Page 6: Historical Events In May - 04

1927  1st balloon flight over 40,000 feet (Scott Field, Ill) on this day in history.   

1928  Betsy Rawls, Spartanburg SC, golfer (US Womens Open-51, 53, 57, 60) on this day in history.   

1928  On May - 04 barry E Odell Pain, English writer (Punch), dies at 63   

1929  On this day in history lou Gehrig hits 3 consecutive HRs, Yankees 11, Tigers 9   

1929  On this day in history audrey Hepburn, Brussels Belg, (Breakfast at Tiffany's, My Fair Lady)   

1929  On May - 04 henry Morton Dunham, composer, dies at 75   

1930  Roberta Peters, NYC, operatic soprano (NY Met) on this day in history.   

1931  Mustafa Kemal Pasja becomes Turkish president on this day in history.   

1931  On this day in history ed Cassidy, drummer (Spirit-I Got A Line on You)   

1932  On May - 04 al Capone, convict of income tax evasion, enters Atlanta Penitentiary   

1932  Mobster Al Capone enters the Atlanta federal penitentary to begin serving a term for income tax evasion on May - 04.   

1932  On this day in history fausto Razzi, composer   

1933  On May - 04 pulitzer prize awarded to Archibald Macleish (Conquistador)   

1933  On this day in history j. Fred Duckett, Texan sports announcer and teacher   

1934  In the Chugach Mountains, Alaska 7.1 quake happened another one of the Largest Earthquakes in the United States on this day in history.   

1934  Pete Barbutti, Scranton Pa, comedian (Garry Moore Show) on May - 04.   

1935  On this day in history 61st Kentucky Derby: Willie Saunders aboard Omaha wins in 2:05   

1936  On this day in history pulitzer prize awarded to Harold L Davis (Honey in the Horn)   

1936  The birth of Audrey Hepburn, Dutch born film actress on May - 04.   

1936  El Cordobés, Spanish matador on this day in history.   

1937  On May - 04 hans Ulrich Lehmann, composer   

1938  On this day in history douglas Hyde (a protestant) becomes first president of Eire   

1938  On this day in history douglas Hyde (a protestant) becomes 1st president of Eire   

1938  On May - 04 carl von Ossietzky, German pacifist/writer (Nobel 1935), dies at 48   

1940  21 "not neutral" Nazis &communists arrested in Netherlands on May - 04.   

1940  On May - 04 21 "not neutral" nazis & communists arrested in Netherlands   

1942  On May - 04 battle of Coral Sea begun (1st sea battle fought solely in air)   

1942  On May - 04 food first rationed in US   

1942  German occupiers imprison 450 prominent Dutch as hostages on May - 04.   

1942  On May - 04 pulitzer prize awarded to Ellen Glasgow (In this our Life)   

1942  The Battle of the Coral Sea, a WWII clash fought entirely with carrier aircraft, began today on this day in history.   

1943  NL Ford Frick demonstrates revised balata ball to reporters by bouncing it on his office carpet ball proves to be 50% livelier on this day in history.   

1944  On this day in history rCAF kills three German U-boats in under a month.   

1945  German troops in Netherlands, Denmark &Norway surrender on this day in history.   

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1006  On this day in history birth of abd-Allah Ansari, Persian mystic/poet (Monadjat)   

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 May - 04.   

1631  Mary I Henriette Stuart, daughter of Charles I/queen of England was born on this day in history.   

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  On May - 04 death of engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Swedish statesman (b. 1390s)   

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

1566  Death of Luca Ghini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1490) on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian biologist/medical, dies at 82