Historical Events In May - 04

1914  Abdel Karim Kassem, general/premier/dictator of Iraq (1958-63) on May - 04.   

1915  On this day in history italy drops Triple Alliance with Austria-Hungaryb &Germany   

1915  On this day in history italy drops Triple Alliance with Austria-Hungaryb & Germany   

1915  Curt Conway, Boston MA, actor (Raw Deal) on May - 04.   

1916  On this day in history at request of US, Germany curtails its submarine warfare   

1916  Maurice "Moe" Purtill, jazz drummer on this day in history.   

1917  On May - 04 arabs sack Tel Aviv   

1917  Edward Toner Cone, composer on May - 04.   

1918  Yankees set record with 8 sacrifices, beat Red Sox's Babe Ruth 5-4 on May - 04.   

1918  On this day in history kakuei Tanaka, Japanese PM (1972-74), convicted of bribe-taking   

1919  On this day in history fVC soccer team forms   

1919  On this day in history 1st legal Sunday baseball game in NYC (Phillies beat Giants 4-3)   

1919  Dimiter Petkov, composer on this day in history.   

1921  On this day in history john van Kesteren, Dutch tenor (Komische Oper, West-Berlin)   

1922  On this day in history kNX-AM in Los Angeles CA begins radio transmissions   

1922  On May - 04 john Paul Hammerschmidt, (Rep-R-AR, 1967- )   

1923  On this day in history bloody street battles between Nazis, socialist &police in Vienna   

1923  On May - 04 new York state revokes Prohibition law   

1923  On this day in history on the Alaska Peninsula a 7.1 earthquake happened one of the Largest Earthquakes in the United States   

1923  On this day in history bloody street battles between nazi's, socialist & police in Vienna   

1923  Ed Cassidy, American musician (Spirit) on this day in history.   

1924  On this day in history 8th modern Olympic games open in Paris France   

1924  German Republic election fascists &communists win on this day in history.   

1924  8th Olympic games open at Paris, France on this day in history.   

1924  On May - 04 peter Aldersley, actor/disc jockey   

1925  League of Nations conference on arms control &poison gas usage on this day in history.   

1925  League of Nations conference on arms control & poison gas usage on May - 04.   

1925  Peter Blum, German/South African/English poet (Capricorn) on this day in history.   

1926  On this day in history general strike hits Britain   

1926  G Reinshagen, writer on this day in history.   

1927  Academy of Motion Picture Arts &Sciences forms on May - 04.   

1927  On this day in history nicaragua agrees to a US supervised presidential election in 1928   

1927  The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is founded on May - 04.   

1927  On this day in history the first balloon flight over 40,000 feet (Scott Field IL)   

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1006  On this day in history birth of abd-Allah Ansari, Persian mystic/poet (Monadjat)   

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 this day in history.   

1611  Carlo Rainaldi, composer was born on this day in history.   

1631  On this day in history 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 May - 04.   

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

1655  On this day in history birth of bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder   

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 this day in history.   

1519  On this day in history death of lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (b. 1492)   

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

1605  Ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian biologist/medical, dies at 82 on this day in history.