May 04
1626
Peter Minuit landed in Manhattan, which he later bought for $24 worth of cloth and brass buttons.
1886
The Haymarket Square riot broke out as a result of a labor demonstration.
1932
Public Enemy Number One, Al Capone, was jailed for tax evasion.
1959
The first Grammy Awards were held.
1961
Civil rights activists, called “freedom riders,” left Washington, DC for New Orleans.
1970
Four Kent State University students were shot down by National Guard members during an anti-Vietnam War demonstration.
1998
The Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski, was sentenced to four life terms plus 30 years for his series of bombings that killed three and injured 23.
Birthdays
Audrey Hepburn
1929–1993, actress, born in Brussels, Belgium.
Academy Award-winning, naturally chic film and stage actress whose poise, sense of style and graceful demeanor made her a star in the stage production of Gigi (1951) and in films such as , Roman Holiday (1953), Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961), My Fair Lady (1964) and the thriller Wait Until Dark (1967).
Horace Mann
educator (1796)
Thomas Henry Huxley
biologist (1825)
Frederick Church
artist (1826)
Hosni Mubarak
president of Egypt (1928)