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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_4" title="May 4">May 4</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youth_Day_(China)" title="Youth Day (China)">Youth Day</a></b> in China; <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literary_Day" title="Literary Day">Literary Day</a></b> in Taiwan; <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Day_of_Prayer" title="National Day of Prayer">National Day of Prayer</a></b> in the United States (2023); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Day" title="Star Wars Day"><i>Star Wars</i> Day</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1677" title="1677">1677</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trunajaya_rebellion" title="Trunajaya rebellion">Trunajaya rebellion</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_East_India_Company" title="Dutch East India Company">Dutch East India Company</a> forces under <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelis_Speelman" title="Cornelis Speelman">Cornelis Speelman</a> began <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Surabaya_(1677)" title="Battle of Surabaya (1677)">an attack</a></b> on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surabaya" title="Surabaya">Surabaya</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java" title="Java">Java</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1886" title="1886">1886</a> – During a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labour_movement" title="Labour movement">labor rally</a> in Chicago, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haymarket_affair" title="Haymarket affair">a bomb explosion and gunfire</a></b> led to the deaths of eight police officers and four members of the public.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974" title="1974">1974</a> – An all-female Japanese team reached the summit of <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manaslu" title="Manaslu">Manaslu</a></b> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalayas" title="Himalayas">Himalayas</a>, becoming the first women to climb a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight-thousander" title="Eight-thousander">peak higher than 8,000 metres (26,247 ft) above sea level</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979" title="1979">1979</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher" title="Margaret Thatcher">Margaret Thatcher</a></b> became the first female <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">prime minister of the United Kingdom</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_II,_Duke_of_Swabia" title="Herman II, Duke of Swabia">Herman II of Swabia</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1003); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Carmichael" title="Franklin Carmichael">Franklin Carmichael</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1890); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos_Oz" title="Amos Oz">Amos Oz</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1939)</p>