[b]Natural disasters in 1996[/b] North American blizzard of 1996 Saguenay Flood Willamette Valley Flood of 1996 [b]People who died on May 04 (various years)[/b] 2005 - David Hackworth, U.S. Army officer and military journalist 2001 - Bonnie Lee Bakley, American murder victim 1992 - Gregor Mackenzie, Labour Party (UK) politician 1987 - Paul Butterfield, American blues harmonica player 1985 - Clarence Wiseman, the 10th General of The Salvation Army 1984 - Diana Dors, British actress 1984 - Bob Clampett, American cartoonist 1980 - Josip Broz Tito, President of Yugoslavia 1975 - Moe Howard, American actor and comedian 1973 - Jane Bowles, American writer and playwright 1972 - Edward Calvin Kendall, American chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1971 - Seamus Elliott, Irish cyclist William Schroeder Sandra Scheuer Jeffrey Miller 1970 - Kent State victims: Allison Krause 1969 - Osbert Sitwell, English writer 1961 - Anita Stewart, American film actress 1955 - George Enescu, Romanian composer 1945 - Fedor von Bock, German field marshal 1938 - Carl von Ossietzky, German pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize 1937 - Noel Rosa, Brazilian songwriter 1922 - Viktor Kingissepp, Estonian Bolshevik politician 1919 - Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovak politician, French general and astronomer 1903 - Goce Delchev, Bulgarian revolutionary 1901 - John Jones Ross, Canadian politician 1880 - Edward Clark, Governor of Texas 1859 - Joseph Diaz Gergonne, French mathematician 1858 - Aimé Bonpland, French explorer and botanist 1849 - Hokusai, Japanese artist 1824 - Joseph Joubert, French essayist and moralist 1811 - Nikolay Kamensky, Russian general 1799 - Tipu Sultan, Indian military leader 1790 - Matthew Tilghman, American delegate to the Continental Congress 1776 - Jacques Saly, French sculptor 1774 - Anthony Ulrich II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 1737 - Eustace Budgell, English writer 1734 - James Thornhill, English painter 1729 - Louis-Antoine, Cardinal de Noailles, French cardinal 1684 - John Nevison, English highwayman 1677 - Isaac Barrow, English mathematician 1626 - Arthur Lake, Bishop of Bath and Wells, English bishop and Bible translator 1615 - Adriaan van Roomen, Flemish mathematician 1566 - Luca Ghini, Italian physician and botanist 1519 - Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino 1506 - Husayn Bayqarah, ruler of Herat 1471 - Edmund Beaufort, 4th Duke of Somerset, English military commander (executed) 1471 - Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (killed in battle) 1436 - Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Swedish statesman (b. 1390s) Omg!