Historical Events In May - 04
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1927 On this day in history 1st balloon flight over 40,000 feet (Scott Field, Ill)
1928 On May - 04 betsy Rawls, Spartanburg SC, golfer (US Womens Open-51, 53, 57, 60)
1928 Barry E Odell Pain, English writer (Punch), dies at 63 on this day in history.
1929 Lou Gehrig hits 3 consecutive HRs, Yankees 11, Tigers 9 on May - 04.
1929 On this day in history audrey Hepburn, Brussels Belg, (Breakfast at Tiffany's, My Fair Lady)
1929 On this day in history henry Morton Dunham, composer, dies at 75
1930 On May - 04 roberta Peters, NYC, operatic soprano (NY Met)
1931 Mustafa Kemal Pasja becomes Turkish president on May - 04.
1931 On this day in history ed Cassidy, drummer (Spirit-I Got A Line on You)
1932 On this day in history al Capone, convict of income tax evasion, enters Atlanta Penitentiary
1932 On this day in history mobster Al Capone enters the Atlanta federal penitentary to begin serving a term for income tax evasion
1932 On May - 04 fausto Razzi, composer
1933 Pulitzer prize awarded to Archibald Macleish (Conquistador) on this day in history.
1933 J. Fred Duckett, Texan sports announcer and teacher on this day in history.
1934 In the Chugach Mountains, Alaska 7.1 quake happened another one of the Largest Earthquakes in the United States on May - 04.
1934 On this day in history pete Barbutti, Scranton Pa, comedian (Garry Moore Show)
1935 On May - 04 61st Kentucky Derby: Willie Saunders aboard Omaha wins in 2:05
1936 Pulitzer prize awarded to Harold L Davis (Honey in the Horn) on this day in history.
1936 On this day in history the birth of Audrey Hepburn, Dutch born film actress
1936 On May - 04 el Cordobés, Spanish matador
1937 On May - 04 hans Ulrich Lehmann, composer
1938 On May - 04 douglas Hyde (a protestant) becomes first president of Eire
1938 Douglas Hyde (a protestant) becomes 1st president of Eire on this day in history.
1938 On May - 04 carl von Ossietzky, German pacifist/writer (Nobel 1935), dies at 48
1940 21 "not neutral" Nazis &communists arrested in Netherlands on this day in history.
1940 On this day in history 21 "not neutral" nazis & communists arrested in Netherlands
1942 On May - 04 battle of Coral Sea begun (1st sea battle fought solely in air)
1942 Food first rationed in US on May - 04.
1942 German occupiers imprison 450 prominent Dutch as hostages on this day in history.
1942 On this day in history pulitzer prize awarded to Ellen Glasgow (In this our Life)
1942 The Battle of the Coral Sea, a WWII clash fought entirely with carrier aircraft, began today on this day in history.
1943 NL Ford Frick demonstrates revised balata ball to reporters by bouncing it on his office carpet ball proves to be 50% livelier on May - 04.
1944 RCAF kills three German U-boats in under a month on this day in history.
1945 On May - 04 german troops in Netherlands, Denmark &Norway surrender
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