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May 4th ....
Star Wars Day !
1471 – Wars of the Roses in England: The Battle of Tewkesbury: Edward IV defeats a Lancastrian Army and kills Edward, Prince of Wales....
1776 – Rhode Island becomes the first American colony to renounce allegiance to King George III....
1814 – Emperor Napoleon I of France arrives at Portoferraio on the island of Elba to begin his exile...
1904 – Construction begins by the United States on the Panama Canal.
1979 – Margaret Thatcher becomes the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.........
1849 – Death of Hokusai.
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