Page 5: Historical Events In May - 04

1914  Abdel Karim Kassem, general/premier/dictator of Iraq (1958-63) on May - 04.   

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

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

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  Maurice "Moe" Purtill, jazz drummer on this day in history.   

1917  Arabs sack Tel Aviv on May - 04.   

1917  On May - 04 edward Toner Cone, composer   

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

1918  On this day in history kakuei Tanaka, Japanese PM (1972-74), convicted of bribe-taking   

1919  On this day in history fVC soccer team forms   

1919  On this day in history 1st legal Sunday baseball game in NYC (Phillies beat Giants 4-3)   

1919  Dimiter Petkov, composer on May - 04.   

1921  John van Kesteren, Dutch tenor (Komische Oper, West-Berlin) on this day in history.   

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  Bloody street battles between Nazis, socialist &police in Vienna on May - 04.   

1923  On this day in history new York state revokes Prohibition law   

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

1924  German Republic election fascists &communists win on this day in history.   

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

1924  Peter Aldersley, actor/disc jockey on this day in history.   

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

1925  League of Nations conference on arms control & poison gas usage on this day in history.   

1925  Peter Blum, German/South African/English poet (Capricorn) on May - 04.   

1926  On May - 04 general strike hits Britain   

1926  On this day in history g Reinshagen, writer   

1927  Academy of Motion Picture Arts &Sciences forms on May - 04.   

1927  On this day in history 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  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  King Henry I of France (d. 1060) was born on this day in history.   

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  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  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  Death of Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (killed in battle) (b. 1453) on this day in history.   

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

1519  Death of Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (b. 1492) on this day in history.   

1566  On May - 04 death of luca Ghini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1490)   

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  Ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian biologist/medical, dies at 82 on May - 04.