In a May 4but from 1904, The United States begins construction of the Panama Canal.
1814.- Fernando VII declares the Constitution of 1812 and all the measures adopted by the Cortes of Cádiz null and void.
1904.- The United States begins work on the Panama Canal.
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1949.- Superga tragedy. All members of the Torino (Italy) team, base of the Italian national soccer team, die in a plane crash.
1954.- In Paraguay, General Alfredo Stroessner carries out a coup d’état and is subsequently named president of the Republic.
1959.- The First Edition of the Grammy Awards is held, awarded by the National Recording Academy of Arts and Sciences.
1976.- The newspaper ‘El País’ begins its journey with a circulation of 250,000 copies.
1979.- Margaret Thatcher is sworn in as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and becomes the first woman elected head of the British Government.
1980.- Constantino Karamanlis is elected president of Greece for the first time.
1994.- Isaac Rabin and Yasser Arafat sign a historic agreement on Palestinian autonomy in Gaza and Jericho in Cairo.
1996.- José María Aznar (PP) is inaugurated president of the Government of Spain.
2000.- The computer virus ‘I love you’ paralyzes millions of computers in the world.
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2011.- The Palestinian group Al Fatah and the Islamist Hamas seal their reconciliation after four years of disputes.
2018.- The terrorist organization ETA makes its dissolution official in the French town of Cambo-les-Bains (France).
2020.- The WHO confirms the animal origin of coronavirus and refutes its creation in the laboratory.
2025.- Nicaragua leaves UNESCO after the award for the newspaper ‘La Prensa’.
1875.- Ramiro de Maeztu, Spanish writer and politician.
1925.- Luis Herrera Campins, former president of Venezuela.
1928.- Hosni Mubarak, former president of Egypt.
1929.- Audrey Hepburn, British actress born in Belgium.
1943.- María del Carmen Martínez-Villaseñor, Spanish ventriloquist and comedian.
1961.- Luis Herrera Herrera, ‘Lucho Herrera’, Colombian cyclist.
1937.- Noel de Medeiros Rosa, Brazilian musician, considered the creator of samba.
1980.- Josip Broz ‘Tito’, former president of Yugoslavia.
1984.- Diana Dors, British actress.
1992.- Henri Guillemin, French writer and historian.
1995.- Lewis Preston, American banker, president of the World Bank from 1991 to 1995.
2015.- Jesús Hermida, Spanish journalist.
2023.- Rafael Guillén, Spanish poet.
