- 1626] In a New York City Minuit: Dutch explorer Peter Minuit lands on what is now Manhattan...
- 1904] Wedding bells: Charles Stewart Rolls meets Frederick Henry Royce in Manchester, England...
- 1927] Here comes Oscar: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is founded...
- 1932] Big Al is slammed: Mobster Al Capone begins serving an eleven-year prison sentence in Atlanta for tax evasion...
- 1953] Papa picks up his prize: Ernest Hemingway is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for The Old Man And The Sea...
- 1970] Four dead in O-hi-o: Four die and 9 others are wounded by Ohio National Guardsmen in the tragedy at Kent State. The girl (Mary Ann Vecchio) standing over one of the wounded students was not a student but a runaway. John Filo, a photojournalism student wins a Pulitzer Prize for that photo...
- 1998] Guilty as charged: Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski is given four life sentences plus 30 years by a federal judge in Sacramento (CA), under a plea agreement that spares him the death penalty...2006] A federal judge sentences Zacarias Moussaoui to life in prison for his role in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks...
- 2001] Murder and acquittal in Hollywood: Bonny Lee Bakley, wife of Robert Blake is shot to death in Los Angeles. Blake will be acquitted for the murder...
- 2006] 'Happy Trails': Earl Woods, father of Tiger, dies from prostate cancer at 74...
- 2007] Gotcha:A judge in Los Angeles sentences Paris Hilton to 45 days in jail for violating probation in an alcohol-related reckless driving case by driving with a suspended license. Hilton serves three weeks...For more on May 4th:
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