May 4th (1953) was a Monday. It's the 124th day of the year (125th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 241 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 4th May, 1953
» Ernest Hemingway wins the Pulitzer Prize for 'The Old Man and the Sea'.
Famous Birthdays on May 4 in 1953
» Oleta Adams, American singer, pianist, and actress
» Salman Hashimikov, Kazakh-Russian wrestler
May 4th Famous Deaths for 1953
» Alexandre Pharamond, French rugby player (b. 1876)
May 4th Holidays in History
» Bird Day Bird Day named Bird Day (United States)
» Cassinga Day (Namibia)
» Christian feast day:
» Blessed Ceferino Giménez Malla
» Protestant Reformation e.g English Saints and Martyrs of the Reformation Era (Church of England)
» F. C. D. Wyneken (Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod)
» Saint Florian e.g Florian
» Gotthard of Hildesheim
» Judas Cyriacus
» Saint Monica of Hippo named Monica of Hippo
» Sacerdos of Limoges
» Venerius of Milan
» May 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Day of the adoption of the On the Restoration of Independence of the Republic of Latvia known as Declaration of independence (Latvia)
» Remembrance days in Slovakia named Death of Milan Rastislav Štefánik Day (Slovakia)
» Greenery Day (Japan)
» May Fourth Movement commemorations:
» Public holidays in the Republic of China known as Literary Day (Republic of China)
» Culture of Afghanistan Holidays known as Remembrance Day for Martyrs and Disabled (Afghanistan)