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 May - 04 barry E Odell Pain, English writer (Punch), dies at 63   

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 May - 04.   

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  Mustafa Kemal Pasja becomes Turkish president on this day in history.   

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

1932  On this day in history al Capone, convict of income tax evasion, enters Atlanta Penitentiary   

1932  On this day in history 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  On this day in history pulitzer prize awarded to Archibald Macleish (Conquistador)   

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  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  The birth of Audrey Hepburn, Dutch born film actress on May - 04.   

1936  El Cordobés, Spanish matador on May - 04.   

1937  Hans Ulrich Lehmann, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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

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

1942  On May - 04 food first rationed in US   

1942  German occupiers imprison 450 prominent Dutch as hostages on this day in history.   

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

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

1943  NL Ford Frick demonstrates revised balata ball to reporters by bouncing it on his office carpet ball proves to be 50% livelier on May - 04.   

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 this day in history.   

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1006  On this day in history birth of abd-Allah Ansari, Persian mystic/poet (Monadjat)   

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  Mary I Henriette Stuart, daughter of Charles I/queen of England was born on May - 04.   

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 May - 04.   

1655  Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder was born on this day in history.   

1436  Death of Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Swedish statesman (b. 1390s) on May - 04.   

1471  On this day in history death of edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (killed in battle) (b. 1453)   

1506  On May - 04 death of husayn Bayqarah, ruler of Herat (b. 1438)   

1519  On this day in history 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  Paul Buys, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1604  Claudio Merulo, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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