Page 8: Historical Events In May - 04

1970  On this day in history four students are killed at Kent State University by Ohio National Guardsmen during an anti-war protest They are immortalized in the song "Ohio" by Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young   

1970  On May - 04 national Guard kills 4 at Kent State in Ohio   

1970  Premier Kosygin affirms existence Russian military advisors in Egypt on May - 04.   

1970  On this day in history pulitzer prize awarded to Erik H Erikson (Gandhi's Truth)   

1970  On this day in history 4 students, at Kent State University killed by Ohio National Guard   

1971  On May - 04 mud slide buries part of St-Jean Vianney Quebec, killing 31 people; $1 million damage.   

1971  On May - 04 donald Dexter Van Slyke, US chemist (Cyanosis), dies at 88   

1972  Vietcong forms revolutionary government in Quang Tri South Vietnam on this day in history.   

1973  Patriarch Shenuda II of Kopitisch church visits the pope on May - 04.   

1973  On May - 04 wings release "Red Rose Speedway" in UK   

1973  Jane Bowles, writer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1974  On this day in history israel Citkowitz, composer, dies at 65   

1975  Ed Bullins' "Taking of Miss Jane" premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

1975  On this day in history gama Hernandez is born in Los Angeles California   

1975  On May - 04 moe Howard, [Moses Horowitz], comedian (3 Stooges), dies at 77   

1976  On this day in history australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser says that Waltzing Matilda will be his country's national anthem at the upcoming Montreal Summer Olympic Games.   

1978  On this day in history russian President Brezhnev visits West-Germany   

1979  NASA launches Fltsatcom-2 on this day in history.   

1979  On this day in history the first woman prime minister of Great Britain (Margaret Thatcher) is elected   

1980  On this day in history marshal Josip Broz Tito, president of Yugoslavia, dies   

1980  On this day in history josip Broz Tito, leader of Yugoslavia (1943-80), dies at 87   

1982  British Destroyer HMS Sheffield off Falkland hit by Exocet rocket catches fire and later flounders, many sailors die on May - 04.   

1983  China People's Republic performs nuclear test at Lop Nor People's Rebublic of China on May - 04.   

1983  On May - 04 nino Sanzogno, composer, dies at 72   

1984  On this day in history dave Kingman's fly ball never comes down (stuck in Metrodome ceiling)   

1984  Diana Dors, actress (Berserk!), dies at 52 of cancer on May - 04.   

1986  On this day in history president Babrak Karmal resigns as party leader of Afghánistán   

1987  On this day in history cathryn Damon, actress (Mary Campbell-Soap), dies at 56   

1988  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR on this day in history.   

1989  On May - 04 uS launches Magellan to Venus   

1989  US space shuttle STS-30 launched on May - 04.   

1989  On May - 04 white house aide Oliver North is convicted of charges from the Iran-Contra affair The three convictions are later overturned on appeal   

1990  On May - 04 angela Bowie reveals that ex husband David slept with Mick Jagger   

1990  On May - 04 latvia declares its independence from the Soviet Union   

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1006  On May - 04 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 May - 04.   

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  Kangxi Emperor of China (d. 1722) was born on May - 04.   

1655  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  Death of Luca Ghini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1490) on May - 04.   

1594  Paul Buys, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies at 62 on May - 04.   

1604  On May - 04 claudio Merulo, composer, dies at 71   

1605  Ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian biologist/medical, dies at 82 on May - 04.