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 May - 04 francis J Spellman, US Cardinal   

1891  Frederick Jacobi, composer on May - 04.   

1891  Sherlock Holmes, "dies" at Reichenbach Falls on May - 04.   

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 May - 04.   

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  On this day in history grease fire ignites ½ ton of dynamite at Cripple Creek CO   

1896  On this day in history the first edition of London Daily Mail (½ penny)   

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

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

1897  On May - 04 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  On this day in history 25th Kentucky Derby: Fred Taral aboard Manuel wins in 2:12   

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

1903  Luther Adler, NYC, actor (Dr Bernard Altman-Psychiatrist) on this day in history.   

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

1904  On May - 04 work begins on the Panama Canal, Central America   

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

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

1906  On May - 04 esmond Knight, East Sheen England, actor (Hamlet, Sleeping Murder)   

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

1909  Howard Da Silva, [Silverblatt], Cleve Oh, actor (Ben Franklin-1776) on May - 04.   

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

1910  On May - 04 canadian parliament accept creation of Royal Canadian Navy   

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

1910  On May - 04 tel Aviv founded   

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

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

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1006  Abd-Allah Ansari, Persian mystic/poet (Monadjat) was born on May - 04.   

1008  On May - 04 birth of khajeh Abdollah Ansari, The Persian Sufi (d. 1088)   

1008  King Henry I of France (d. 1060) was born on May - 04.   

1611  On May - 04 birth of carlo Rainaldi, composer   

1631  On May - 04 birth of mary I Henriette Stuart, daughter of Charles I/queen of England   

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

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

1506  Death of Husayn Bayqarah, ruler of Herat (b. 1438) on this day in history.   

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  On May - 04 paul Buys, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies at 62   

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