, American media personality and actor
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2001Joan García, Spanish footballer
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1998Rex Orange County, English musician
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1995Shameik Moore, American actor and musician
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1994Abi Masatora, Japanese sumo wrestler
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1994Joseph Tapine, New Zealand rugby league player
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1992Victor Oladipo, American basketball player
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1991Brianne Jenner, Canadian women's ice hockey player
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1989Rory McIlroy, Northern Irish golfer
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1989James van Riemsdyk, American ice hockey player
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1988Radja Nainggolan, Belgian footballer
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1987Cesc Fàbregas, Spanish footballer and manager
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