Page 9: Historical Events In May - 04

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

1990  On May - 04 pakistan beat Australia by 36 runs to win Austral-Asia Cup, Sharjah   

1990  On May - 04 don Appell, dies   

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

1991  On this day in history actress Sharon Gless &producer Barney Rosenzeig wed   

1991  Morris K Udall (Representative-D-AZ), resigns due to Parkinson disease on this day in history.   

1991  On May - 04 president Bush is hospitalized for erratic heartbeat   

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

1992  On this day in history henri Guillemin, French historian, dies at 89   

1994  On May - 04 arsenal wins 34th Europe Cup II   

1994  Courtney Love cleared of drug charges on May - 04.   

1994  On May - 04 karl Francis Hettinger, onion Field survivor, dies at 59   

1995  On this day in history lewis T Preston, banker, dies at 68   

1996  Jean Crepin, soldier/industrialist, dies at 87 on May - 04.   

1997  On May - 04 alvy Moore, actor/producer (Mr Kimball-Green Acres), dies at 75   

2005  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 on May - 04.   

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

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

2010  On May - 04 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.   

2012  14 decapitated bodies and 9 hung from a bridge are found in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico on May - 04.   

2013  5 US soldiers are killed by a bomb in Kandahar, Afghanistan on May - 04.   

2014  Juan Carlos Varela is elected President of Panama on this day in history.   

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

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

2019  Coronation of King Vajiralongkorn of Thailand on this day in history.   

2020  On this day in history 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.   

2021  US President Joe Biden announces new goal of 160 million people, nearly of 70% of adults, vaccinated by July 4 on this day in history.   

2023  On this day in history 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]   

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 this day in history a series of floods and landslides strikes villages in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, resulting in over 400 deaths.   

2024  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] on this day in history.   

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1006  On May - 04 birth of abd-Allah Ansari, Persian mystic/poet (Monadjat)   

1008  Khajeh Abdollah Ansari, The Persian Sufi (d. 1088) was born on May - 04.   

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

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  On May - 04 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  Death of Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Swedish statesman (b. 1390s) on this day in history.   

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 May - 04 death of lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (b. 1492)   

1566  Death of Luca Ghini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1490) on this day in history.   

1594  On this day in history paul Buys, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies at 62   

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

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