Historical Events In May - 04

1990  Latvia's parliament votes 138-0 (1 abstention) for Independence on this day in history.   

1990  Pakistan beat Australia by 36 runs to win Austral-Asia Cup, Sharjah on this day in history.   

1990  Don Appell, dies on this day in history.   

1991  On this day in history aBC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Doug Kent   

1991  On this day in history actress Sharon Gless &producer Barney Rosenzeig wed   

1991  On May - 04 morris K Udall (Representative-D-AZ), resigns due to Parkinson disease   

1991  On this day in history president Bush is hospitalized for erratic heartbeat   

1991  On May - 04 dennis Crosby, son of Bing, commits suicide at 54   

1992  On this day in history henri Guillemin, French historian, dies at 89   

1994  Arsenal wins 34th Europe Cup II on May - 04.   

1994  On this day in history courtney Love cleared of drug charges   

1994  Karl Francis Hettinger, onion Field survivor, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1995  On May - 04 lewis T Preston, banker, dies at 68   

1996  Jean Crepin, soldier/industrialist, dies at 87 on May - 04.   

1997  Alvy Moore, actor/producer (Mr Kimball-Green Acres), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

2005  In one of the largest insurgent attacks in Iraq to date, at least 60 people have been killed and dozens wounded in a suicide bombing at a Kurdish police recruitment center in Irbil, northern Iraq on May - 04.   

2006  On this day in history a new coalition government takes office in Israel; its four political parties hold 67 of the 120 seats in the Knesset.   

2007  On this day in history executive Directive 51, which specifies the procedures for continuity of the federal government of the United States in the event of a "catastrophic emergency" signed by President George W. Bush   

2007  Tornado strikes Greensburg, Kansas, killing at least 12 and destroying about 90% of the town on this day in history.   

2010  Nude, Green Leaves and Bust by Pablo Picasso sells in New York for US$106.5 million, setting another new world record for a work of art sold at auction on May - 04.   

2012  14 decapitated bodies and 9 hung from a bridge are found in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico on May - 04.   

2013  On May - 04 5 US soldiers are killed by a bomb in Kandahar, Afghanistan   

2014  Juan Carlos Varela is elected President of Panama on May - 04.   

2018  On May - 04 lA Angels 1st baseman Albert Pujols collects his 3,000th MLB hit in a 5-0 win v Mariners in Seattle   

2018  On May - 04 california overtakes Great Britain to become the worlds fifth largest economy   

2019  Coronation of King Vajiralongkorn of Thailand on May - 04.   

2020  On this day in history a team of British and Kenyan scientists announce the discovery of Microsporidia MB, a parasitic microbe in the Microsporidia fungi group that blocks mosquitos from carrying malaria, potentially paving the way for the control of malaria.   

2021  US President Joe Biden announces new goal of 160 million people, nearly of 70% of adults, vaccinated by July 4 on this day in history.   

2023  On this day in history actress and writer Carrie Fisher , best known as Princess Leia from the Star Wars films, is honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame [1]   

2023  Ed Sheeran found not guilty of copying Marvin Gaye ’s ‘Let’s Get It On" for his 2014 single “Thinking Out Loud" by a Manhattan federal jury; copyright infringement suit was filed by the heirs of Gaye's co-writer Ed Townsend [1] on May - 04.   

2023  A series of floods and landslides strikes villages in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, resulting in over 400 deaths on this day in history.   

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

1008  On May - 04 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 this day in history.   

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

1655  On May - 04 birth of bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder   

1436  On this day in history death of engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Swedish statesman (b. 1390s)   

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

1506  Death of Husayn Bayqarah, ruler of Herat (b. 1438) on May - 04.   

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 May - 04.   

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