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Saturday, 04 May 2024

2007

Greensburg, Kansas is almost completely destroyed by a 1.7mi wide EF-5 tornado.

The Scottish National Party wins the Scottish general election and becomes the largest party in the Scottish Parliament for the first time ever.

2002

An EAS Airlines BAC 1-11-500 crashes in a suburb of Kano, Nigeria shortly after takeoff killing more than 148 people.

2001

The Milwaukee Art Museum addition, the first Santiago Calatrava-designed structure in the United States, opens to the public.

2000

Ken Livingstone becomes the first Mayor of London.

1998

A federal judge in Sacramento, California, gives "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski four life sentences plus 30 years after Kaczynski accepts a plea agreement sparing him from the death penalty.

1994

Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO leader Yasser Arafat sign a peace accord regarding Palestinian autonomy granting self-rule in the Gaza Strip and Jericho.

1990

Latvia proclaims the renewal of its independence after the Soviet occupation.

1989

Iran-Contra Affair: Former White House aide Oliver North is convicted of three crimes and acquitted of nine other charges. The convictions, however, are later overturned on appeal.

1988

The PEPCON disaster rocks Henderson, Nevada, as tons of space shuttle fuel detonates during a fire.

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