Historical Events In May - 04

1927  On May - 04 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  On this day in history barry E Odell Pain, English writer (Punch), dies at 63   

1929  Lou Gehrig hits 3 consecutive HRs, Yankees 11, Tigers 9 on May - 04.   

1929  Audrey Hepburn, Brussels Belg, (Breakfast at Tiffany's, My Fair Lady) on May - 04.   

1929  Henry Morton Dunham, composer, dies at 75 on May - 04.   

1930  On May - 04 roberta Peters, NYC, operatic soprano (NY Met)   

1931  On this day in history mustafa Kemal Pasja becomes Turkish president   

1931  Ed Cassidy, drummer (Spirit-I Got A Line on You) on this day in history.   

1932  Al Capone, convict of income tax evasion, enters Atlanta Penitentiary on this day in history.   

1932  Mobster Al Capone enters the Atlanta federal penitentary to begin serving a term for income tax evasion on May - 04.   

1932  Fausto Razzi, composer on May - 04.   

1933  Pulitzer prize awarded to Archibald Macleish (Conquistador) on this day in history.   

1933  On this day in history j. Fred Duckett, Texan sports announcer and teacher   

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 this day in history 61st Kentucky Derby: Willie Saunders aboard Omaha wins in 2:05   

1936  On May - 04 pulitzer prize awarded to Harold L Davis (Honey in the Horn)   

1936  On May - 04 the birth of Audrey Hepburn, Dutch born film actress   

1936  El Cordobés, Spanish matador on this day in history.   

1937  Hans Ulrich Lehmann, composer on May - 04.   

1938  On this day in history douglas Hyde (a protestant) becomes first president of Eire   

1938  Douglas Hyde (a protestant) becomes 1st president of Eire on May - 04.   

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 May - 04.   

1940  21 "not neutral" nazis & communists arrested in Netherlands on this day in history.   

1942  Battle of Coral Sea begun (1st sea battle fought solely in air) on this day in history.   

1942  Food first rationed in US on May - 04.   

1942  On this day in history german occupiers imprison 450 prominent Dutch as hostages   

1942  On this day in history pulitzer prize awarded to Ellen Glasgow (In this our Life)   

1942  On this day in history the Battle of the Coral Sea, a WWII clash fought entirely with carrier aircraft, began today   

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  On May - 04 rCAF kills three German U-boats in under a month.   

1945  German troops in Netherlands, Denmark &Norway surrender on May - 04.   

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

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

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

1635  Willem van Outhoorn, Dutch governor-general (Dutch East Indies) was born on this day in history.   

1654  Kangxi Emperor of China (d. 1722) was born on May - 04.   

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  On this day in history death of edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (killed in battle) (b. 1453)   

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  On May - 04 death of luca Ghini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1490)   

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

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

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