Today is Sunday, May 4, the 124th day of 2014. There are 241 days left in the year. On May 4, 1979, Conservative Party leader Margaret Thatcher became Britain's first female prime minister after
the Tories ousted the incumbent Labor government in parliamentary elections.
In 1776, Rhode Island declared its freedom from England, two months before the Declaration of Independence was adopted.
In 1886, at Haymarket Square in Chicago, a labor demonstration for an 8-hour work day turned into a deadly riot when a bomb exploded.
In 1904, the United States took over construction of the Panama Canal.
In 1964, the daytime drama "Another World" began a 35-year run on NBC-TV.
In 1970, Ohio National Guardsmen opened fire during an anti-war protest at Kent State University, killing four students and wounding nine others.
In 1994, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO leader Yasser Arafat signed an accord on Palestinian autonomy that granted self-rule in the Gaza Strip and Jericho.
In 2008, Nigerian musician 'Sonny Okosun, 'Ozziddi'musician, died of colon cancer.
Ten years ago: The Army disclosed that the deaths of ten prisoners and abuse of ten more in Iraq and Afghanistan were under criminal investigation, as U.S. commanders in Baghdad announced interrogation changes. The United States walked out of a U.N. meeting to protest its decision minutes later to give Sudan a third term on the Human Rights Commission.
Five years ago: President Barack Obama promised to crack down on companies "that ship jobs overseas" and duck U.S. taxes with offshore havens.
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