Page 6: Historical Events In May - 04

1927  On this day in history 1st balloon flight over 40,000 feet (Scott Field, Ill)   

1928  On this day in history 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  On this day in history lou Gehrig hits 3 consecutive HRs, Yankees 11, Tigers 9   

1929  Audrey Hepburn, Brussels Belg, (Breakfast at Tiffany's, My Fair Lady) on this day in history.   

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

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

1931  Mustafa Kemal Pasja becomes Turkish president on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1932  On this day in history fausto Razzi, composer   

1933  Pulitzer prize awarded to Archibald Macleish (Conquistador) on May - 04.   

1933  J. Fred Duckett, Texan sports announcer and teacher on this day in history.   

1934  On May - 04 in the Chugach Mountains, Alaska 7.1 quake happened another one of the Largest Earthquakes in the United States   

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  Pulitzer prize awarded to Harold L Davis (Honey in the Horn) on May - 04.   

1936  The birth of Audrey Hepburn, Dutch born film actress on May - 04.   

1936  On this day in history el Cordobés, Spanish matador   

1937  Hans Ulrich Lehmann, composer on May - 04.   

1938  Douglas Hyde (a protestant) becomes first president of Eire on this day in history.   

1938  Douglas Hyde (a protestant) becomes 1st president of Eire on this day in history.   

1938  Carl von Ossietzky, German pacifist/writer (Nobel 1935), dies at 48 on May - 04.   

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

1940  21 "not neutral" nazis & communists arrested in Netherlands on May - 04.   

1942  Battle of Coral Sea begun (1st sea battle fought solely in air) on May - 04.   

1942  Food first rationed in US on May - 04.   

1942  German occupiers imprison 450 prominent Dutch as hostages on this day in history.   

1942  Pulitzer prize awarded to Ellen Glasgow (In this our Life) on May - 04.   

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

1943  On May - 04 nL Ford Frick demonstrates revised balata ball to reporters by bouncing it on his office carpet ball proves to be 50% livelier   

1944  RCAF kills three German U-boats in under a month on May - 04.   

1945  On May - 04 german troops in Netherlands, Denmark &Norway surrender   

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

1008  On May - 04 birth of khajeh Abdollah Ansari, The Persian Sufi (d. 1088)   

1008  On this day in history birth of king Henry I of France (d. 1060)   

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

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

1635  On May - 04 birth of willem van Outhoorn, Dutch governor-general (Dutch East Indies)   

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

1655  On May - 04 birth of bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder   

1436  Death of Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Swedish statesman (b. 1390s) on May - 04.   

1471  Death of Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (killed in battle) (b. 1453) on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history death of luca Ghini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1490)   

1594  Paul Buys, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies at 62 on May - 04.   

1604  On May - 04 claudio Merulo, composer, dies at 71   

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