Page 4: Historical Events In May - 04

1886  On May - 04 haymarket riot in Chicago; bomb kills 7 policemen   

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

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

1889  Francis J Spellman, US Cardinal on this day in history.   

1891  Frederick Jacobi, composer on May - 04.   

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 this day in history.   

1893  On this day in history edgar Dearing, Ceres CA, actor (Abraham Lincoln, Free & Easy)   

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

1896  Grease fire ignites ½ ton of dynamite at Cripple Creek CO on this day in history.   

1896  The first edition of London Daily Mail (½ penny) on May - 04.   

1896  On May - 04 1st edition of London Daily Mail (halfpenny)   

1897  Fire in Paris France bazaar at Rue Jean Goujon kills 200 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1902  Cola [Nicolas] Debrot, Bonaire governor (Neth Antilles)/author on May - 04.   

1903  Luther Adler, NYC, actor (Dr Bernard Altman-Psychiatrist) on May - 04.   

1903  On May - 04 goce Delchev, a revolutionary from the Balkans   

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

1904  Construction begins by the United States on the Panama Canal on this day in history.   

1905  Mátyás Seiber, Budapest Hungary, composer (Scherzando) on this day in history.   

1906  Esmond Knight, East Sheen England, actor (Hamlet, Sleeping Murder) on May - 04.   

1907  Ottawa hit by 19.1 cm snowfall; city's greatest one day May snowfall on this day in history.   

1909  On May - 04 howard Da Silva, [Silverblatt], Cleve Oh, actor (Ben Franklin-1776)   

1910  Canadian Currency Act of 1910 receives Royal Assent on this day in history.   

1910  On this day in history canadian parliament accept creation of Royal Canadian Navy   

1910  On this day in history parliament votes to create a Royal Canadian Navy.   

1910  On May - 04 tel Aviv founded   

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

1910  Mady Alfredo, [Maria M the Brieder], actress (Alicia) on May - 04.   

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

1912  On May - 04 lou Brown, Bkln, orch leader (Jerry Lewis Show)   

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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 this day in history.   

1008  On May - 04 birth of king Henry I of France (d. 1060)   

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

1436  Death of Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Swedish statesman (b. 1390s) on May - 04.   

1471  On this day in history 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  Death of Luca Ghini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1490) on May - 04.   

1594  Paul Buys, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies at 62 on May - 04.   

1604  On this day in history claudio Merulo, composer, dies at 71   

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