^B{^#!16!4 May^N! Feast day of St Pelagia of Tarsus, St Florian of Lorch, St Robert Lawrence, St Augustine Webster, St Gothard, St John Houghton, St Venerius of Milan, and St Cyriacus.
^B{1471^B} The Battle of Tewkesbury, the last battle in the Wars of the Roses, took place; the Yorkists defeated the Lancastrians. ^B{1780^B} The first Derby was run at Epsom; the winner was Diomed. ^B{1896^B} The first issue of the ^I{Daily Mail^I} was published in London, UK. ^B{1904^B} Work began on the Panama Canal. ^B{1926^B} The General Strike began in Britain, with almost half of the country's 6,000,000 labor-union members participating; it continued until 12 May. ^B{1954^B} Roger Bannister, a 25 year old English medical student, became the first man to run a mile in under 4 minutes. ^B{1973^B} The world's tallest building, Sears Tower, Chicago, was completed. ^B{1979^B} Margaret Thatcher became prime minister of Britain.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}Thomas Huxley, English naturalist, ^B{1825^B}; John Speke, English explorer who discovered the source of the Nile, ^B{1827^B}; Alice Liddell, the girl for whom Lewis Carroll wrote ^I{Alice in Wonderland^I}, ^B{1852^B}; Sylvia Pankhurst, English suffragist, ^B{1882^B}; Eric Sykes, English comedian, ^B{1923^B}; Audrey Hepburn, Dutch-born US film actress, ^B{1929^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}William Froude, English engineer and mathematician, ^B{1879^B}; Georges Enesco, Romanian composer, ^B{1955^B}; Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, English author, ^B{1969^B}; Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslavian soldier and president, ^B{1980^B}; Diana Dors, English film actress, ^B{1984^B}.
