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 this day in history.   

1970  Premier Kosygin affirms existence Russian military advisors in Egypt on this day in history.   

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 May - 04.   

1971  On May - 04 mud slide buries part of St-Jean Vianney Quebec, killing 31 people; $1 million damage.   

1971  On this day in history donald Dexter Van Slyke, US chemist (Cyanosis), dies at 88   

1972  Vietcong forms revolutionary government in Quang Tri South Vietnam on May - 04.   

1973  Patriarch Shenuda II of Kopitisch church visits the pope on this day in history.   

1973  On May - 04 wings release "Red Rose Speedway" in UK   

1973  Jane Bowles, writer, dies at 56 on May - 04.   

1974  On this day in history israel Citkowitz, composer, dies at 65   

1975  On this day in history ed Bullins' "Taking of Miss Jane" premieres in NYC   

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  On May - 04 australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser says that Waltzing Matilda will be his country's national anthem at the upcoming Montreal Summer Olympic Games.   

1978  On May - 04 russian President Brezhnev visits West-Germany   

1979  On this day in history nASA launches Fltsatcom-2   

1979  The first woman prime minister of Great Britain (Margaret Thatcher) is elected on May - 04.   

1980  On May - 04 marshal Josip Broz Tito, president of Yugoslavia, dies   

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 May - 04 dave Kingman's fly ball never comes down (stuck in Metrodome ceiling)   

1984  On May - 04 diana Dors, actress (Berserk!), dies at 52 of cancer   

1986  On this day in history president Babrak Karmal resigns as party leader of Afghánistán   

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  US launches Magellan to Venus on this day in history.   

1989  On May - 04 uS space shuttle STS-30 launched   

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

1990  Angela Bowie reveals that ex husband David slept with Mick Jagger on this day in history.   

1990  Latvia declares its independence from the Soviet Union on this day in history.   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Next Page »

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

1008  On this day in history 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  Carlo Rainaldi, composer was born on May - 04.   

1631  Mary I Henriette Stuart, daughter of Charles I/queen of England was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1471  On this day in history death of edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (killed in battle) (b. 1453)   

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  On May - 04 paul Buys, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies at 62   

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

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