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May 4th, 2007	Event	Greensburg, Kansas is almost completely destroyed by a 1.7m wide EF-5 tornado.
May 4th, 2007	Event	The Scottish National Party wins the Scottish general election and becomes the largest party in the Scottish Parliament for the first time ever.
May 4th, 2002	Event	An EAS Airlines BAC 1-11-500 crashes in a suburb of Kano, Nigeria shortly after takeoff killing more than 148 people.
May 4th, 2001	Event	The Milwaukee Art Museum addition, the first Santiago Calatrava-designed structure in the United States, opens to the public.
May 4th, 2000	Event	Ken Livingstone becomes the first Mayor of London.
May 4th, 1998	Event	A federal judge in Sacramento, California, gives "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski four life sentences plus 30 years after Kaczynski accepts a plea agreement sparing him from the death penalty.
May 4th, 1994	Event	Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO leader Yasser Arafat sign a peace accord regarding Palestinian autonomy granting self-rule in the Gaza Strip and Jericho.
May 4th, 1990	Event	Latvia proclaims the renewal of its independence after the Soviet occupation.
May 4th, 1989	Event	Iran-Contra Affair: Former White House aide Oliver North is convicted of three crimes and acquitted of nine other charges. The convictions, however, are later overturned on appeal.
May 4th, 1988	Event	The PEPCON disaster rocks Henderson, Nevada, as tons of space shuttle fuel detonates during a fire.

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