Discover the most curious and interesting historical events that occurred on a day like today, as well as the births of historical personalities and we remember relevant deaths.
Celebrities who were born on May 4
Among the personalities who were born on May 4 were the Belgian actress Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993), Spanish bullfighter The Cordovan (1936), the Spanish ventriloquist and comedian Mari Carmen Martínez-Villaseñor (1943-2023), Spanish journalist and comedian Guillermo Fesser (1960), Spanish actor Oscar Jaenada (1975), Spanish footballer Cesc Fabregas (1987) and the Spanish motorcycle racer, Jorge Lorenzo (1987).
Celebrities who died on May 4
Some of the historical figures who died on a day like today were the Spanish trainer and circus entrepreneur Angel Christ (2010) and the Spanish journalist Jesus Hermida (2015).
Historical anniversaries: What happened in other years?
- 1675. Creation of the Greenwich Observatory.
- 1780. The “Derby”, the famous equestrian event, is run for the first time.
- 1923. The Constitution of Palestine comes into force.
- 1928. Sino-Japanese hostilities resume.
- 1938. The Vatican recognizes the government of Francisco Franco as the legitimate government of Spain.
- 1949. All members of Torino, an Italian soccer team, die in a plane crash.
- 1968. Spain closes the border post with Gibraltar.
- 1979. Margaret Thatcher, the first woman elected head of the British Government, after the electoral victory of the Conservatives.
- 1982. Falklands War: the destroyer “Shefield” is sunk by a rocket launched from an Argentine plane.
- 2000. The “I love you” computer virus paralyzes computer systems around the world, including those of the House of Commons, the CIA and the White House.
- 2009. An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale occurs in Venezuela.
