Historical Events In May - 04

1945  Germans surrender in Denmark and Norway on this day in history.   

1945  On May - 04 german troops in Netherlands, Denmark & Norway surrender   

1946  On May - 04 5 die in a 2 day riot at Alcatraz prison in SF bay   

1948  On this day in history the Hague Court of Justice convicts Hans Rauter (SS) to the death   

1949  On May - 04 air crash at Turijn (whole Torino-soccer team survives)   

1951  On May - 04 the Department of National Defence forms 27th Canadian Infantry Brigade Group for service in Europe with NATO forces.   

1952  On May - 04 babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Fresno Golf Open   

1953  Pulitzer prize awarded to Ernest Hemingway (Old Man &The Sea) on May - 04.   

1953  On May - 04 edward B B Shanks, British poet/critic, dies at 60   

1954  US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island on this day in history.   

1955  Georges Enescu, Romanian/French violist/composer (Oedipe), dies at 73 on May - 04.   

1956  Queen Juliana unveils National Monument to Dams in Amsterdam on this day in history.   

1956  On May - 04 uS performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak   

1957  Alan Freed hosts "Rock n' Roll Show" first prime-time network rock show on May - 04.   

1957  Anne Frank Foundation forms in Amsterdam on May - 04.   

1958  Alberto Lleras Camargo chosen President of Colombia on May - 04.   

1958  Canadian comedians Johnny Wayne and Frank Shuster make their first of a record 67 appearances on TV's Ed Sullivan Show on May - 04.   

1959  On May - 04 pulitzer prize awarded to Archibald Macleish (JB)   

1959  The first Grammy Awards Perry Como &Ella Fitzgerald win on this day in history.   

1959  The first Grammy Awards: Perry Como &Ella Fitzgerald win on May - 04.   

1961  On this day in history 13 Freedom riders began bus trip through South   

1961  Malcolm Ross &Victor Prather reach 34,668 meters (record) in balloon on this day in history.   

1961  On May - 04 south-Africa ANC-leader John Nkadimeng arrested   

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

1962  US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island on this day in history.   

1964  "Another World" &"As the World Turns" premiere on TV on this day in history.   

1964  70 GATT-countries confer in Geneva on this day in history.   

1964  On this day in history pulitzer prize awarded to Richard Hofstadter (Anti-intellectualism)   

1965  Norman Brokenshire, TV moderator (Four Square Court), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1966  On May - 04 soviet Government signs accord about building Fiat factory in USSR   

1966  On this day in history juan Maria Thomas Sabater, composer, dies at 69   

1967  On May - 04 lunar Orbiter 4 launched by US; begins orbiting Moon May 7   

1967  Bengt Axel von Torne, composer, dies at 75 on May - 04.   

1968  On May - 04 dancer's Image disqualified due to drugs after winning 94th Kentucky Derby   

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

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

1436  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of husayn Bayqarah, ruler of Herat (b. 1438)   

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

1566  On this day in history 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 May - 04.   

1605  On this day in history ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian biologist/medical, dies at 82