Page 6: Historical Events In May - 04

1927  1st balloon flight over 40,000 feet (Scott Field, Ill) on May - 04.   

1928  On May - 04 betsy Rawls, Spartanburg SC, golfer (US Womens Open-51, 53, 57, 60)   

1928  Barry E Odell Pain, English writer (Punch), dies at 63 on May - 04.   

1929  On May - 04 lou Gehrig hits 3 consecutive HRs, Yankees 11, Tigers 9   

1929  Audrey Hepburn, Brussels Belg, (Breakfast at Tiffany's, My Fair Lady) on May - 04.   

1929  On May - 04 henry Morton Dunham, composer, dies at 75   

1930  On this day in history roberta Peters, NYC, operatic soprano (NY Met)   

1931  On this day in history mustafa Kemal Pasja becomes Turkish president   

1931  Ed Cassidy, drummer (Spirit-I Got A Line on You) on May - 04.   

1932  Al Capone, convict of income tax evasion, enters Atlanta Penitentiary on this day in history.   

1932  Mobster Al Capone enters the Atlanta federal penitentary to begin serving a term for income tax evasion on this day in history.   

1932  Fausto Razzi, composer on this day in history.   

1933  On May - 04 pulitzer prize awarded to Archibald Macleish (Conquistador)   

1933  J. Fred Duckett, Texan sports announcer and teacher on May - 04.   

1934  In the Chugach Mountains, Alaska 7.1 quake happened another one of the Largest Earthquakes in the United States on May - 04.   

1934  Pete Barbutti, Scranton Pa, comedian (Garry Moore Show) on this day in history.   

1935  61st Kentucky Derby: Willie Saunders aboard Omaha wins in 2:05 on this day in history.   

1936  Pulitzer prize awarded to Harold L Davis (Honey in the Horn) on May - 04.   

1936  On this day in history the birth of Audrey Hepburn, Dutch born film actress   

1936  El Cordobés, Spanish matador on May - 04.   

1937  On May - 04 hans Ulrich Lehmann, composer   

1938  Douglas Hyde (a protestant) becomes first president of Eire on this day in history.   

1938  On May - 04 douglas Hyde (a protestant) becomes 1st president of Eire   

1938  On this day in history carl von Ossietzky, German pacifist/writer (Nobel 1935), dies at 48   

1940  On this day in history 21 "not neutral" Nazis &communists arrested in Netherlands   

1940  21 "not neutral" nazis & communists arrested in Netherlands on May - 04.   

1942  On this day in history battle of Coral Sea begun (1st sea battle fought solely in air)   

1942  On May - 04 food first rationed in US   

1942  On May - 04 german occupiers imprison 450 prominent Dutch as hostages   

1942  Pulitzer prize awarded to Ellen Glasgow (In this our Life) on this day in history.   

1942  On this day in history the Battle of the Coral Sea, a WWII clash fought entirely with carrier aircraft, began today   

1943  NL Ford Frick demonstrates revised balata ball to reporters by bouncing it on his office carpet ball proves to be 50% livelier on this day in history.   

1944  RCAF kills three German U-boats in under a month on this day in history.   

1945  German troops in Netherlands, Denmark &Norway surrender on May - 04.   

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

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

1008  On this day in history birth of king Henry I of France (d. 1060)   

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

1631  On this day in history 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  Kangxi Emperor of China (d. 1722) was born on May - 04.   

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

1519  Death of Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (b. 1492) on this day in history.   

1566  On this day in history death of luca Ghini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1490)   

1594  On May - 04 paul Buys, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies at 62   

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

1605  On May - 04 ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian biologist/medical, dies at 82