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 this day in history betsy Rawls, Spartanburg SC, golfer (US Womens Open-51, 53, 57, 60)   

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

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

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  Roberta Peters, NYC, operatic soprano (NY Met) on May - 04.   

1931  On this day in history 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  J. Fred Duckett, Texan sports announcer and teacher on May - 04.   

1934  On this day in history in the Chugach Mountains, Alaska 7.1 quake happened another one of the Largest Earthquakes in the United States   

1934  On this day in history pete Barbutti, Scranton Pa, comedian (Garry Moore Show)   

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

1936  On May - 04 pulitzer prize awarded to Harold L Davis (Honey in the Horn)   

1936  On May - 04 the birth of Audrey Hepburn, Dutch born film actress   

1936  On May - 04 el Cordobés, Spanish matador   

1937  On May - 04 hans Ulrich Lehmann, composer   

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

1938  Douglas Hyde (a protestant) becomes 1st president of Eire on May - 04.   

1938  Carl von Ossietzky, German pacifist/writer (Nobel 1935), dies at 48 on May - 04.   

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

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

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

1942  On this day in history food first rationed in US   

1942  German occupiers imprison 450 prominent Dutch as hostages on May - 04.   

1942  Pulitzer prize awarded to Ellen Glasgow (In this our Life) on May - 04.   

1942  The Battle of the Coral Sea, a WWII clash fought entirely with carrier aircraft, began today on May - 04.   

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 May - 04 rCAF kills three German U-boats in under a month.   

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

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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 this day in history.   

1611  Carlo Rainaldi, composer was born on this day in history.   

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  Kangxi Emperor of China (d. 1722) was born on this day in history.   

1655  On this day in history birth of bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder   

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

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