Historical Events In May - 04

1970  On May - 04 four students are killed at Kent State University by Ohio National Guardsmen during an anti-war protest They are immortalized in the song "Ohio" by Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young   

1970  National Guard kills 4 at Kent State in Ohio on May - 04.   

1970  Premier Kosygin affirms existence Russian military advisors in Egypt on May - 04.   

1970  Pulitzer prize awarded to Erik H Erikson (Gandhi's Truth) on this day in history.   

1970  On this day in history 4 students, at Kent State University killed by Ohio National Guard   

1971  On this day in history mud slide buries part of St-Jean Vianney Quebec, killing 31 people; $1 million damage.   

1971  Donald Dexter Van Slyke, US chemist (Cyanosis), dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1972  On this day in history vietcong forms revolutionary government in Quang Tri South Vietnam   

1973  On this day in history patriarch Shenuda II of Kopitisch church visits the pope   

1973  Wings release "Red Rose Speedway" in UK on this day in history.   

1973  On this day in history jane Bowles, writer, dies at 56   

1974  On May - 04 israel Citkowitz, composer, dies at 65   

1975  Ed Bullins' "Taking of Miss Jane" premieres in NYC on May - 04.   

1975  On this day in history gama Hernandez is born in Los Angeles California   

1975  Moe Howard, [Moses Horowitz], comedian (3 Stooges), dies at 77 on May - 04.   

1976  Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser says that Waltzing Matilda will be his country's national anthem at the upcoming Montreal Summer Olympic Games on this day in history.   

1978  On this day in history russian President Brezhnev visits West-Germany   

1979  NASA launches Fltsatcom-2 on May - 04.   

1979  On this day in history the first woman prime minister of Great Britain (Margaret Thatcher) is elected   

1980  Marshal Josip Broz Tito, president of Yugoslavia, dies on this day in history.   

1980  Josip Broz Tito, leader of Yugoslavia (1943-80), dies at 87 on May - 04.   

1982  On May - 04 british Destroyer HMS Sheffield off Falkland hit by Exocet rocket catches fire and later flounders, many sailors die   

1983  On May - 04 china People's Republic performs nuclear test at Lop Nor People's Rebublic of China   

1983  On May - 04 nino Sanzogno, composer, dies at 72   

1984  On this day in history dave Kingman's fly ball never comes down (stuck in Metrodome ceiling)   

1984  On this day in history diana Dors, actress (Berserk!), dies at 52 of cancer   

1986  President Babrak Karmal resigns as party leader of Afghánistán on May - 04.   

1987  Cathryn Damon, actress (Mary Campbell-Soap), dies at 56 on May - 04.   

1988  On May - 04 uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR   

1989  On this day in history uS launches Magellan to Venus   

1989  US space shuttle STS-30 launched on this day in history.   

1989  On this day in history white house aide Oliver North is convicted of charges from the Iran-Contra affair The three convictions are later overturned on appeal   

1990  Angela Bowie reveals that ex husband David slept with Mick Jagger on May - 04.   

1990  On May - 04 latvia declares its independence from the Soviet Union   

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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 May - 04.   

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  On May - 04 birth of mary I Henriette Stuart, daughter of Charles I/queen of England   

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

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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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  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  On this day in history claudio Merulo, composer, dies at 71   

1605  Ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian biologist/medical, dies at 82 on May - 04.