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This is a list of selected May 4 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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Greenery Day in Japan refimprove, stub
Remembrance of the Dead in the Netherlands; unreferenced section
1471Wars of the Roses: Yorkist Edward IV defeated a Lancastrian army in the Battle of Tewkesbury. refimprove
1626 – Having been appointed the new Director-General of New Netherland, Peter Minuit arrived in Manhattan. refimprove section
1814Ferdinand VII abolished the Spanish Constitution of 1812, returning Spain to absolutism. refimprove section
1910 – The Royal Canadian Navy was created as the Naval Service of Canada. refimprove section
1919 – The May Fourth Movement began in China with large-scale student demonstrations in Tiananmen Square, Peking, against the Paris Peace Conference and Japan's Twenty-One Demands. refimprove section
1945Second World War: Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery accepted the unconditional surrender of the German forces in the Netherlands, northwest Germany, and Denmark. refimprove section
1949 – A plane carrying almost the entire Torino A.C. football team crashed into the hill of Superga near Turin, Italy, killing all 31 aboard including 18 players, club officials, and the journalists accompanying them. refimprove
1959 – The inaugural Grammy Awards ceremony was held, recognizing outstanding achievement in the American music industry. refimprove section
1970 – The Ohio National Guard opened fire at Kent State University students protesting the United States invasion of Cambodia, killing four and injuring nine. refimprove section
1996José María Aznar was elected prime minister of Spain, ending 13 years of Socialist rule. unreferenced section
Tipu Sultan |d|1799 lots of CN tags (14)
Michael L. Gernhardt |b|1956 2 unreffed sections
* 1436 – Swedish nobleman Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson was assassinated while leading a rebellion against Eric of Pomerania. Too much uncited for a short article. Also says only considered an assassination by "some historians" and confusion over date
* 1780The first running of the Epsom Derby horse race took place, won by Diomed, owned by Sir Charles Bunbury. Six citation needed tags in a short article
* 1836 – The Ancient Order of Hibernians, an Irish Catholic fraternal organization, was founded in New York City. Too much uncited and post 1960 section is written in WP:PROSELINE.
* 1990 – The Supreme Soviet of the Latvian SSR declared the restoration of Latvia's independence, stating that the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact and the Soviet occupation of Latvia in 1940 were illegal. Section orange tagged for references
* 1988 – A fire at an industrial plant in Henderson, Nevada, caused tons of Space Shuttle fuel to explode, resulting in two deaths, 372 injuries, and $100 million in damage. Section orange tagged for references

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May 4: Youth Day in China; Literary Day in Taiwan; Star Wars Day

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