Page 5: Historical Events In May - 04

1914  On this day in history abdel Karim Kassem, general/premier/dictator of Iraq (1958-63)   

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

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

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

1916  On May - 04 at request of US, Germany curtails its submarine warfare   

1916  On May - 04 maurice "Moe" Purtill, jazz drummer   

1917  On May - 04 arabs sack Tel Aviv   

1917  Edward Toner Cone, composer on this day in history.   

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

1918  On May - 04 kakuei Tanaka, Japanese PM (1972-74), convicted of bribe-taking   

1919  FVC soccer team forms on this day in history.   

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

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  KNX-AM in Los Angeles CA begins radio transmissions on May - 04.   

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

1923  Bloody street battles between Nazis, socialist &police in Vienna on this day in history.   

1923  On this day in history 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 May - 04 bloody street battles between nazi's, socialist & police in Vienna   

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

1924  8th modern Olympic games open in Paris France on May - 04.   

1924  German Republic election fascists &communists win on May - 04.   

1924  On May - 04 8th Olympic games open at Paris, France   

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

1925  On May - 04 peter Blum, German/South African/English poet (Capricorn)   

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 this day in history.   

1927  On May - 04 nicaragua agrees to a US supervised presidential election in 1928   

1927  On May - 04 the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is founded   

1927  The first balloon flight over 40,000 feet (Scott Field IL) on this day in history.   

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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  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 May - 04 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 this day in history.   

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  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 May - 04 death of luca Ghini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1490)   

1594  Paul Buys, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1604  On this day in history claudio Merulo, composer, dies at 71   

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