Page 5: Historical Events In May - 04

1914  On May - 04 abdel Karim Kassem, general/premier/dictator of Iraq (1958-63)   

1915  On May - 04 italy drops Triple Alliance with Austria-Hungaryb &Germany   

1915  Italy drops Triple Alliance with Austria-Hungaryb & Germany on May - 04.   

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

1916  At request of US, Germany curtails its submarine warfare on May - 04.   

1916  Maurice "Moe" Purtill, jazz drummer on May - 04.   

1917  On this day in history arabs sack Tel Aviv   

1917  On May - 04 edward Toner Cone, composer   

1918  On this day in history yankees set record with 8 sacrifices, beat Red Sox's Babe Ruth 5-4   

1918  Kakuei Tanaka, Japanese PM (1972-74), convicted of bribe-taking on this day in history.   

1919  On this day in history fVC soccer team forms   

1919  On May - 04 1st legal Sunday baseball game in NYC (Phillies beat Giants 4-3)   

1919  On this day in history dimiter Petkov, composer   

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

1922  KNX-AM in Los Angeles CA begins radio transmissions on this day in history.   

1922  John Paul Hammerschmidt, (Rep-R-AR, 1967- ) on this day in history.   

1923  On May - 04 bloody street battles between Nazis, socialist &police in Vienna   

1923  New York state revokes Prohibition law on May - 04.   

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

1923  Bloody street battles between nazi's, socialist & police in Vienna on May - 04.   

1923  On this day in history ed Cassidy, American musician (Spirit)   

1924  On May - 04 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 May - 04.   

1924  Peter Aldersley, actor/disc jockey on May - 04.   

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

1925  On this day in history league of Nations conference on arms control & poison gas usage   

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

1926  On May - 04 general strike hits Britain   

1926  On May - 04 g Reinshagen, writer   

1927  On May - 04 academy of Motion Picture Arts &Sciences forms   

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

1927  On this day in history the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is founded   

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

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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  King Henry I of France (d. 1060) was born on May - 04.   

1611  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder   

1436  On May - 04 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  Death of Husayn Bayqarah, ruler of Herat (b. 1438) on this day in history.   

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

1604  Claudio Merulo, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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