4th MAY ~ HiSTORY ON THiS DAY

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May the fourth be with you on Stars Wars Day ~ 4th on May

May the Fourth Be with You”

Today is international STAR WARS DAY

May The Fourth Be With You ~ Yoda
Yoda wishes you a very happy Star Wars Day (Starwars fandom meme on the internet)

May the 4th HiSTORY be with you…

1700s / 18th century history on the 4th of May

1776 : Rhode Island became the 1st American colony to renounce allegiance to King George III. Rhode Island is the smallest U.S. state by area with a low population of 1,098,163 people (2020 census), but it’s the 2nd-most densely populated state in USA.

2 Minute Tour of the state of Rhode Island : 50 States for Kids (FreeSchool YouTube channel video)
1800s / 19th century history on the 4th of May

1852 : Alice Liddell the English model of Lewis Carroll was born in Westminster, London (died in 1934 aged 82). She is thought to be the inspiration to the character of Alice in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.

The Real Life Alice : Lewis Carroll’s Wonderland (Absolute History verified YouTube channel video)
1900s / 20th century history on the 4th of May

1904 : The Panama Canal construction by USA began in the Republic of Panama, a transcontinental country between Central America and South America. The canal is an artificial 82 km (51 miles) waterway that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean. The Panama Canal took 10 years to be completed by the 15th August 1914.

Demolition, disease, and death: Building the Panama Canal by Alex Gendler (TED-Ed verified YouTube channel video)

1927 : The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was incorporated.

1929 : Audrey Hepburn the Belgian-British actress was born Audrey Kathleen Ruston in Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium (died in 1993 aged 63).

Top 10 Greatest Audrey Hepburn Performances (MsMojo verified YouTube channel video)

1930 : Katherine Jackson the American mother of the Jackson family of entertainers was born Kattie B. Screws in Barbour County, Clayton, Alabama, USA.

1932 : Al Capone the American mobster began an 11 year prison sentence in Atlanta, for tax evasion.

11 Things You Didn’t Know About Al Capone (Weird History verified YouTube channel video)

1949 : The Torino football team (except for 2 players) were killed when their plane crashed into the retaining wall at the back of the Basilica of Superga, in Turin, Italy. All of the 31 people aboard that fatal flight died.

Grande Torino : Italian football tragedy still emotional (FiFATV verified YouTube channel video)

1952 : Belinda Green the Australian beauty queen and 1972 Miss World was born in Melbourne, Australia.

Miss World 1972, Australian model Belinda Green, meeting with press on first day of her reign, in December 1972 (Associated Press AP Archive verified YouTube channel video)

1953 : Pia Zadora the American actress and singer was born Pia Alfreda Schipani in Hoboken, New Jersey, USA.

Pia Zadora – Let’s Dance Tonight (TopPop verified YouTube channel video)

1958 : KEiTH HARiNG the American painter was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, USA (died in 1990 aged 31). His animated pop art imagery emerged in the 1980s New York City graffiti subculture. Keith’s popularity grew from his spontaneous outlines of people , dogs, and various other images on blank black advertising poster board spaces in the New York City subways. The Keith Haring Foundation website : Haring.com

Discover the King of Street Art: Keith Haring in this 4 minute mini documentary (M2M – Made To Measure YouTube channel video)
Keith Haring: The Childlike Genius of America’s Favorite Artist (Soulr verified YouTube channel video)

1972 : Don’t Make A Wave Committee a small environmental organization founded in Canada in 1969, officially changed its name to Greenpeace Foundation. Greenpeace official website : Greenpeace.org

The early roots of Greenpeace : Bodies on the Line in 1976 (The Fifth Estate verified YouTube channel video)

1973 : Willis Tower aka Sears Tower in Chicago, the 108-story building became the world’s tallest building, until it was surpassed by the Petronas Twin Towers in 1998.

America’s Tallest Tower: Everything You Didn’t Know ~ Vertical City (TRACKS verified YouTube channel video)

1953 : Ernest Hemingway won the Pulitzer Prize for The Old Man and the Sea.

1959 : The 1st Annual Grammy Awards were held.

1979 : Margaret Thatcher became the 1st female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Margaret Thatcher PM in 1979 ~ a Movietone Moment on May the 4th (British Movietone verfied YouTube channel video)

1979 : “May the fourth be with you” was first made reference to when Margaret Thatcher took office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on May the 4th in 1979. Thatcher’s political party placed a congratulatory advertisement in The London Evening News that read “May the Fourth Be with You, Maggie. Congratulations.”

1988 : The PEPCON disaster rocked Henderson, Nevada, when tons of Space Shuttle fuel detonated during a fire.

Pepcon disaster remembered 30 years later (KSNV News 3 Las Vegas verified YouTube channel video)

1990 : Latvia declared independence from the Soviet Union.

2000s / 21st century history on the 4th of May

2011 : STAR WARS DAY first organized celebration of Star Wars took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at the Toronto Underground Cinema. The event’s festivities included an Original Trilogy Trivia Game Show, costume contest with celebrity judges, with a big screen featuring internet’s best Star Wars tribute films, mash-ups, parodies, and remixed videos.

May the Fourth Be With You – The History of Star Wars Day (NowThis Nerd verified YouTube channel video)

2014 : Dick Ayers the American author and illustrator died aged 90 (born in 1924).

May the fourth be with you on Star Wars Day ~ Azoosh.com

STAR WARS DAY explained by The Big Bang Theory in The Proton Transmogrification episode in May 2014

Star Wars Day on The Big Bang Theory in May 2014

see more interesting events on all the other days of MAY (History On This Day @ Azoosh)

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