May 04

Track	Year	Event	Artist	Song	Album
1	1493	Pope Alexander VI divides the New World between Spain and Portugal along the Line of Demarcation.	The Four Freshman	It's a New World	First Affair / Voices in Fun
2	1626	Dutch explorer Peter Minuit arrives in New Netherland (present day Manhattan Island) aboard the See Meeuw.	Mew	Eight Flew Over, One Was Destroyed	Frengers
3	1776	Rhode Island becomes the first American colony to renounce allegiance to King George III.	Gilgamesh	Island of Rhodes / Paper Boat / As If Your Eyes Were Open	Gilgamesh
4	1886	Haymarket Square Riot: A bomb is thrown at policemen trying to break up a labor rally in Chicago, Illinois, United States, killing eight and wounding 60. The police fire into the crowd.	Haymarket Riot	Wax!	Bloodshot Eyes
5	1946	In San Francisco Bay, U.S. Marines from the nearby Treasure Island Navy Base stop a two-day riot at Alcatraz federal prison. Five people are killed in the riot.	Broken Social Scene	Prison Province	Feel Good Lost
6	1953	Ernest Hemingway is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for The Old Man and the Sea.	Kirihito	Fish & Tell	Suicidal Noise Cafe
7	1972	The Don't Make A Wave Committee, a fledgling environmental organization founded in Canada in 1971, officially changes its name to "Greenpeace Foundation".	The Byrds	Don't Make Waves	Younger Than Yesterday
8	1974	An all-female Japanese team reaches the summit of Manaslu, becoming the first women to climb an 8,000-meter peak.	The Microphones	Climb Over	Live in Japan, February 19th

(Historical facts about May 04 are from Wikipedia.)