Historical Events In May - 04

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

1928  On this day in history 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 May - 04.   

1929  On this day in history henry Morton Dunham, composer, dies at 75   

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

1931  Mustafa Kemal Pasja becomes Turkish president on this day in history.   

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

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 May - 04.   

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

1936  El Cordobés, Spanish matador on May - 04.   

1937  On this day in history 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 May - 04 carl von Ossietzky, German pacifist/writer (Nobel 1935), dies at 48   

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

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

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

1942  Food first rationed in US on May - 04.   

1942  On this day in history german occupiers imprison 450 prominent Dutch as hostages   

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

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

1943  On May - 04 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  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  Khajeh Abdollah Ansari, The Persian Sufi (d. 1088) was born on this day in history.   

1008  King Henry I of France (d. 1060) was born on May - 04.   

1611  Carlo Rainaldi, composer was born on May - 04.   

1631  On May - 04 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 this day in history.   

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 May - 04.   

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

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