Page 5: Historical Events In May - 04

1914  On May - 04 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  On this day in history curt Conway, Boston MA, actor (Raw Deal)   

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

1916  Maurice "Moe" Purtill, jazz drummer on May - 04.   

1917  On May - 04 arabs sack Tel Aviv   

1917  On May - 04 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  FVC soccer team forms on May - 04.   

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

1919  On this day in history dimiter Petkov, composer   

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

1922  KNX-AM in Los Angeles CA begins radio transmissions on this day in history.   

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

1923  Bloody street battles between Nazis, socialist &police in Vienna on this day in history.   

1923  On this day in history 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  Bloody street battles between nazi's, socialist & police in Vienna on this day in history.   

1923  On May - 04 ed Cassidy, American musician (Spirit)   

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

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

1924  8th Olympic games open at Paris, France on this day in history.   

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  League of Nations conference on arms control & poison gas usage on this day in history.   

1925  On May - 04 peter Blum, German/South African/English poet (Capricorn)   

1926  On May - 04 general strike hits Britain   

1926  On May - 04 g Reinshagen, writer   

1927  On May - 04 academy of Motion Picture Arts &Sciences forms   

1927  Nicaragua agrees to a US supervised presidential election in 1928 on this day in history.   

1927  On this day in history the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is founded   

1927  The first balloon flight over 40,000 feet (Scott Field IL) on this day in history.   

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

1008  Khajeh Abdollah Ansari, The Persian Sufi (d. 1088) was born on this day in history.   

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  Willem van Outhoorn, Dutch governor-general (Dutch East Indies) was born on May - 04.   

1654  On May - 04 birth of kangxi Emperor of China (d. 1722)   

1655  On May - 04 birth of bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder   

1436  On May - 04 death of engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Swedish statesman (b. 1390s)   

1471  Death of Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (killed in battle) (b. 1453) on this day in history.   

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

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

1566  On May - 04 death of luca Ghini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1490)   

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

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

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