CoM Moderators Posted May 4 Posted May 4 1883 - John Gordon Cashman publishes the first edition of the "Vicksburg Evening Post" in Mississippi 1919 - Demonstrates organised by students erupt in China, after news from the Paris Peace Conference that the Allies intend to give Shangtung to Japan 1933 - Pulitzer Prize for poetry awarded to Archibald Macleish for "Conquistador" 1961 - Malcolm Ross and Victor Prather reach a record height of 34,668 meters in a balloon 1968 - 1st ABA championship: Pitts Pipers beat NO Buccaneers, 4 games to 3 1977 - US Catholic bishops rescind automatic excommunications for divorced and remarried Catholics (receiving communion still outlawed if the previous marriages were not annulled by Church tribunals) 1991 - Phil Collins, Al Jarreau, Ikutaro Kakehashi and Joe Zawinul receive honorary doctorate degrees from the Berklee College of Music in Boston 1991 - MLB Cleveland Indians' Chris James sets club record for most RBIs in a game (9) 1992 - US Army and Marine Corps forces arrive in Los Angeles to end rioting following the acquittal of four police officers over the beating of Rodney King 2016 - Ohio Governor John Kasich bows out of the race for US Republican Presidential nominee More Historical Events »
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