Page 6: Historical Events In May - 04

1927  On this day in history 1st balloon flight over 40,000 feet (Scott Field, Ill)   

1928  Betsy Rawls, Spartanburg SC, golfer (US Womens Open-51, 53, 57, 60) on this day in history.   

1928  On this day in history barry E Odell Pain, English writer (Punch), dies at 63   

1929  Lou Gehrig hits 3 consecutive HRs, Yankees 11, Tigers 9 on May - 04.   

1929  On May - 04 audrey Hepburn, Brussels Belg, (Breakfast at Tiffany's, My Fair Lady)   

1929  Henry Morton Dunham, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1930  On May - 04 roberta Peters, NYC, operatic soprano (NY Met)   

1931  On May - 04 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 May - 04.   

1932  On May - 04 mobster Al Capone enters the Atlanta federal penitentary to begin serving a term for income tax evasion   

1932  On May - 04 fausto Razzi, composer   

1933  Pulitzer prize awarded to Archibald Macleish (Conquistador) on May - 04.   

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 May - 04.   

1935  On May - 04 61st Kentucky Derby: Willie Saunders aboard Omaha wins in 2:05   

1936  On this day in history pulitzer prize awarded to Harold L Davis (Honey in the Horn)   

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

1936  On this day in history el Cordobés, Spanish matador   

1937  Hans Ulrich Lehmann, composer on May - 04.   

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

1938  Douglas Hyde (a protestant) becomes 1st president of Eire on this day in history.   

1938  Carl von Ossietzky, German pacifist/writer (Nobel 1935), dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1940  On May - 04 21 "not neutral" Nazis &communists arrested in Netherlands   

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

1942  On May - 04 battle of Coral Sea begun (1st sea battle fought solely in air)   

1942  Food first rationed in US on this day in history.   

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

1942  On May - 04 pulitzer prize awarded to Ellen Glasgow (In this our Life)   

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

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

1944  On this day in history rCAF kills three German U-boats in under a month.   

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 May - 04.   

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

1008  King Henry I of France (d. 1060) was born on this day in history.   

1611  On May - 04 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  On May - 04 birth of willem van Outhoorn, Dutch governor-general (Dutch East Indies)   

1654  On this day in history birth of kangxi Emperor of China (d. 1722)   

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 May - 04 death of edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (killed in battle) (b. 1453)   

1506  Death of Husayn Bayqarah, ruler of Herat (b. 1438) on May - 04.   

1519  On this day in history death of lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (b. 1492)   

1566  Death of Luca Ghini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1490) on May - 04.   

1594  On May - 04 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.