Friday, May 4,2018

Today is Friday, May 4, the 124th day of 2018. There are 241 days left in the year.

1540 — Venice & Turkey sign Treaty of Constantinople

1652 — Battle at Etampes: French army under Turenne beats Fronde rebels

1715 — French manufacturer debuts 1st folding umbrella (Paris France)

1783 — Herschel reports seeing a red glow near lunar crater Aristarchus

1863 — Battle of Chancellorsville ends-Beaten Union army withdraws

1864 General Grant’s Army at Potomac attacks at Rappahannock

1918 — Yankees set record with 8 sacrifices, beat Red Sox’s Babe Ruth 5-4

1922 — KNX-AM in Los Angeles CA begins radio transmissions

1923 — Bloody street battles between Nazis, socialist & police in Vienna