Page 5: Historical Events In May - 04

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

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

1915  On May - 04 italy drops Triple Alliance with Austria-Hungaryb & Germany   

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

1916  On this day in history at request of US, Germany curtails its submarine warfare   

1916  On this day in history maurice "Moe" Purtill, jazz drummer   

1917  Arabs sack Tel Aviv on this day in history.   

1917  On this day in history edward Toner Cone, composer   

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

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 May - 04 dimiter Petkov, composer   

1921  On this day in history john van Kesteren, Dutch tenor (Komische Oper, West-Berlin)   

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

1922  On this day in history john Paul Hammerschmidt, (Rep-R-AR, 1967- )   

1923  On May - 04 bloody street battles between Nazis, socialist &police in Vienna   

1923  New York state revokes Prohibition law on May - 04.   

1923  On this day in history on the Alaska Peninsula a 7.1 earthquake happened one of the Largest Earthquakes in the United States   

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

1923  Ed Cassidy, American musician (Spirit) on May - 04.   

1924  On this day in history 8th modern Olympic games open in Paris France   

1924  German Republic election fascists &communists win on this day in history.   

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

1924  Peter Aldersley, actor/disc jockey on this day in history.   

1925  On this day in history league of Nations conference on arms control &poison gas usage   

1925  On this day in history league of Nations conference on arms control & poison gas usage   

1925  Peter Blum, German/South African/English poet (Capricorn) on May - 04.   

1926  On this day in history general strike hits Britain   

1926  G Reinshagen, writer on this day in history.   

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

1927  On May - 04 nicaragua agrees to a US supervised presidential election in 1928   

1927  The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is founded on this day in history.   

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

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1006  On this day in history birth of abd-Allah Ansari, Persian mystic/poet (Monadjat)   

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

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

1611  Carlo Rainaldi, composer was born on May - 04.   

1631  Mary I Henriette Stuart, daughter of Charles I/queen of England was born on this day in history.   

1635  On May - 04 birth of willem van Outhoorn, Dutch governor-general (Dutch East Indies)   

1654  Kangxi Emperor of China (d. 1722) was born on May - 04.   

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

1436  On May - 04 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 this day in history death of husayn Bayqarah, ruler of Herat (b. 1438)   

1519  On May - 04 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  On this day in history claudio Merulo, composer, dies at 71   

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