a London newspaper ad to congratulate her for becoming the UK's prime minister, according to StarWars.com. It said, 'May the Fourth Be With You, Maggie. Congratulations."

But Star Wars Day didn't really take off until about three years ago, when the Toronto Underground Cinema started celebrating it in 2011 at an event that featured a costume contest with celebrity judges, as well as a marathon of Star Wars tribute films, mash-ups and parodies, according to International Business Times.

Here's a look at some of our favorite May 4th references, which made the rounds online Sunday:

Southwest Airlines

Oreo

This milk was way too cold for a golden bikini. #MayThe4th pic.twitter.com/vRtOewcgCM — Oreo Cookie (@Oreo) May 4, 2014

Windows

Starbucks

Hormel Bacon





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Nissan Juke ad

Crayola

Post by Crayola.

Smithsonian

He's from a galaxy far farA Drexel University graduate is accused of murdering a current student's boyfriend after he interrupted the couple's fight on the outskirts of the university's campus late Tuesday night.

Joseph Howanski, 24, is jailed on murder, reckless endangerment, and weapon charges after police say he shot 21-year-old Merlos Mukaj along the 3500 block of Lancaster Avenue late Tuesday night.

Mukaj and his girlfriend, a 22-year-old Drexel student from Chester County, got into a heated argument around 11:40 p.m. Tuesday when Howanski allegedly intervened, authorities said.

"They definitely didn’t know each other," said Lt. John Walker, of Philadelphia Police's Southwest Detectives division. "It just appears to be an argument between the male and the female and, it looks like, he intervenes in that argument and for some reason pulls his gun and fires