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May 4
1626Peter Minuit landed in Manhattan, which he later bought for $24 worth of cloth and brass buttons. 1886The Haymarket Square riot broke out as a result of a labor demonstration. 1932Public Enemy Number One, Al Capone, was jailed for tax evasion. 1959The first Grammy Awards were held. 1961Civil rights activists, called "freedom riders," left Washington, DC for New Orleans. 1970Four Kent State University students were shot down by National Guard members during an anti-Vietnam War demonstration. 1998The Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski, was sentenced to four life terms plus 30 years for his series of bombings that killed three and injured 23. 
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