Page 6: Historical Events In May - 04

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

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  Lou Gehrig hits 3 consecutive HRs, Yankees 11, Tigers 9 on this day in history.   

1929  Audrey Hepburn, Brussels Belg, (Breakfast at Tiffany's, My Fair Lady) on this day in history.   

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

1930  Roberta Peters, NYC, operatic soprano (NY Met) on this day in history.   

1931  On May - 04 mustafa Kemal Pasja becomes Turkish president   

1931  On this day in history ed Cassidy, drummer (Spirit-I Got A Line on You)   

1932  On May - 04 al Capone, convict of income tax evasion, enters Atlanta Penitentiary   

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 May - 04.   

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

1933  On this day in history j. Fred Duckett, Texan sports announcer and teacher   

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

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

1935  On this day in history 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  The birth of Audrey Hepburn, Dutch born film actress on this day in history.   

1936  El Cordobés, Spanish matador on this day in history.   

1937  On May - 04 hans Ulrich Lehmann, composer   

1938  Douglas Hyde (a protestant) becomes first president of Eire on May - 04.   

1938  On this day in history douglas Hyde (a protestant) becomes 1st president of Eire   

1938  On May - 04 carl von Ossietzky, German pacifist/writer (Nobel 1935), dies at 48   

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

1940  21 "not neutral" nazis & communists arrested in Netherlands on this day in history.   

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 May - 04 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 May - 04.   

1945  On this day in history german troops in Netherlands, Denmark &Norway surrender   

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1006  On May - 04 birth of abd-Allah Ansari, Persian mystic/poet (Monadjat)   

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

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

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

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

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  Claudio Merulo, composer, dies at 71 on May - 04.   

1605  On this day in history ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian biologist/medical, dies at 82