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The times they are a changin'. Or are they? This section gives us a glimpse of how far we've come. Or not.

On this day...

May 4: Independence Day in Latvia (1990), Remembrance of the Dead in the Netherlands .

1471 - Wars of the Roses: Yorkist Edward IV defeated a Lancastrian army in the Battle of Tewkesbury (pictured).
1855 - William Walker and a group of mercenaries sailed from San Francisco to conquer Nicaragua.
1886 - A bomb exploded near the police line, turning a peaceful labor rally in Chicago into the Haymarket Riot.
1919 - The May Fourth Movement began in China with large-scale student demonstrations in Tiananmen Square, Peking against the Paris Peace Conference and Japan's Twenty-One Demands.
1953 - Ernest Hemingway was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for The Old Man and the Sea.

On this day...
May 4: Independence Day in Latvia (1990), Remembrance of the Dead in the Netherlands . 1471 - Wars of the Roses: Yorkist Edward IV defeated a Lancastrian army in the Battle of Tewkesbury (pictured). 1855 - William Walker and a group of mercenaries sailed from San Francisco to conquer Nicaragua. 1886 - A bomb exploded near the police line, turning a peaceful labor rally in Chicago into the Haymarket Riot. 1919 - The May Fourth Movement began in China with large-scale student demonstrations in Tiananmen Square, Peking against the Paris Peace Conference and Japan's Twenty-One Demands. 1953 - Ernest Hemingway was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for The Old Man and the Sea.

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In the news

Zacarias Moussaoui (pictured) is sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for involvement in the September 11, 2001 attacks.
Armavia Flight 967 from Armenia crashes into the Black Sea, killing all 113 on board.
Immigration reform protests in the United States, sparked by proposed legislation H.R. 4437, continue with the Great American Boycott.
The International Cricket Council announces that the 2011 Cricket World Cup will be held in the four countries of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
Chung Mong-koo, head of the Hyundai Motor Company, is arrested in South Korea in an embezzlement investigation.
Construction on the Freedom Tower, a replacement for the World Trade Center, begins in New York City.

In the news
Zacarias Moussaoui (pictured) is sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for involvement in the September 11, 2001 attacks. Armavia Flight 967 from Armenia crashes into the Black Sea, killing all 113 on board. Immigration reform protests in the United States, sparked by proposed legislation H.R. 4437, continue with the Great American Boycott. The International Cricket Council announces that the 2011 Cricket World Cup will be held in the four countries of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Chung Mong-koo, head of the Hyundai Motor Company, is arrested in South Korea in an embezzlement investigation. Construction on the Freedom Tower, a replacement for the World Trade Center, begins in New York City.

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