Page 4: Historical Events In May - 04

1886  Haymarket riot in Chicago; bomb kills 7 policemen on May - 04.   

1888  Italy &Spain sign military covenant on May - 04.   

1888  Italy & Spain sign military covenant on this day in history.   

1889  On this day in history francis J Spellman, US Cardinal   

1891  On this day in history frederick Jacobi, composer   

1891  On May - 04 sherlock Holmes, "dies" at Reichenbach Falls   

1892  Canadian Thomas I. 'Carbide' Willson develops first manufacturing process to create acetylene gas; already developed on a laboratory scale; sells process to Union Carbide on this day in history.   

1893  Cowboy Bob Pickett invents bulldogging on May - 04.   

1893  On May - 04 edgar Dearing, Ceres CA, actor (Abraham Lincoln, Free & Easy)   

1893  George Washington Hewitt, composer, dies at 82 on May - 04.   

1896  On May - 04 grease fire ignites ½ ton of dynamite at Cripple Creek CO   

1896  The first edition of London Daily Mail (½ penny) on this day in history.   

1896  On this day in history 1st edition of London Daily Mail (halfpenny)   

1897  On May - 04 fire in Paris France bazaar at Rue Jean Goujon kills 200   

1897  On this day in history 23rd Kentucky Derby: Buttons Garner aboard Typhoon II wins in 2:12.5   

1898  24th Kentucky Derby: Willie Simms aboard Plaudit wins in 2:09 on May - 04.   

1899  25th Kentucky Derby: Fred Taral aboard Manuel wins in 2:12 on May - 04.   

1902  On May - 04 cola [Nicolas] Debrot, Bonaire governor (Neth Antilles)/author   

1903  On May - 04 luther Adler, NYC, actor (Dr Bernard Altman-Psychiatrist)   

1903  Goce Delchev, a revolutionary from the Balkans on May - 04.   

1904  Work begins on the Panama Canal, Central America on this day in history.   

1904  On May - 04 construction begins by the United States on the Panama Canal.   

1905  On May - 04 mátyás Seiber, Budapest Hungary, composer (Scherzando)   

1906  Esmond Knight, East Sheen England, actor (Hamlet, Sleeping Murder) on this day in history.   

1907  Ottawa hit by 19.1 cm snowfall; city's greatest one day May snowfall on May - 04.   

1909  On this day in history howard Da Silva, [Silverblatt], Cleve Oh, actor (Ben Franklin-1776)   

1910  Canadian Currency Act of 1910 receives Royal Assent on May - 04.   

1910  Canadian parliament accept creation of Royal Canadian Navy on May - 04.   

1910  On May - 04 parliament votes to create a Royal Canadian Navy.   

1910  On this day in history tel Aviv founded   

1910  On this day in history canadian Currency Act, 1910, receives Royal Assent   

1910  Mady Alfredo, [Maria M the Brieder], actress (Alicia) on this day in history.   

1912  Italian mariners occupy Turkish Island of Rhodes on May - 04.   

1912  Lou Brown, Bkln, orch leader (Jerry Lewis Show) on this day in history.   

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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 this day in history birth of king Henry I of France (d. 1060)   

1611  On May - 04 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 this day in history.   

1654  Kangxi Emperor of China (d. 1722) was born on this day in history.   

1655  On May - 04 birth of bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder   

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

1471  On May - 04 death of edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (killed in battle) (b. 1453)   

1506  On May - 04 death of husayn Bayqarah, ruler of Herat (b. 1438)   

1519  On this day in history death of lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (b. 1492)   

1566  On May - 04 death of luca Ghini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1490)   

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