Famous Deaths In May - 04

1903  On this day in history death of goce Delchev, a revolutionary from the Balkans   

1916  On May - 04 death of joseph Mary Plunkett, Irish revolutionary (b. 1887)   

1919  On May - 04 death of milan Rastislav Å tefánik, Slovak politician, French general and astronomer (b. 1880)   

1922  On this day in history death of viktor Kingissepp, Estonian Bolshevik politician (b. 1888)   

1928  Barry E Odell Pain, English writer (Punch), dies at 63 on May - 04.   

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

1937  Death of Noel Rosa, Brazilian songwriter (b. 1910) on this day in history.   

1938  Carl von Ossietzky, German pacifist/writer (Nobel 1935), dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1953  On this day in history edward B B Shanks, British poet/critic, dies at 60   

1955  On this day in history georges Enescu, Romanian/French violist/composer (Oedipe), dies at 73   

1961  On May - 04 anita Stewart, dies of heart attack at 66   

1965  Norman Brokenshire, TV moderator (Four Square Court), dies at 66 on May - 04.   

1966  On May - 04 juan Maria Thomas Sabater, composer, dies at 69   

1967  Bengt Axel von Torne, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1969  On May - 04 death of osbert Sitwell, English writer (b. 1892)   

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

1971  Donald Dexter Van Slyke, US chemist (Cyanosis), dies at 88 on May - 04.   

1972  Death of Edward Calvin Kendall, American chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1886) on this day in history.   

1973  On May - 04 jane Bowles, writer, dies at 56   

1974  Israel Citkowitz, composer, dies at 65 on May - 04.   

1975  Moe Howard, [Moses Horowitz], comedian (3 Stooges), dies at 77 on May - 04.   

1980  On May - 04 josip Broz Tito, leader of Yugoslavia (1943-80), dies at 87   

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

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

1985  Death of Clarence Wiseman, the 10th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1907) on this day in history.   

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

1990  Don Appell, dies on May - 04.   

1991  On this day in history death of dennis Crosby, son of Bing, commits suicide at 54   

1992  On May - 04 henri Guillemin, French historian, dies at 89   

1994  On May - 04 karl Francis Hettinger, onion Field survivor, dies at 59   

1995  Lewis T Preston, banker, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1996  On May - 04 jean Crepin, soldier/industrialist, dies at 87   

1997  On May - 04 alvy Moore, actor/producer (Mr Kimball-Green Acres), dies at 75   

2001  Death of Bonnie Lee Bakley, American murder victim (b. 1956) 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  On May - 04 birth of king Henry I of France (d. 1060)   

1611  On this day in history birth of carlo Rainaldi, composer   

1631  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder