Historical Events In May - 04

1970  Four students are killed at Kent State University by Ohio National Guardsmen during an anti-war protest They are immortalized in the song "Ohio" by Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young on this day in history.   

1970  On May - 04 national Guard kills 4 at Kent State in Ohio   

1970  Premier Kosygin affirms existence Russian military advisors in Egypt on this day in history.   

1970  On this day in history pulitzer prize awarded to Erik H Erikson (Gandhi's Truth)   

1970  4 students, at Kent State University killed by Ohio National Guard on May - 04.   

1971  On this day in history mud slide buries part of St-Jean Vianney Quebec, killing 31 people; $1 million damage.   

1971  Donald Dexter Van Slyke, US chemist (Cyanosis), dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1972  On May - 04 vietcong forms revolutionary government in Quang Tri South Vietnam   

1973  On this day in history patriarch Shenuda II of Kopitisch church visits the pope   

1973  Wings release "Red Rose Speedway" in UK on this day in history.   

1973  Jane Bowles, writer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1974  Israel Citkowitz, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1975  Ed Bullins' "Taking of Miss Jane" premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

1975  Gama Hernandez is born in Los Angeles California on this day in history.   

1975  On May - 04 moe Howard, [Moses Horowitz], comedian (3 Stooges), dies at 77   

1976  On this day in history australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser says that Waltzing Matilda will be his country's national anthem at the upcoming Montreal Summer Olympic Games.   

1978  Russian President Brezhnev visits West-Germany on May - 04.   

1979  NASA launches Fltsatcom-2 on this day in history.   

1979  On May - 04 the first woman prime minister of Great Britain (Margaret Thatcher) is elected   

1980  Marshal Josip Broz Tito, president of Yugoslavia, dies on May - 04.   

1980  Josip Broz Tito, leader of Yugoslavia (1943-80), dies at 87 on May - 04.   

1982  On this day in history british Destroyer HMS Sheffield off Falkland hit by Exocet rocket catches fire and later flounders, many sailors die   

1983  On May - 04 china People's Republic performs nuclear test at Lop Nor People's Rebublic of China   

1983  Nino Sanzogno, composer, dies at 72 on May - 04.   

1984  On May - 04 dave Kingman's fly ball never comes down (stuck in Metrodome ceiling)   

1984  Diana Dors, actress (Berserk!), dies at 52 of cancer on May - 04.   

1986  On this day in history president Babrak Karmal resigns as party leader of Afghánistán   

1987  Cathryn Damon, actress (Mary Campbell-Soap), dies at 56 on May - 04.   

1988  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR on this day in history.   

1989  On this day in history uS launches Magellan to Venus   

1989  On this day in history uS space shuttle STS-30 launched   

1989  White house aide Oliver North is convicted of charges from the Iran-Contra affair The three convictions are later overturned on appeal on May - 04.   

1990  On this day in history angela Bowie reveals that ex husband David slept with Mick Jagger   

1990  Latvia declares its independence from the Soviet Union on May - 04.   

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1006  On May - 04 birth of abd-Allah Ansari, Persian mystic/poet (Monadjat)   

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  On this day in history birth of carlo Rainaldi, composer   

1631  Mary I Henriette Stuart, daughter of Charles I/queen of England was born on May - 04.   

1635  On May - 04 birth of willem van Outhoorn, Dutch governor-general (Dutch East Indies)   

1654  On May - 04 birth of kangxi Emperor of China (d. 1722)   

1655  On this day in history birth of bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder   

1436  On this day in history death of engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Swedish statesman (b. 1390s)   

1471  Death of Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (killed in battle) (b. 1453) on this day in history.   

1506  On May - 04 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  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  On May - 04 ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian biologist/medical, dies at 82