Page 5: Historical Events In May - 04

1914  On this day in history abdel Karim Kassem, general/premier/dictator of Iraq (1958-63)   

1915  Italy drops Triple Alliance with Austria-Hungaryb &Germany on this day in history.   

1915  On this day in history italy drops Triple Alliance with Austria-Hungaryb & Germany   

1915  Curt Conway, Boston MA, actor (Raw Deal) on this day in history.   

1916  On May - 04 at request of US, Germany curtails its submarine warfare   

1916  Maurice "Moe" Purtill, jazz drummer on this day in history.   

1917  Arabs sack Tel Aviv on May - 04.   

1917  On May - 04 edward Toner Cone, composer   

1918  Yankees set record with 8 sacrifices, beat Red Sox's Babe Ruth 5-4 on this day in history.   

1918  On May - 04 kakuei Tanaka, Japanese PM (1972-74), convicted of bribe-taking   

1919  On May - 04 fVC soccer team forms   

1919  On May - 04 1st legal Sunday baseball game in NYC (Phillies beat Giants 4-3)   

1919  On this day in history dimiter Petkov, composer   

1921  John van Kesteren, Dutch tenor (Komische Oper, West-Berlin) on May - 04.   

1922  On this day in history kNX-AM in Los Angeles CA begins radio transmissions   

1922  John Paul Hammerschmidt, (Rep-R-AR, 1967- ) on May - 04.   

1923  Bloody street battles between Nazis, socialist &police in Vienna on May - 04.   

1923  On May - 04 new York state revokes Prohibition law   

1923  On May - 04 on the Alaska Peninsula a 7.1 earthquake happened one of the Largest Earthquakes in the United States   

1923  On May - 04 bloody street battles between nazi's, socialist & police in Vienna   

1923  Ed Cassidy, American musician (Spirit) on this day in history.   

1924  8th modern Olympic games open in Paris France on May - 04.   

1924  On May - 04 german Republic election fascists &communists win   

1924  On May - 04 8th Olympic games open at Paris, France   

1924  On May - 04 peter Aldersley, actor/disc jockey   

1925  On May - 04 league of Nations conference on arms control &poison gas usage   

1925  League of Nations conference on arms control & poison gas usage on May - 04.   

1925  On this day in history peter Blum, German/South African/English poet (Capricorn)   

1926  General strike hits Britain on this day in history.   

1926  G Reinshagen, writer on this day in history.   

1927  Academy of Motion Picture Arts &Sciences forms on May - 04.   

1927  Nicaragua agrees to a US supervised presidential election in 1928 on May - 04.   

1927  On May - 04 the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is founded   

1927  On May - 04 the first balloon flight over 40,000 feet (Scott Field IL)   

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1006  Abd-Allah Ansari, Persian mystic/poet (Monadjat) was born on this day in history.   

1008  On this day in history birth of khajeh Abdollah Ansari, The Persian Sufi (d. 1088)   

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  On May - 04 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  On this day in history birth of kangxi Emperor of China (d. 1722)   

1655  Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder was born on May - 04.   

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  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  On this day in history death of luca Ghini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1490)   

1594  On this day in history paul Buys, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies at 62   

1604  Claudio Merulo, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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