History of the day: Margaret Thatcher became the Prime Minister of Britain on this day, know other events of today
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New Delhi: Like the rest of the days of the year, May 4 has also registered its name in history due to many incidents. Margaret Thatcher, the first female Prime Minister not only of Britain but of entire Europe, is known as Iron Lady in the world. She was elected the Prime Minister of Britain on May 4 itself. Talking about some other events related to this day, the first edition of the London Daily Mail was published on May 4 and the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts, which gave the Oscar award, was also established in America on May 4.
The sequence wise details of other important events recorded on the date of May 4 in the history of the country and the world are as follows:-
1799: Death of Tipu Sultan of Mysore in the battle of Srirangapatnam.
1854: India’s first postage stamp was formally issued.
1896: The first edition of the London Daily Mail is published.
1924: Start of the Eighth Olympic Games in Paris.
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1980: Announcement to celebrate this day as Coal Mines Day.
1927: Establishment of Filmi Kala Academy (Motion Picture Arts Academy) in America, which started giving ‘Oscar’ awards.
1928: Husri Mubarak, who was the President of Egypt for almost three decades, was born 1945: Germany’s army surrendered in Netherlands, Denmark and Norway.
1959: First Grammy Awards organized.
1975: Charlie Chaplin, star of silent films like ‘The Kid’ and ‘Great Dictator’, was knighted at Buckingham Palace.
1979: Margaret Thatcher was elected Prime Minister of Britain. She was the first woman in all of Europe to hold this position.
1980: Zimbabwe’s presidential leader Robert Mugabe won a landslide victory in the election and became the first black president.
1983: China conducted nuclear test.
2006: Nepal’s Maoist rebels agreed to participate in peace talks with the country’s new government.
2020: Death cases due to Kovid-19 in the country increased to 1,389 and the total number of infection cases reached 42,836.
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