May 4th, 1981

Born on May 4th, 1981

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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 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, on the island of Java.

May 4th, 1493

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

May 4th, 1919

The May Fourth Movement began in China with large-scale student demonstrations in Tiananmen Square, Beijing.

May 4th, 1789

The Boydell Shakespeare Gallery, part of a cultural project initiated by engraver John Boydell, opened in London.

May 4th, 1823

Brazilian War of Independence: A Brazilian squadron led by Lord Cochrane engages a Portuguese squadron under João de Campos off Salvador, Bahia.

May 4th, 1738

The Imperial Theatrical School, the first ballet school in Russia, is founded.

May 4th, 2019

The inaugural all-female motorsport series, W Series, takes place at Hockenheimring. The race was won by Jamie Chadwick, who would go on to become the inaugural series champion.

May 4th, 2007

Greensburg, Kansas is almost completely destroyed by the 2007 Greensburg tornado, a 1.7-mile wide EF5 tornado. It was the first-ever tornado to be rated with the new Enhanced Fujita scale.

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

Born on May 4th, 1981

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Alexandr Kolobnev

Road bicycle racer

*May 4th, 1981, Vyksa

45

Ruth Negga

Ethiopian-Irish actress

*May 4th, 1981, Addis Ababa

45

Franco Fagioli

Argentinian countertenor

*May 4th, 1981, San Miguel de Tucumán

45

Dallon Weekes

American musician

*May 4th, 1981, Salt Lake City

45

Derya Karadaş

Turkish actress

*May 4th, 1981, Istanbul

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44

Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Indian cricket player

*July 7th, 1981, Ranchi

44

Taufik Hidayat

Indonesian badminton player

*August 10th, 1981, Bandung

45

Satoko Suetsuna

Japanese badminton player

*January 30th, 1981, Ōita

45

Vita Marissa

Indonesian badminton player

*January 4th, 1981, Jakarta

45

Juliette Ah-Wan

Badminton player

*April 29th, 1981, Victoria

44

Gavin Shuker

British politician (born 1981)

*October 10th, 1981, Luton

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Alistair Casey

Badminton player

*February 23rd, 1981, Glasgow

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Linda Sundblad

Swedish singer, actress and model

*July 5th, 1981, Lidköping

45

Tamta

Georgian-born Greek singer

*January 10th, 1981, Tbilisi

44

Martin de Jonge

Badminton player

*June 22nd, 1981, Rotterdam

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Roger Federer

Swiss tennis player

*August 8th, 1981, Basel

45

Mattias Tesfaye

Danish politician

*March 31st, 1981, Aarhus

44

Beyoncé

American singer

*September 4th, 1981, Houston

44

Beau Bokan

American singer

*November 30th, 1981, Huntington Beach

45

Tom Starke

German association football player

*March 18th, 1981, Dresden

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Marco Vorbeck

German association football player and manager

*June 24th, 1981, Kühlungsborn

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Serena Williams

American tennis player

*September 26th, 1981, Saginaw

44

Britney Spears

American pop singer

*December 2nd, 1981, McComb

44

Fernando Alonso

Spanish racing driver

*July 29th, 1981, Oviedo City

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Adriana Lima

Brazilian model

*June 12th, 1981, Salvador

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Born on May 4th, 1981
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1981 is a normal year and no leap year.

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