1415: RELIGIOUS REFORMERS JOHN WYCLIFFE AND JAN HUS ARE CONDEMNED AS HERETICS AT THE COUNCIL OF CONSTANCE.
Don't mess with Connie.
1493: POPE ALEXANDER VI DIVIDES THE NEW WORLD BETWEEN SPAIN AND PORTUGAL ALONG THE LINE OF DEMARCATION.
Don't mess with Pope Alex.
1626: DUTCH EXPLORER PETER MINUIT ARRIVES ON AN ISLAND WHICH IS NOW PRESENT DAY MANHATTAN.
What time does the Circle Line leave?
1776: RHODE ISLAND BECOMES THE FIRST AMERICAN COLONY TO RENOUNCE ALLEGIANCE TO KING GEORGE III.
This would be a big deal if the state wasn't as big as a postage stamp.
1859: THE CORNWALL RAILWAY OPENS ACROSS THE ROYAL ALBERT BRIDGE LINKING THE COUNTRIES OF DEVON AND CORNWALL IN ENGLAND.
And Doc Martin applauds.
1871: THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, THE FIRST PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL LEAGUE, OPENS ITS FIRST SEASON IN FORT WAYNE, INDIANA.
No DH, I hope.
1880: CARDINAL FRANCIS SPELLMAN IS BORN.
And will wind up as a high school in the Bronx.
1904: THE UNITED STATES BEGINS CONSTRUCTION OF THE PANAMA CANAL.
Dig we must.
1904: CHARLES STEWART ROLLS MEETS FREDERICK HENRY ROYCE IN ENGLAND.
Let's build a luxury car together.
1929: ACTRESS AUDREY HEPBURN IS BORN.
Is it me or was she always too skinny?
1932: IN ATLANTA, MOBSTER AL CAPONE BEGINS SERVING AN ELEVEN-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE FOR TAX EVASION.
He could evade taxes, but not jail.
1945: WORLD WAR II - DENMARK IS LIBERATED WHEN GERMANY IS FORCED TO WITHDRAW, ENDING FIVE YEARS OF OCCUPATION.
There's the exit door, Hans.
1946: IN SAN FRANCISCO BAY, US MARINES STOP A TWO-DAY RIOT AT ALCATRAZ.
Go raise some birds.
1953: ERNEST HEMINGWAY WINS THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA.
Book report pending.
1959: THE 1ST ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS ARE HELD.
Back when they awarded music you could listen to.
1961: AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT - THE FREEDOM RIDERS BEGIN A BUS TRIP THROUGH THE SOUTH.
And they didn't sit in the back.
1970: THE KENT STATE SHOOTINGS - FOUR STUDENTS ARE KILLED BY THE OHIO NATIONAL GUARD DURING A VIETNAM PROTEST.
Whoops.
1972: GREENPEACE FOUNDATION IS FOUNDED IN CANADA.
Save a whale.
1975: ACTOR MOE HOWARD DIES.
Why I oughta....
1979: MARGARET THATCHER BECOMES THE FIRST FEMALE PRIME MINISTER OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.
Ask a coal miner there if he's thrilled about this.
1989: IRAN-CONTRA AFFAIR - FORMER WHITE HOUSE AIDE OLIVER NORTH IS CONVICTED OF THREE CRIMES.
North going south.
1994: ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER YITZHAK RABIN AND PLO LEADER YASSER ARAFAT SIGN A PEACE ACCORD, GRANTING SELF-RULE IN THE GAZA STRIP.
Yeah, that never works.
2009: ACTOR DOM DELUISE DIES.
But he sure did enjoy a meal while he was here.
2012: PIANIST MORT LINDSEY DIES.
The music guy on the old Merv Griffin Show. And Judy Garland's pianist.
2012: GAME SHOW PRODUCER BOB STEWART DIES.
"People Who Died on May 4."
Dinner last night: Leftover Chinese beef.
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