Page 5: Historical Events In May - 04

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

1915  On May - 04 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 this day in history.   

1916  At request of US, Germany curtails its submarine warfare on this day in history.   

1916  On this day in history maurice "Moe" Purtill, jazz drummer   

1917  Arabs sack Tel Aviv on May - 04.   

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

1918  On May - 04 yankees set record with 8 sacrifices, beat Red Sox's Babe Ruth 5-4   

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

1919  On May - 04 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  On this day in history john Paul Hammerschmidt, (Rep-R-AR, 1967- )   

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

1923  New York state revokes Prohibition law on this day in history.   

1923  On the Alaska Peninsula a 7.1 earthquake happened one of the Largest Earthquakes in the United States on May - 04.   

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

1923  On May - 04 ed Cassidy, American musician (Spirit)   

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

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

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

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

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  Peter Blum, German/South African/English poet (Capricorn) on May - 04.   

1926  General strike hits Britain on this day in history.   

1926  G Reinshagen, writer on this day in history.   

1927  Academy of Motion Picture Arts &Sciences forms on this day in history.   

1927  Nicaragua agrees to a US supervised presidential election in 1928 on May - 04.   

1927  On May - 04 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 this day in history.   

1008  Khajeh Abdollah Ansari, The Persian Sufi (d. 1088) was born on this day in history.   

1008  On May - 04 birth of king Henry I of France (d. 1060)   

1611  Carlo Rainaldi, composer was born on May - 04.   

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 May - 04.   

1654  On this day in history birth of kangxi Emperor of China (d. 1722)   

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

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  On this day in history death of husayn Bayqarah, ruler of Herat (b. 1438)   

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 this day in history paul Buys, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies at 62   

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

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