Today in History for 4th May 2025

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Historical Events

1868 - World's largest book, the "Kuthodaw Inscription Shrines," recording the whole of Buddhist scriptures on 729 marble tablets, is completed and opened to the public in Mandalay, Burma
1919 - Demonstrates organised by students erupt in China, after news from the Paris Peace Conference that the Allies intend to give Shangtung to Japan
1958 - Alberto Lleras Camargo chosen as president of Colombia
2002 - 128th Kentucky Derby: Victor Espinoza aboard War Emblem wins in 2:01.13
2013 - 39 people are killed at a funeral in Wukari, Nigeria

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Famous Birthdays

1893 - Edgar Dearing, American actor (Pollyanna, Abraham Lincoln, Free and Easy), born in Ceres, California (d. 1974)
1921 - Edo Murtić, Croatian painter, born in Velika Pisanica, Bjelovar, Croatia (d. 2005)
1933 - J. Fred Duckett, American sports announcer (Houston Astros, Rice University, US Track and Field) and teacher, born in Houston, Texas (d. 2007)
1989 - Rory McIlroy, Irish golfer (Masters 2025; US Open 2011, British Open 2014, PGA C'ship 2012, 14; FedEx Cup 2016, 19, 22), born in Holywood, Northern Ireland
1994 - Pauline Ducruet, daughter of HSH Princess Stéphanie of Monaco, born in Princess Grace Hospital Centre, La Colle, Monaco

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Famous Deaths

1859 - Joseph Diez Gergonne, French mathematician, dies at 87
1919 - Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovak politician, French army general (WWI), Czecho-Slovak nationalist resistance leader, aviator, and astronomer, dies in a plane crash at 38
1971 - Donald Dexter Van Slyke, American chemist (Micromanometric analysis), dies at 88
1975 - Moe Howard [Moses Horowitz], American actor and comedian (The 3 Stooges), dies at 77
1999 - Brinsley Ford, British art historian and CEO (National Art Collections Fund), dies at 90

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