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This Day In History May 04


Rhode Island declares independence Jack Slade joins the army Army of the Potomac crosses the Rapidan Lincoln is buried in Springfield, Illinois The Haymarket Square Riot A riot breaks out in Haymarket Square Germany agrees to limit its submarine warfare Audrey Hepburn born As the Nazi threat dies, the Red Army rises Norman Mailer's first novel, The Naked and the Dead, is published Gene Vincent records "Be-Bop-A-Lula" Rusk reports on Viet Cong strength Willie Mays breaks National League home run record National Guard kills four at Kent State Four students killed at Kent State David Frost interviews Richard Nixon Margaret Thatcher sworn in Tito dies Bruce Springsteen releases "Pink Cadillac" An inhumane execution Rabin and Arafat sign accord for Palestinian self-rule Nigerian aircraft crashes in crowded city
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