05-04-2007, 05:03 AM
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May 4th
1626 ~ Dutch explorer Peter Minuit landed on what is now Manhattan.
1825 ~ Birthday of Thomas Henry Huxley, English Scientist.
1852 ~ Birthday of Alice Liddell, for whom Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland.
1928 ~ Birthday of Hosni Mubarak, President of Egypt.
1942 ~ The Battle of the Coral Sea, the first naval clash fought entirely with carrier aircraft, began during World War II.
1970 ~ The Ohio National Guard opened fire on Kent State University students protesting the U.S. invasion of Cambodia.
1975 ~ Death of Moe Howard, actor, comedian; member of the Three Stooges.
1979 ~ Margaret Thatcher became the UK’s first female Prime Minister.
1980 ~ Death of Josip Tito, President of Yugoslavia.
1982 ~ The HMS Sheffield was sunk by an Exocet missile during the Falklands War.
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