Page 9: Historical Events In May - 04

1990  Latvia's parliament votes 138-0 (1 abstention) for Independence on May - 04.   

1990  On this day in history pakistan beat Australia by 36 runs to win Austral-Asia Cup, Sharjah   

1990  Don Appell, dies on May - 04.   

1991  ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Doug Kent on May - 04.   

1991  Actress Sharon Gless &producer Barney Rosenzeig wed on this day in history.   

1991  On May - 04 morris K Udall (Representative-D-AZ), resigns due to Parkinson disease   

1991  On this day in history president Bush is hospitalized for erratic heartbeat   

1991  On this day in history dennis Crosby, son of Bing, commits suicide at 54   

1992  On May - 04 henri Guillemin, French historian, dies at 89   

1994  On this day in history arsenal wins 34th Europe Cup II   

1994  Courtney Love cleared of drug charges on this day in history.   

1994  Karl Francis Hettinger, onion Field survivor, dies at 59 on May - 04.   

1995  Lewis T Preston, banker, dies at 68 on May - 04.   

1996  Jean Crepin, soldier/industrialist, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1997  On this day in history alvy Moore, actor/producer (Mr Kimball-Green Acres), dies at 75   

2005  On this day in history in one of the largest insurgent attacks in Iraq to date, at least 60 people have been killed and dozens wounded in a suicide bombing at a Kurdish police recruitment center in Irbil, northern Iraq.   

2006  A new coalition government takes office in Israel; its four political parties hold 67 of the 120 seats in the Knesset on this day in history.   

2007  On this day in history executive Directive 51, which specifies the procedures for continuity of the federal government of the United States in the event of a "catastrophic emergency" signed by President George W. Bush   

2007  On May - 04 tornado strikes Greensburg, Kansas, killing at least 12 and destroying about 90% of the town.   

2010  Nude, Green Leaves and Bust by Pablo Picasso sells in New York for US$106.5 million, setting another new world record for a work of art sold at auction on this day in history.   

2012  On this day in history 14 decapitated bodies and 9 hung from a bridge are found in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico   

2013  5 US soldiers are killed by a bomb in Kandahar, Afghanistan on this day in history.   

2014  On this day in history juan Carlos Varela is elected President of Panama   

2018  On this day in history lA Angels 1st baseman Albert Pujols collects his 3,000th MLB hit in a 5-0 win v Mariners in Seattle   

2018  On May - 04 california overtakes Great Britain to become the worlds fifth largest economy   

2019  Coronation of King Vajiralongkorn of Thailand on May - 04.   

2020  A team of British and Kenyan scientists announce the discovery of Microsporidia MB, a parasitic microbe in the Microsporidia fungi group that blocks mosquitos from carrying malaria, potentially paving the way for the control of malaria on May - 04.   

2021  On May - 04 uS President Joe Biden announces new goal of 160 million people, nearly of 70% of adults, vaccinated by July 4   

2023  Actress and writer Carrie Fisher , best known as Princess Leia from the Star Wars films, is honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame [1] on this day in history.   

2023  On May - 04 ed Sheeran found not guilty of copying Marvin Gaye ’s ‘Let’s Get It On" for his 2014 single “Thinking Out Loud" by a Manhattan federal jury; copyright infringement suit was filed by the heirs of Gaye's co-writer Ed Townsend [1]   

2023  On May - 04 a series of floods and landslides strikes villages in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, resulting in over 400 deaths.   

2024  On May - 04 largest concert of Madonna 's career as she ends her "Celebration" world tour with a free concert in front of 1.6 million at Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [1]   

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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  On this day in history birth of king Henry I of France (d. 1060)   

1611  On May - 04 birth of carlo Rainaldi, composer   

1631  Mary I Henriette Stuart, daughter of Charles I/queen of England was born on May - 04.   

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 May - 04 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 May - 04.   

1506  Death of Husayn Bayqarah, ruler of Herat (b. 1438) on May - 04.   

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  On this day in history paul Buys, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies at 62   

1604  Claudio Merulo, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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