May 4th, 1929

Born on May 4th, 1929

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on May 4th?

May 4th, 2015

The Parliament of Malta moved from the Grandmaster's Palace to the purpose-built Parliament House (pictured).

May 4th, 2000

Ken Livingstone took office as the first mayor of London.

May 4th, 1982

Falklands War: HMS Sheffield was struck by an Exocet missile, killing 20 sailors and leading to its sinking six days later—the first Royal Navy ship sunk in action since World War II.

May 4th, 1979

Margaret Thatcher (pictured) became the first female prime minister of the United Kingdom.

May 4th, 1974

An all-female Japanese team reached the summit of Manaslu in the Himalayas, becoming the first women to climb a peak higher than 8,000 metres (26,247 ft) above sea level.

May 4th, 1942

World War II: Aircraft from Imperial Japanese Navy vessels attacked Allied naval forces, beginning the Battle of the Coral Sea, the first naval action in which the participating ships never sighted or fired directly at each other.

May 4th, 1776

American Revolution: The Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations became the first of the Thirteen Colonies to renounce its allegiance to the British Crown.

May 4th, 1677

Trunajaya rebellion: Dutch East India Company forces under Cornelis Speelman began an attack on Surabaya, Java.

May 4th, 1493

Pope Alexander VI issued the papal bull Inter caetera, establishing a line of demarcation dividing the New World between Spain and Portugal.

May 4th, 2007

Greensburg, Kansas is almost completely destroyed by a 1.7-mile wide EF5 tornado. It was the first-ever tornado to be rated as such with the new Enhanced Fujita scale.

May 4th, 2002

One hundred three people are killed and 51 are injured in a plane crash near Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano, Nigeria.

May 4th, 2000

Ken Livingstone becomes the first Mayor of London (an office separate from that of the Lord Mayor of London).

May 4th, 1998

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.

May 4th, 1994

Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO leader Yasser Arafat sign a peace accord, granting self-rule in the Gaza Strip and Jericho.

May 4th, 1990

Latvia declares independence from the Soviet Union.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 4th

Born on May 4th, 1929

63

Audrey Hepburn

British actress (1929–1993)

*May 4th, 1929, Rue Keyenveld - Keienveldstraat †January 20th, 1993, Tolochenaz

86

Manuel Contreras

Chilean general (1929-2015)

*May 4th, 1929, Santiago †August 7th, 2015, Santiago

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Who's birthday is on May 4th?

91

Hosni Mubarak

President of Egypt from 1981 to 2011

*May 4th, 1928, Kafr el-Muṣīlḥa †February 25th, 2020, Cairo

85

Hartmut Hoffmann

German medievalist

*May 4th, 1930, Berlin †April 16th, 2016, Göttingen

90

Lois de Banzie

American actress

*May 4th, 1930, Glasgow †April 3rd, 2021, Greenbrae

67

Ulrike Meyfarth

German former high jumper

*May 4th, 1956, Frankfurt

39

Sarah Meier

Swiss figure skater

*May 4th, 1984, Bülach

93

Katherine Jackson

Matriarch of the Jackson musical family

*May 4th, 1930, Barbour County

89

Ed Cassidy

American drummer (1923–2012)

*May 4th, 1923, Chicago †December 6th, 2012, San Jose

78

Maynard Ferguson

Canadian jazz musician and bandleader (1928–2006)

*May 4th, 1928, Montreal †August 23rd, 2006, Ventura

75

Erwin Kruk

Polish author (1941-2017)

*May 4th, 1941, Dobrzyń, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship †March 31st, 2017, Olsztyn

72

Jackie Jackson

American singer and member of The Jackson 5

*May 4th, 1951, Gary

88

Bill Mollison

Australian permaculturist

*May 4th, 1928, Stanley †September 24th, 2016, Hobart

86

Roberta Peters

American operatic soprano (1930-2017)

*May 4th, 1930, The Bronx †January 18th, 2017, Rye

75

Russi Taylor

American voice actress (1944-2019)

*May 4th, 1944, Cambridge †July 26th, 2019, Glendale

36

Cesc Fàbregas

Spanish professional footballer

*May 4th, 1987, Arenys de Mar

69

Liz Robertson

British actress

*May 4th, 1954, Ilford

64

Inger Nilsson

Swedish actress and singer

*May 4th, 1959, Kisa

63

Werner Faymann

Austrian politician who was Chancellor of Austria and chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Austria

*May 4th, 1960, Vienna

67

Paul Gleason

American actor (1939–2006)

*May 4th, 1939, Jersey City †May 27th, 2006, Burbank

86

Ron Carter

American jazz bassist, cellist, and composer

*May 4th, 1937, Ferndale

50

Katrin Apel

German biathlete

*May 4th, 1973, Erfurt

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83

Hebe Camargo

Brazilian recording artist, television host, singer

*March 8th, 1929, Taubaté †September 29th, 2012, Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital

39

Martin Luther King Jr.

American civil-rights activist and leader, Nobel peace prize laureate (1929–1968)

*January 15th, 1929, Atlanta †April 4th, 1968, Memphis

91

Kurt Rudolph

German religious studies scholar

*April 3rd, 1929, Dresden †May 13th, 2020

94

Imelda Marcos

Philippine former First Lady (born 1929)

*July 2nd, 1929, Manila

89

Katherine Helmond

American actress (1929–2019)

*July 5th, 1929, Galveston †February 23rd, 2019, Los Angeles

76

Link Wray

American guitarist (1929–2005)

*May 2nd, 1929, Dunn †November 5th, 2005, Copenhagen

85

Anne Meara

American comedian and actress (1929–2015)

*September 20th, 1929, Brooklyn †May 23rd, 2015, Manhattan

87

Joseph Mascolo

American actor

*March 13th, 1929, West Hartford †December 8th, 2016, Santa Clarita

92

Alain Tanner

Swiss film director

*December 6th, 1929, Geneva †September 11th, 2022, Geneva

87

Michael M. Ryan

American actor (1929-2017)

*March 19th, 1929, Wichita †March 1st, 2017, Kansas City

87

Chuck Barris

American game show creator, producer, and host (1929-2017)

*June 3rd, 1929, Philadelphia †March 21st, 2017, Palisades

87

Kathleen Crowley

American actress and beauty pageant contestant (1929-2017)

*December 26th, 1929, Green Bank †April 23rd, 2017, Green Bank

86

Imre Kertész

Hungarian author

*November 9th, 1929, Budapest †March 31st, 2016, Budapest

87

Willi Fährmann

German writer

*December 18th, 1929, Duisburg †May 25th, 2017, Xanten

86

Brian Friel

Irish dramatist, author and theatre director (1929–2015)

*January 9th, 1929, Omagh †October 2nd, 2015, Greencastle

94

Ivar Giaever

Norwegian physicist

*April 5th, 1929, Bergen

87

Josef Válka

Czech historian (1929-2017)

*July 13th, 1929, Borač †May 13th, 2017, Brno

94

Jürgen Habermas

German sociologist and philosopher (born 1929)

*June 18th, 1929, Düsseldorf

86

Pat Harrington Jr.

American Emmy Award-winning stage and television actor (1929–2016)

*August 13th, 1929, Manhattan †January 6th, 2016, Los Angeles

91

Christopher Plummer

Canadian actor (1929–2021)

*December 13th, 1929, Toronto †February 5th, 2021, Weston

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on May 4th

Fixed holidays (, Christian feast day, May Fourth Movement commemorations) which are celebrated on May 4th .

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Born on May 4th, 1929
Future birthdays

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1929 is a normal year and no leap year.

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