Page 4: Historical Events In May - 04

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

1888  On this day in history italy &Spain sign military covenant   

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

1889  Francis J Spellman, US Cardinal on May - 04.   

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 May - 04.   

1893  On this day in history cowboy Bob Pickett invents bulldogging   

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

1893  On this day in history george Washington Hewitt, composer, dies at 82   

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

1897  Fire in Paris France bazaar at Rue Jean Goujon kills 200 on May - 04.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1902  Cola [Nicolas] Debrot, Bonaire governor (Neth Antilles)/author on this day in history.   

1903  On this day in history luther Adler, NYC, actor (Dr Bernard Altman-Psychiatrist)   

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

1904  Work begins on the Panama Canal, Central America on May - 04.   

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

1905  On this day in history 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  Canadian Currency Act of 1910 receives Royal Assent on May - 04.   

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

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

1910  Tel Aviv founded on May - 04.   

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

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

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 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1519  Death of Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (b. 1492) on May - 04.   

1566  Death of Luca Ghini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1490) on this day in history.   

1594  Paul Buys, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1604  On May - 04 claudio Merulo, composer, dies at 71   

1605  Ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian biologist/medical, dies at 82 on this day in history.