Birthday May 04, 1796 Horace Mann, educator
Birthday May 04, 1820 Joseph Whitaker, English publisher, founded Whitaker's Almanack
Birthday May 04, 1820 Julia Gardiner Tyler, 2nd wife of President John Tyler
Birthday May 04, 1825 Thomas Henry Huxley, scientist and humanist
Birthday May 04, 1918 Kakuei Tanaka, Japanese prime minister convicted of bribe-taking
Birthday May 04, 1929 Audrey Hepburn, Brussels Bel (Breakfast at Tiffany's, My Fair Lady)
Birthday May 04, 1929 Audrey Hepburn born
Birthday May 04, 1930 Roberta Peters, operatic soprano, NYC
Birthday May 04, 1954 Julie Budd, Bkln
Birthday May 04, 1961 Mary McDonough
History May 04, 1626 Indians sell Manhattan Island for $24 in cloth & buttons
History May 04, 1776 Rhode Island declares independence
History May 04, 1776 Rhode Island declares independence from England
History May 04, 1783 Herschel reports seeing a red glow near lunar crater Aristarchus
History May 04, 1814 Bourbon reign restored in France
History May 04, 1847 Jack Slade joins the army
History May 04, 1851 1st major SF fire
History May 04, 1864 Army of the Potomac crosses the Rapidan
History May 04, 1865 Lincoln is buried in Springfield, Illinois
History May 04, 1866 Woodward's Gardens opens to public
History May 04, 1871 1st pro baseball game played (Ft Wayne 2 - Cleveland 0)
History May 04, 1878 Phonograph shown for 1st time at Grand Opera House
History May 04, 1886 Haymarket riot in Chicago; bomb kills 7 policemen
History May 04, 1886 A riot breaks out in Haymarket Square
History May 04, 1886 The Haymarket Square Riot
History May 04, 1916 Germany agrees to limit its submarine warfare
History May 04, 1918 Yankees set record with 8 sacrifices - beat Red Sox Babe Ruth 5-4
History May 04, 1929 Lou Gehrig hits 3 consecutive HRs - Yankees 11 - Tigers 9
History May 04, 1942 Battle of Coral Sea begun (1st sea battle fought solely in air)
History May 04, 1945 As the Nazi threat dies, the Red Army rises
History May 04, 1948 Norman Mailer's first novel, The Naked and the Dead, is published
History May 04, 1956 Gene Vincent records Be-Bop-A-Lula
History May 04, 1961 Rusk reports on Viet Cong strength
History May 04, 1961 Malcolm Ross & Victor Prather set altitude record for manned balloon flight - 34 -668 m - over Gulf of Mexico
History May 04, 1965 Willie Mays breaks National League home run record
History May 04, 1970 National Guard kills four at Kent State
History May 04, 1970 Four students killed at Kent State
History May 04, 1970 4 students at Kent State U killed by Ohio Natl Guard
History May 04, 1973 1st TV network female nudity - Steambath (PBS) - Valerie Perrine
History May 04, 1975 Flyers 1-Isles 0-Semis-Flyers hold 3-0 lead-Isles held to 14 shots
History May 04, 1977 David Frost interviews Richard Nixon
History May 04, 1979 Margaret Thatcher sworn in
History May 04, 1980 Tito dies
History May 04, 1981 Ron Davis strikes out 8 consecutive Angels - ran record of 13 strike outs of last 14 faced - also saved Gene Nelsons 1st win 4-2
History May 04, 1982 Nordiques 2-Isles 4 - Semi-Finals- Isles win series 4-0
History May 04, 1984 Bruce Springsteen releases Pink Cadillac
History May 04, 1990 An inhumane execution
History May 04, 2002 Nigerian aircraft crashes in crowded city
May 04, 1796 Horace Mann, educator
May 04, 1820 Joseph Whitaker, English publisher, founded Whitaker's Almanack
May 04, 1820 Julia Gardiner Tyler, 2nd wife of President John Tyler
May 04, 1825 Thomas Henry Huxley, scientist and humanist
May 04, 1918 Kakuei Tanaka, Japanese prime minister convicted of bribe-taking
May 04, 1929 Audrey Hepburn, Brussels Bel (Breakfast at Tiffany's, My Fair Lady)
May 04, 1929 Audrey Hepburn born
May 04, 1930 Roberta Peters, operatic soprano, NYC
May 04, 1954 Julie Budd, Bkln
May 04, 1961 Mary McDonough
May 04, 1626 Indians sell Manhattan Island for $24 in cloth & buttons
May 04, 1776 Rhode Island declares independence
May 04, 1776 Rhode Island declares independence from England
May 04, 1783 Herschel reports seeing a red glow near lunar crater Aristarchus
May 04, 1814 Bourbon reign restored in France
May 04, 1847 Jack Slade joins the army
May 04, 1851 1st major SF fire
May 04, 1864 Army of the Potomac crosses the Rapidan
May 04, 1865 Lincoln is buried in Springfield, Illinois
May 04, 1866 Woodward's Gardens opens to public
May 04, 1871 1st pro baseball game played (Ft Wayne 2 - Cleveland 0)
May 04, 1878 Phonograph shown for 1st time at Grand Opera House
May 04, 1886 Haymarket riot in Chicago; bomb kills 7 policemen
May 04, 1886 A riot breaks out in Haymarket Square
May 04, 1886 The Haymarket Square Riot
May 04, 1916 Germany agrees to limit its submarine warfare
May 04, 1918 Yankees set record with 8 sacrifices - beat Red Sox Babe Ruth 5-4
May 04, 1929 Lou Gehrig hits 3 consecutive HRs - Yankees 11 - Tigers 9
May 04, 1942 Battle of Coral Sea begun (1st sea battle fought solely in air)
May 04, 1945 As the Nazi threat dies, the Red Army rises
May 04, 1948 Norman Mailer's first novel, The Naked and the Dead, is published
May 04, 1956 Gene Vincent records Be-Bop-A-Lula
May 04, 1961 Rusk reports on Viet Cong strength
May 04, 1961 Malcolm Ross & Victor Prather set altitude record for manned balloon flight - 34 -668 m - over Gulf of Mexico
May 04, 1965 Willie Mays breaks National League home run record
May 04, 1970 National Guard kills four at Kent State
May 04, 1970 Four students killed at Kent State
May 04, 1970 4 students at Kent State U killed by Ohio Natl Guard
May 04, 1973 1st TV network female nudity - Steambath (PBS) - Valerie Perrine
May 04, 1975 Flyers 1-Isles 0-Semis-Flyers hold 3-0 lead-Isles held to 14 shots
May 04, 1977 David Frost interviews Richard Nixon
May 04, 1979 Margaret Thatcher sworn in
May 04, 1980 Tito dies
May 04, 1981 Ron Davis strikes out 8 consecutive Angels - ran record of 13 strike outs of last 14 faced - also saved Gene Nelsons 1st win 4-2
May 04, 1982 Nordiques 2-Isles 4 - Semi-Finals- Isles win series 4-0
May 04, 1984 Bruce Springsteen releases Pink Cadillac
May 04, 1990 An inhumane execution
May 04, 2002 Nigerian aircraft crashes in crowded city