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 May - 04.   

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 May - 04.   

1931  Mustafa Kemal Pasja becomes Turkish president on May - 04.   

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

1932  Al Capone, convict of income tax evasion, enters Atlanta Penitentiary on May - 04.   

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 May - 04 pulitzer prize awarded to Archibald Macleish (Conquistador)   

1933  J. Fred Duckett, Texan sports announcer and teacher on May - 04.   

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 May - 04.   

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  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 May - 04.   

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

1938  On this day in history carl von Ossietzky, German pacifist/writer (Nobel 1935), dies at 48   

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

1940  On this day in history 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  On May - 04 food first rationed in US   

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 May - 04 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  On this day in history german troops in Netherlands, Denmark &Norway surrender   

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1006  Abd-Allah Ansari, Persian mystic/poet (Monadjat) was born on May - 04.   

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  On May - 04 birth of carlo Rainaldi, composer   

1631  Mary I Henriette Stuart, daughter of Charles I/queen of England was born on this day in history.   

1635  Willem van Outhoorn, Dutch governor-general (Dutch East Indies) was born on this day in history.   

1654  On May - 04 birth of kangxi Emperor of China (d. 1722)   

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

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

1471  Death of Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (killed in battle) (b. 1453) on May - 04.   

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 this day in history.   

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