Historical Events In May - 04

1970  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 on May - 04.   

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

1970  On this day in history premier Kosygin affirms existence Russian military advisors in Egypt   

1970  Pulitzer prize awarded to Erik H Erikson (Gandhi's Truth) on May - 04.   

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

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

1971  Donald Dexter Van Slyke, US chemist (Cyanosis), dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1972  On May - 04 vietcong forms revolutionary government in Quang Tri South Vietnam   

1973  On May - 04 patriarch Shenuda II of Kopitisch church visits the pope   

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 May - 04 israel Citkowitz, composer, dies at 65   

1975  Ed Bullins' "Taking of Miss Jane" premieres in NYC on May - 04.   

1975  Gama Hernandez is born in Los Angeles California on this day in history.   

1975  On this day in history moe Howard, [Moses Horowitz], comedian (3 Stooges), dies at 77   

1976  Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser says that Waltzing Matilda will be his country's national anthem at the upcoming Montreal Summer Olympic Games on May - 04.   

1978  On May - 04 russian President Brezhnev visits West-Germany   

1979  On May - 04 nASA launches Fltsatcom-2   

1979  On May - 04 the first woman prime minister of Great Britain (Margaret Thatcher) is elected   

1980  Marshal Josip Broz Tito, president of Yugoslavia, dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1983  Nino Sanzogno, composer, dies at 72 on May - 04.   

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

1984  On May - 04 diana Dors, actress (Berserk!), dies at 52 of cancer   

1986  President Babrak Karmal resigns as party leader of Afghánistán on May - 04.   

1987  On May - 04 cathryn Damon, actress (Mary Campbell-Soap), dies at 56   

1988  On May - 04 uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR   

1989  On this day in history uS launches Magellan to Venus   

1989  On May - 04 uS space shuttle STS-30 launched   

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

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

1990  Latvia declares its independence from the Soviet Union on May - 04.   

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1006  Abd-Allah Ansari, Persian mystic/poet (Monadjat) was born on this day in history.   

1008  On this day in history 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  Carlo Rainaldi, composer was born on May - 04.   

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 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 May - 04 death of edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (killed in battle) (b. 1453)   

1506  On this day in history 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  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  Claudio Merulo, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1605  On May - 04 ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian biologist/medical, dies at 82