Page 5: Historical Events In May - 04

1914  On this day in history abdel Karim Kassem, general/premier/dictator of Iraq (1958-63)   

1915  Italy drops Triple Alliance with Austria-Hungaryb &Germany on this day in history.   

1915  On this day in history italy drops Triple Alliance with Austria-Hungaryb & Germany   

1915  Curt Conway, Boston MA, actor (Raw Deal) on May - 04.   

1916  At request of US, Germany curtails its submarine warfare on May - 04.   

1916  On this day in history maurice "Moe" Purtill, jazz drummer   

1917  On May - 04 arabs sack Tel Aviv   

1917  On May - 04 edward Toner Cone, composer   

1918  Yankees set record with 8 sacrifices, beat Red Sox's Babe Ruth 5-4 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1919  Dimiter Petkov, composer on this day in history.   

1921  On this day in history john van Kesteren, Dutch tenor (Komische Oper, West-Berlin)   

1922  KNX-AM in Los Angeles CA begins radio transmissions on May - 04.   

1922  On May - 04 john Paul Hammerschmidt, (Rep-R-AR, 1967- )   

1923  On May - 04 bloody street battles between Nazis, socialist &police in Vienna   

1923  On this day in history new York state revokes Prohibition law   

1923  On May - 04 on the Alaska Peninsula a 7.1 earthquake happened one of the Largest Earthquakes in the United States   

1923  On May - 04 bloody street battles between nazi's, socialist & police in Vienna   

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

1924  On this day in history 8th modern Olympic games open in Paris France   

1924  German Republic election fascists &communists win on this day in history.   

1924  On this day in history 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 May - 04.   

1926  General strike hits Britain on this day in history.   

1926  On this day in history g Reinshagen, writer   

1927  On May - 04 academy of Motion Picture Arts &Sciences forms   

1927  On May - 04 nicaragua agrees to a US supervised presidential election in 1928   

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

1927  On May - 04 the first balloon flight over 40,000 feet (Scott Field IL)   

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1006  Abd-Allah Ansari, Persian mystic/poet (Monadjat) was born on May - 04.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1631  On May - 04 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  Kangxi Emperor of China (d. 1722) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1471  Death of Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (killed in battle) (b. 1453) on May - 04.   

1506  Death of Husayn Bayqarah, ruler of Herat (b. 1438) on May - 04.   

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

1604  Claudio Merulo, composer, dies at 71 on May - 04.   

1605  On May - 04 ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian biologist/medical, dies at 82