Historical Events In May - 04

1914  Abdel Karim Kassem, general/premier/dictator of Iraq (1958-63) on this day in history.   

1915  Italy drops Triple Alliance with Austria-Hungaryb &Germany on May - 04.   

1915  On May - 04 italy drops Triple Alliance with Austria-Hungaryb & Germany   

1915  On this day in history curt Conway, Boston MA, actor (Raw Deal)   

1916  On this day in history at request of US, Germany curtails its submarine warfare   

1916  On May - 04 maurice "Moe" Purtill, jazz drummer   

1917  Arabs sack Tel Aviv on this day in history.   

1917  On this day in history edward Toner Cone, composer   

1918  On May - 04 yankees set record with 8 sacrifices, beat Red Sox's Babe Ruth 5-4   

1918  On this day in history kakuei Tanaka, Japanese PM (1972-74), convicted of bribe-taking   

1919  FVC soccer team forms on this day in history.   

1919  1st legal Sunday baseball game in NYC (Phillies beat Giants 4-3) on May - 04.   

1919  On this day in history dimiter Petkov, composer   

1921  On May - 04 john van Kesteren, Dutch tenor (Komische Oper, West-Berlin)   

1922  KNX-AM in Los Angeles CA begins radio transmissions on this day in history.   

1922  John Paul Hammerschmidt, (Rep-R-AR, 1967- ) on this day in history.   

1923  Bloody street battles between Nazis, socialist &police in Vienna on this day in history.   

1923  New York state revokes Prohibition law on May - 04.   

1923  On the Alaska Peninsula a 7.1 earthquake happened one of the Largest Earthquakes in the United States on this day in history.   

1923  Bloody street battles between nazi's, socialist & police in Vienna on this day in history.   

1923  On May - 04 ed Cassidy, American musician (Spirit)   

1924  8th modern Olympic games open in Paris France on May - 04.   

1924  On this day in history german Republic election fascists &communists win   

1924  On May - 04 8th Olympic games open at Paris, France   

1924  Peter Aldersley, actor/disc jockey on May - 04.   

1925  On May - 04 league of Nations conference on arms control &poison gas usage   

1925  On May - 04 league of Nations conference on arms control & poison gas usage   

1925  Peter Blum, German/South African/English poet (Capricorn) on this day in history.   

1926  On this day in history general strike hits Britain   

1926  On May - 04 g Reinshagen, writer   

1927  Academy of Motion Picture Arts &Sciences forms on this day in history.   

1927  Nicaragua agrees to a US supervised presidential election in 1928 on this day in history.   

1927  The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is founded on this day in history.   

1927  The first balloon flight over 40,000 feet (Scott Field IL) on this day in history.   

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1006  On May - 04 birth of abd-Allah Ansari, Persian mystic/poet (Monadjat)   

1008  On May - 04 birth of khajeh Abdollah Ansari, The Persian Sufi (d. 1088)   

1008  King Henry I of France (d. 1060) was born on this day in history.   

1611  On this day in history birth of carlo Rainaldi, composer   

1631  On this day in history birth of mary I Henriette Stuart, daughter of Charles I/queen of England   

1635  Willem van Outhoorn, Dutch governor-general (Dutch East Indies) was born on May - 04.   

1654  On this day in history birth of kangxi Emperor of China (d. 1722)   

1655  Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder was born on this day in history.   

1436  Death of Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Swedish statesman (b. 1390s) on May - 04.   

1471  Death of Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (killed in battle) (b. 1453) on this day in history.   

1506  On this day in history death of husayn Bayqarah, ruler of Herat (b. 1438)   

1519  Death of Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (b. 1492) on May - 04.   

1566  Death of Luca Ghini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1490) on this day in history.   

1594  Paul Buys, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies at 62 on May - 04.   

1604  Claudio Merulo, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1605  Ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian biologist/medical, dies at 82 on this day in history.