Historical Events In May - 04

1990  On this day in history latvia's parliament votes 138-0 (1 abstention) for Independence   

1990  Pakistan beat Australia by 36 runs to win Austral-Asia Cup, Sharjah on May - 04.   

1990  Don Appell, dies on May - 04.   

1991  On this day in history aBC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Doug Kent   

1991  Actress Sharon Gless &producer Barney Rosenzeig wed on this day in history.   

1991  Morris K Udall (Representative-D-AZ), resigns due to Parkinson disease on this day in history.   

1991  President Bush is hospitalized for erratic heartbeat on May - 04.   

1991  On this day in history dennis Crosby, son of Bing, commits suicide at 54   

1992  Henri Guillemin, French historian, dies at 89 on this day in history.   

1994  On this day in history arsenal wins 34th Europe Cup II   

1994  On this day in history courtney Love cleared of drug charges   

1994  Karl Francis Hettinger, onion Field survivor, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1995  On May - 04 lewis T Preston, banker, dies at 68   

1996  Jean Crepin, soldier/industrialist, dies at 87 on May - 04.   

1997  Alvy Moore, actor/producer (Mr Kimball-Green Acres), dies at 75 on May - 04.   

2005  On May - 04 in one of the largest insurgent attacks in Iraq to date, at least 60 people have been killed and dozens wounded in a suicide bombing at a Kurdish police recruitment center in Irbil, northern Iraq.   

2006  A new coalition government takes office in Israel; its four political parties hold 67 of the 120 seats in the Knesset on May - 04.   

2007  On May - 04 executive Directive 51, which specifies the procedures for continuity of the federal government of the United States in the event of a "catastrophic emergency" signed by President George W. Bush   

2007  On this day in history tornado strikes Greensburg, Kansas, killing at least 12 and destroying about 90% of the town.   

2010  Nude, Green Leaves and Bust by Pablo Picasso sells in New York for US$106.5 million, setting another new world record for a work of art sold at auction on May - 04.   

2012  14 decapitated bodies and 9 hung from a bridge are found in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico on this day in history.   

2013  5 US soldiers are killed by a bomb in Kandahar, Afghanistan on this day in history.   

2014  Juan Carlos Varela is elected President of Panama on May - 04.   

2018  LA Angels 1st baseman Albert Pujols collects his 3,000th MLB hit in a 5-0 win v Mariners in Seattle on this day in history.   

2018  California overtakes Great Britain to become the worlds fifth largest economy on this day in history.   

2019  On this day in history coronation of King Vajiralongkorn of Thailand.   

2020  On May - 04 a team of British and Kenyan scientists announce the discovery of Microsporidia MB, a parasitic microbe in the Microsporidia fungi group that blocks mosquitos from carrying malaria, potentially paving the way for the control of malaria.   

2021  On May - 04 uS President Joe Biden announces new goal of 160 million people, nearly of 70% of adults, vaccinated by July 4   

2023  On this day in history actress and writer Carrie Fisher , best known as Princess Leia from the Star Wars films, is honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame [1]   

2023  On this day in history ed Sheeran found not guilty of copying Marvin Gaye ’s ‘Let’s Get It On" for his 2014 single “Thinking Out Loud" by a Manhattan federal jury; copyright infringement suit was filed by the heirs of Gaye's co-writer Ed Townsend [1]   

2023  On May - 04 a series of floods and landslides strikes villages in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, resulting in over 400 deaths.   

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1006  On this day in history birth of abd-Allah Ansari, Persian mystic/poet (Monadjat)   

1008  Khajeh Abdollah Ansari, The Persian Sufi (d. 1088) was born on this day in history.   

1008  King Henry I of France (d. 1060) was born on May - 04.   

1611  Carlo Rainaldi, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1635  On this day in history birth of willem van Outhoorn, Dutch governor-general (Dutch East Indies)   

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 May - 04.   

1436  On this day in history death of engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Swedish statesman (b. 1390s)   

1471  On May - 04 death of edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (killed in battle) (b. 1453)   

1506  Death of Husayn Bayqarah, ruler of Herat (b. 1438) on this day in history.   

1519  On May - 04 death of lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (b. 1492)   

1566  Death of Luca Ghini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1490) on May - 04.   

1594  On May - 04 paul Buys, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies at 62   

1604  On this day in history claudio Merulo, composer, dies at 71   

1605  On this day in history ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian biologist/medical, dies at 82