Page 6: Historical Events In May - 04

1927  On May - 04 1st balloon flight over 40,000 feet (Scott Field, Ill)   

1928  Betsy Rawls, Spartanburg SC, golfer (US Womens Open-51, 53, 57, 60) on May - 04.   

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  On this day in history audrey Hepburn, Brussels Belg, (Breakfast at Tiffany's, My Fair Lady)   

1929  Henry Morton Dunham, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1932  On this day in history al Capone, convict of income tax evasion, enters Atlanta Penitentiary   

1932  On this day in history mobster Al Capone enters the Atlanta federal penitentary to begin serving a term for income tax evasion   

1932  On this day in history fausto Razzi, composer   

1933  On May - 04 pulitzer prize awarded to Archibald Macleish (Conquistador)   

1933  On May - 04 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 this day in history.   

1934  On this day in history pete Barbutti, Scranton Pa, comedian (Garry Moore Show)   

1935  61st Kentucky Derby: Willie Saunders aboard Omaha wins in 2:05 on May - 04.   

1936  On this day in history pulitzer prize awarded to Harold L Davis (Honey in the Horn)   

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

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

1937  On May - 04 hans Ulrich Lehmann, composer   

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  On this day in history 21 "not neutral" Nazis &communists arrested in Netherlands   

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

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

1942  Food first rationed in US on May - 04.   

1942  On May - 04 german occupiers imprison 450 prominent Dutch as hostages   

1942  On May - 04 pulitzer prize awarded to Ellen Glasgow (In this our Life)   

1942  On May - 04 the Battle of the Coral Sea, a WWII clash fought entirely with carrier aircraft, began today   

1943  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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 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  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 May - 04.   

1635  Willem van Outhoorn, Dutch governor-general (Dutch East Indies) was born on May - 04.   

1654  On May - 04 birth of kangxi Emperor of China (d. 1722)   

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 May - 04.   

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

1506  On May - 04 death of husayn Bayqarah, ruler of Herat (b. 1438)   

1519  Death of Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (b. 1492) on May - 04.   

1566  On this day in history 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 May - 04.   

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