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The OpenHistoricalMap portal features a selection of establishments and disestablishments on each day of the year, based on OpenHistoricalMap data. This list highlights important changes in the world, as well as more mundane events that demonstrate the project's ambitious tendency toward micromapping history.
May 4
- 1686
- Ilagan is founded in Cagayan Valley, Philippines.
- 1852
- Oakland is incorporated as a town in California.
- 1910
- A tram line opens alone Surrey Crescent and Richmond Road in Auckland.
- 1931
- Ford Motor Company AG opens an automobile factory in Cologne.
- 1993
- In the Pavlodar Region of Kazakhstan, Yermak is renamed Aksu.
- 1994
- The Gaza–Jericho Agreement is signed, granting limited self-rule to the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
- 2019
- 1869 Red Stockings Pavilion, featuring busts of the team members by Tom Tsuchiya, is dedicated outside Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati.
- 2021
- The Debenhams shop in Cambridge, England, closes after 37 years in business.
Other dates
Main category: On this day in OpenHistoricalMap
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Contributing
We appreciate your help in curating these events from OpenHistoricalMap data. Items should be based on fully qualified start_date=* and end_date=* tags, plus any other metadata tagged on features in OpenHistoricalMap. To the extent possible, the list should feature a wide range of years and include events from different continents.