Page 8: Historical Events In May - 04

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

1970  On May - 04 premier Kosygin affirms existence Russian military advisors in Egypt   

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

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

1971  Mud slide buries part of St-Jean Vianney Quebec, killing 31 people; $1 million damage on this day in history.   

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

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

1973  Patriarch Shenuda II of Kopitisch church visits the pope on this day in history.   

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

1973  On May - 04 jane Bowles, writer, dies at 56   

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

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  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 May - 04 russian President Brezhnev visits West-Germany   

1979  NASA launches Fltsatcom-2 on May - 04.   

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

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

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

1984  Dave Kingman's fly ball never comes down (stuck in Metrodome ceiling) on this day in history.   

1984  On this day in history 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 this day in history uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR   

1989  US launches Magellan to Venus on May - 04.   

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

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

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  On this day in history birth of abd-Allah Ansari, Persian mystic/poet (Monadjat)   

1008  On May - 04 birth of khajeh Abdollah Ansari, The Persian Sufi (d. 1088)   

1008  King Henry I of France (d. 1060) was born on this day in history.   

1611  Carlo Rainaldi, composer was born on this day in history.   

1631  On May - 04 birth of mary I Henriette Stuart, daughter of Charles I/queen of England   

1635  On this day in history birth of willem van Outhoorn, Dutch governor-general (Dutch East Indies)   

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

1655  Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder was born on this day in history.   

1436  On May - 04 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 this day in history.   

1519  Death of Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (b. 1492) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1604  Claudio Merulo, composer, dies at 71 on May - 04.   

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