Page 8: 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 this day in history.   

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

1970  Premier Kosygin affirms existence Russian military advisors in Egypt on this day in history.   

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

1971  On this day in history donald Dexter Van Slyke, US chemist (Cyanosis), dies at 88   

1972  On this day in history vietcong forms revolutionary government in Quang Tri South Vietnam   

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

1973  Wings release "Red Rose Speedway" in UK on May - 04.   

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

1974  Israel Citkowitz, composer, dies at 65 on May - 04.   

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 May - 04 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  On May - 04 nASA launches Fltsatcom-2   

1979  The first woman prime minister of Great Britain (Margaret Thatcher) is elected on May - 04.   

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

1980  Josip Broz Tito, leader of Yugoslavia (1943-80), dies at 87 on May - 04.   

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

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

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

1984  Dave Kingman's fly ball never comes down (stuck in Metrodome ceiling) on May - 04.   

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

1986  President Babrak Karmal resigns as party leader of Afghánistán on this day in history.   

1987  On May - 04 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 this day in history uS launches Magellan to Venus   

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

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

1990  On this day in history angela Bowie reveals that ex husband David slept with Mick Jagger   

1990  Latvia declares its independence from the Soviet Union on this day in history.   

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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 this day in history 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 May - 04.   

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 this day in history.   

1471  Death of Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (killed in battle) (b. 1453) on this day in history.   

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 May - 04 death of luca Ghini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1490)   

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

1604  On this day in history claudio Merulo, composer, dies at 71   

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