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May 4th

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Star Wars Day

Informal commemoration on May 4 celebrating the Star Wars franchise, referencing the phrase "May the Force be with you."

cultural Observed May 4 each year.

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578 Notable birthdays

Felipe Borges

Brazilian handball player.

Born May 4th, 1985 (age 41 years) in São Bernardo do Campo.

Augusto Vera

Italian philosopher (1813-1885).

Born May 4th, 1813 in Amelia.

Died July 13th, 1885 at 72 years old in San Giorgio a Cremano.

Tania Di Mario

Italian water polo player.

Born May 4th, 1979 (age 47 years) in Rome.

Vladimirs Koļesņičenko

Footballer.

Born May 4th, 1980 (age 46 years) in Riga.

Renate Brümmer

Swiss-born german meteorological scientist and astronaut.

Born May 4th, 1955 (age 71 years) in St. Gallen.

Ana Enriqueta Teran

Venezuelan poet (1918–2017).

Born May 4th, 1918 in Valera.

Died December 18th, 2017 at 99 years old in Valencia. [ref]

Edmund Wnuk-Lipiński

Polish sociologist, university teacher, and science fiction writer (1944–2015).

Born May 4th, 1944 in Sucha, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship.

Died January 4th, 2015 at 70 years old in Warsaw.

Rudolf Jordan

German painter (1810-1887).

Born May 4th, 1810 in Berlin.

Died March 26th, 1887 at 76 years old in Düsseldorf.

Nikolai Malko

Russian conductor (1883–1961).

Born May 4th, 1883 in Brailiv.

Died June 23rd, 1961 at 78 years old in Sydney.

Simone Petilli

Italian bicycle racer.

Born May 4th, 1993 (age 33 years) in Bellano. [ref]

Hanna Stankówna

Polish actress (1938–2020).

Born May 4th, 1938 in Poznań.

Died December 14th, 2020 at 82 years old in Warsaw. [ref]

Shunki Takahashi

Japanese association football player.

Born May 4th, 1990 (age 36 years) in Asaka.

Louis Mercanton

Swiss actor, director and screenwriter (1879–1932).

Born May 4th, 1879 in Nyon.

Died April 29th, 1932 at 52 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine (myocardial infarction).

Li Kongzheng

Diver.

Born May 4th, 1959 (age 67 years) in Nanning.

Viktor Getmanov

Russian footballer (1940-1995).

Born May 4th, 1940 in Leselidze.

Died April 23rd, 1995 at 54 years old in Rostov-on-Don.

Mariusz Jurasik

Polish handball player.

Born May 4th, 1976 (age 50 years) in Żagań.

Pelageya Danilova

Artistic gymnast (1918-2001).

Born May 4th, 1918 in Pskovsky Uyezd.

Died July 31st, 2001 at 83 years old in Saint Petersburg.

Westley Gough

New zealand racing cyclist.

Born May 4th, 1988 (age 38 years) in Waipukurau.

Aldo Angoula

French footballer.

Born May 4th, 1981 (age 45 years) in Le Havre.

Valentina Sidorova

Fencer (1954–2021).

Born May 4th, 1954 in Moscow.

Died June 9th, 2021 at 67 years old in Moscow. [ref]

Kristoffer Skjerping

Norwegian cyclist.

Born May 4th, 1993 (age 33 years) in Bergen. [ref]

Gurcharan Singh Grewal

Field hockey player (1911-1949).

Born May 4th, 1911.

Died February 7th, 1949 at 37 years old

Ahmad Jassim

Iraqi footballer.

Born May 4th, 1960 (age 66 years) in Iraq.

Manuel Milà i Fontanals

Spanish academic (1818-1884).

Born May 4th, 1818 in Vilafranca del Penedès.

Died July 16th, 1884 at 66 years old in Vilafranca del Penedès.

Sarah Meier

Swiss figure skater.

Born May 4th, 1984 (age 42 years) in Bülach.

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