Page 8: Historical Events In May - 04

1970  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 on May - 04.   

1970  On May - 04 national Guard kills 4 at Kent State in Ohio   

1970  On May - 04 premier Kosygin affirms existence Russian military advisors in Egypt   

1970  Pulitzer prize awarded to Erik H Erikson (Gandhi's Truth) on May - 04.   

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

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

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

1972  Vietcong forms revolutionary government in Quang Tri South Vietnam on this day in history.   

1973  Patriarch Shenuda II of Kopitisch church visits the pope on May - 04.   

1973  On this day in history wings release "Red Rose Speedway" in UK   

1973  On May - 04 jane Bowles, writer, dies at 56   

1974  Israel Citkowitz, composer, dies at 65 on May - 04.   

1975  Ed Bullins' "Taking of Miss Jane" premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

1975  Gama Hernandez is born in Los Angeles California on this day in history.   

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  Russian President Brezhnev visits West-Germany on this day in history.   

1979  On May - 04 nASA launches Fltsatcom-2   

1979  The first woman prime minister of Great Britain (Margaret Thatcher) is elected on this day in history.   

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

1980  On this day in history josip Broz Tito, leader of Yugoslavia (1943-80), dies at 87   

1982  On this day in history british Destroyer HMS Sheffield off Falkland hit by Exocet rocket catches fire and later flounders, many sailors die   

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

1983  Nino Sanzogno, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1988  On this day in history uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR   

1989  On this day in history uS launches Magellan to Venus   

1989  On this day in history uS space shuttle STS-30 launched   

1989  On May - 04 white house aide Oliver North is convicted of charges from the Iran-Contra affair The three convictions are later overturned on appeal   

1990  On this day in history angela Bowie reveals that ex husband David slept with Mick Jagger   

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

1611  On May - 04 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 May - 04 birth of willem van Outhoorn, Dutch governor-general (Dutch East Indies)   

1654  Kangxi Emperor of China (d. 1722) was born on this day in history.   

1655  Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder was born on May - 04.   

1436  Death of Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Swedish statesman (b. 1390s) on this day in history.   

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 May - 04.   

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

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