Page 6: Historical Events In May - 04

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

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

1928  Barry E Odell Pain, English writer (Punch), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1929  Lou Gehrig hits 3 consecutive HRs, Yankees 11, Tigers 9 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history roberta Peters, NYC, operatic soprano (NY Met)   

1931  On May - 04 mustafa Kemal Pasja becomes Turkish president   

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

1932  Al Capone, convict of income tax evasion, enters Atlanta Penitentiary on May - 04.   

1932  Mobster Al Capone enters the Atlanta federal penitentary to begin serving a term for income tax evasion on this day in history.   

1932  Fausto Razzi, composer on May - 04.   

1933  Pulitzer prize awarded to Archibald Macleish (Conquistador) on May - 04.   

1933  J. Fred Duckett, Texan sports announcer and teacher on May - 04.   

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  On May - 04 pete Barbutti, Scranton Pa, comedian (Garry Moore Show)   

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

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

1936  On this day in history the birth of Audrey Hepburn, Dutch born film actress   

1936  El Cordobés, Spanish matador on May - 04.   

1937  On this day in history hans Ulrich Lehmann, composer   

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

1938  Douglas Hyde (a protestant) becomes 1st president of Eire on May - 04.   

1938  Carl von Ossietzky, German pacifist/writer (Nobel 1935), dies at 48 on May - 04.   

1940  On this day in history 21 "not neutral" Nazis &communists arrested in Netherlands   

1940  21 "not neutral" nazis & communists arrested in Netherlands on this day in history.   

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

1942  Food first rationed in US on May - 04.   

1942  On May - 04 german occupiers imprison 450 prominent Dutch as hostages   

1942  Pulitzer prize awarded to Ellen Glasgow (In this our Life) on May - 04.   

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

1943  On May - 04 nL Ford Frick demonstrates revised balata ball to reporters by bouncing it on his office carpet ball proves to be 50% livelier   

1944  On May - 04 rCAF kills three German U-boats in under a month.   

1945  German troops in Netherlands, Denmark &Norway surrender on May - 04.   

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

1008  Khajeh Abdollah Ansari, The Persian Sufi (d. 1088) was born on May - 04.   

1008  King Henry I of France (d. 1060) was born on May - 04.   

1611  Carlo Rainaldi, composer was born on this day in history.   

1631  On this day in history birth of mary I Henriette Stuart, daughter of Charles I/queen of England   

1635  On this day in history birth of willem van Outhoorn, Dutch governor-general (Dutch East Indies)   

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

1655  Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder was born on this day in history.   

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 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 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  Claudio Merulo, composer, dies at 71 on May - 04.   

1605  Ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian biologist/medical, dies at 82 on May - 04.