Thursday May 04, 2017

Holidays

• Star Wars day, "May the 4th be with you" pun on "May the force be with you"
• Republic of China - Literary Day (???, commemorating May Fourth Movement).
• International Firefighters' Day.
• Saint Ladislaus of Gielnow
• People's Republic of China - Youth Day (???, commemorating May Fourth Movement).
• Blessed Catherine of Park
• Saint Judas Cyriacus
• Saint Florian
• Saint Godehard
• Saint Monica of Hippo (d. 387)
• Saint Ethelred
• Saint Silvianus
• Saint Titianus
• Saint Willerik
• Saint John Houghton, Saint Robert Lawrence, Saint Augustine Webster, Saint Richard Reynolds, and Saint John Hale; all put to death in 1535.
• Saint Malou
• The Netherlands - Remembrance of the Dead.
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Events

• 2017 Venezuelan protests: A student is killed amid gunfire in El Tigre, raising the death toll in protests against Nicolás Maduro's government to at least 37 in the past month. (ABC News)
• A student is killed amid gunfire in El Tigre, raising the death toll in protests against Nicolás Maduro's government to at least 37 in the past month. (ABC News)
• Buckingham Palace announces that 95-year-old Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, the Prince consort of Queen Elizabeth II, will retire from royal duties in August. (BBC)
• Asian Dust: A severe dust storm impacts North China, causing flight cancellations at Beijing Capital International Airport. (The Daily Star)
• A severe dust storm impacts North China, causing flight cancellations at Beijing Capital International Airport. (The Daily Star)
• The Holy See and Myanmar establish full diplomatic relations following a meeting between Pope Francis and Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi. (National Catholic Reporter)
• A memorandum is signed by Russia, Iran, and Turkey calling for de-escalation of the Syrian Civil War, although neither the Syrian government nor the Syrian opposition are signatories. (The New York Times)
• United Kingdom local elections, 2017: The British people vote locally. (The Telegraph)
• The British people vote locally. (The Telegraph)
• Georgia's 6th congressional district special election, 2017: The campaign of Jon Ossoff wins a lawsuit extending voter registration. (Atlanta Journal Constitution)
• The campaign of Jon Ossoff wins a lawsuit extending voter registration. (Atlanta Journal Constitution)
• Algerian legislative election, 2017: Voter turnout is predicted to be low as Algerians go to the polls to elect members of the People's National Assembly. (Al Jazeera)
• Voter turnout is predicted to be low as Algerians go to the polls to elect members of the People's National Assembly. (Al Jazeera)
• Efforts to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, American Health Care Act of 2017: The Republican-controlled United States House of Representatives votes in favor of the repeal of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and passage of the House's 2017 American Health Care Act, by a narrow, 217–213 vote. Twenty Republicans and all Democrats opposed the bill, which now heads to the United States Senate for its legislative action. (CNN), (Fox News)
• The Republican-controlled United States House of Representatives votes in favor of the repeal of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and passage of the House's 2017 American Health Care Act, by a narrow, 217–213 vote. Twenty Republicans and all Democrats opposed the bill, which now heads to the United States Senate for its legislative action. (CNN), (Fox News)
• Scientists confirm that Denmark has its first wild pack of Gray wolves for the first time in 200 years. (The Guardian)
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Top #10 songs in the USA

1. Kendrick Lamar - Humble.
2. Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You
3. Bruno Mars - That's What I Like
4. Kendrick Lamar - DNA.
5. Future - Mask Off
6. KYLE Featuring Lil Yachty - iSpy
7. Zedd & Alessia Cara - Stay
8. The Chainsmokers & Coldplay - Something Just Like This
9. Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee Featuring Justin Bieber - Despacito
10. Lil Uzi Vert - XO TOUR Llif3

Top #10 R&B songs

1. Kendrick Lamar - Humble.
2. Bruno Mars - That's What I Like
3. Kendrick Lamar - DNA.
4. Future - Mask Off
5. KYLE Featuring Lil Yachty - iSpy
6. Lil Uzi Vert - XO TOUR Llif3
7. Kendrick Lamar Featuring Rihanna - Loyalty.
8. Post Malone Featuring Quavo - Congratulations
9. Kendrick Lamar - Element.
10. Kendrick Lamar Featuring Zacari - Love.

Top #5 Rock songs

1. Imagine Dragons - Believer
2. twenty one pilots - Heathens
3. Linkin Park Featuring Kiiara - Heavy
4. twenty one pilots - Ride
5. Lord Huron - The Night We Met

News articles

• 2017 Could Prove to Be a Turning Point for Plug-In Hybrids New models may help ease consumers’ fears of running out of power before they reach the charging station. [..]
• As ‘Brexit’ Tensions Rise, E.U. Proposal Targets London Finance Proposed technical changes hint that the European Commission may seek more centralized regulation, or location requirements, on a key financial product. [..]
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Stock Markets

• ExxonMobil XOM: opens at $82.29
• Apple AAPL: opens at $146.52
• Microsoft MSFT: opens at $69.03
• General Electric GE: opens at $29.27
• International Business Machines IBM: opens at $158.89

Exchange Rates

• 1 USD = 0.9104 EUR
• 1 USD = 112.519 JPY
• 1 USD = 0.7738 GBP
• 1 USD = 1.3492 AUD
• 1 USD = 1.3751 CAD