4th May anniversaries

• Birth
• event
  • 1471
  • Great Britain
  • "Battle of Tewkesbury – Edward IV defeats a Lancastrian Army and kills Edward, Prince of Wales "
  • 1780
  • Great Britain
  • First Derby run at Epsom (some say 2nd June)
  • 1939
  • Great Britain
  • British Prime Minister Winston Churchill urged the Government to accept the Soviet Unions offer of a three-way military alliance with France
  • 1949
  • Italy
  • "The entire Torino F.C. football team was killed in a plane crash near Turin, Italy. (One injured player did not make the trip and was the only survivor)"
  • 1959
  • United States
  • "The first Grammy Awards were held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, California"
  • 1979
  • Great Britain
  • Margaret Thatcher becomes first woman UK Prime Minister
  • 1983
  • United States
  • US President Ronald Reagan declared public support for the Nicaraguan Contras who aimed to overthrow the Sandinista government.
  • 1988
  • United States
  • "The PEPCON disaster – tons of rocket fuel detonated in a fire in Henderson, Nevada, killing 2 people and injuring over 300."
  • 1989
  • United States
  • "Iran-Contra Affair: former White House aide Colonel Oliver North was convicted of accepting an illegal gratuity, obstructing a congressional inquiry, and destroying official documents. (Convictions later overturned)"
  • 1998
  • United States
  • "‘Unabomber’ Theodore Kaczynski was given four life sentences plus 30 years by a federal judge in Sacramento, California."
  • 2000
  • Great Britain
  • Ken Livingstone elected first Mayor of London (not to be confused with Lord Mayor of London!)
• Death
  • 1980
  • Yugoslavia
  • Death of President Tito of Yugoslavia
  • 1984
  • Great Britain
  • "Death of Diana Dors, British film actress"