05-04-2005, 05:04 AM
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Location: Maryland
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May 4th
1825 ~ Birthday of Thomas Henry Huxley, English scientist.
1852 ~ Birthday of Alice Liddell, for whom Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland.
1928 ~ Birthday of Hosni Mubarak, President of Egypt.
1930 ~ British police arrest Mahatma Gandhi and place him in Yeravda Central Prison.
1970 ~ Vietnam War: The Ohio National Guard, sent to Kent State University after the ROTC building was burnt down, opened fire on students protesting at the U.S. invasion of Cambodia.
1975 ~ Death of Moe Howard, actor, comedian; member of the Three Stooges.
1979 ~ Election victory for Margaret Thatcher, England’s first woman Prime Minister.
1980 ~ Death of Josip Tito, President of Yugoslavia.
1990 ~ Latvia proclaims independence.
2000 ~ Ken Livingstone elected London mayor
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