Historical Events In May - 04

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

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

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

1915  On May - 04 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  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  On this day in history fVC soccer team forms   

1919  On this day in history 1st legal Sunday baseball game in NYC (Phillies beat Giants 4-3)   

1919  On May - 04 dimiter Petkov, composer   

1921  John van Kesteren, Dutch tenor (Komische Oper, West-Berlin) on May - 04.   

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

1922  On this day in history john Paul Hammerschmidt, (Rep-R-AR, 1967- )   

1923  Bloody street battles between Nazis, socialist &police in Vienna on May - 04.   

1923  On May - 04 new York state revokes Prohibition law   

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

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

1923  Ed Cassidy, American musician (Spirit) on May - 04.   

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  On this day in history peter Aldersley, actor/disc jockey   

1925  On this day in history 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 May - 04.   

1926  On May - 04 g Reinshagen, writer   

1927  On this day in history academy of Motion Picture Arts &Sciences forms   

1927  On this day in history nicaragua agrees to a US supervised presidential election in 1928   

1927  The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is founded on May - 04.   

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

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1006  Abd-Allah Ansari, Persian mystic/poet (Monadjat) was born on this day in history.   

1008  On this day in history birth of khajeh Abdollah Ansari, The Persian Sufi (d. 1088)   

1008  On May - 04 birth of king Henry I of France (d. 1060)   

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

1631  Mary I Henriette Stuart, daughter of Charles I/queen of England was born on this day in history.   

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  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  Death of Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (b. 1492) on this day in history.   

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 May - 04.   

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