1985 41 years ago Notable Deaths May 4

Fikri Sönmez, Turkish tailor and politician (born 1938)

On May 4, in the year 1985, Fikri Sönmez, Turkish tailor and politician (born 1938). This event is recorded as a Notable Deaths event in the history of May 4, one of 318 recorded events on this date across all of history.

1 notable person is associated with this event, including Fikri Sönmez. Learn more below.

Fikri Sönmez was a Turkish communist politician, who served as the mayor of Fatsa district of Ordu Province between 1979 and 1980.

Key Facts

  • This event took place on May 4, 1985 (AD era).
  • It is categorised as a Notable Deaths event in recorded history.
  • Referenced in 1 Wikipedia article.
  • 1 notable person is recorded as involved in or associated with this event.
  • Wikipedia source last updated on 18 April 2026.

On This Date in History 318

Type Year Date Event
Notable Deaths 2024 May 4 Ron Kavana, Irish singer, songwriter, guitarist and band leader (born 1950)
Notable Deaths 2024 May 4 Frank Stella, American painter (born 1936)
Historical Events 2023 May 4 Nine people are killed and thirteen injured in a spree shooting in Mladenovac and Smederevo, Serbia
Notable Deaths 2021 May 4 Nick Kamen, English model, songwriter (born 1962)
Notable Deaths 2020 May 4 Don Shula, American football player and coach (born 1930)
Notable Deaths 2020 May 4 Greg Zanis, American carpenter and activist (born 1950)
Historical Events 2019 May 4 The inaugural all-female motorsport series, W Series, takes place at Hockenheimring
Notable Deaths 2019 May 4 Alia Abdulnoor, Emirati imprisoned woman (born 1977)
Selected Events 2019 May 4 The inaugural race of the W Series took place at Hockenheimring, Germany, and was won by Jamie Chadwick (pictured), who
Notable Deaths 2016 May 4 Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, Burundian politician (born 1946)
Notable Deaths 2015 May 4 William Bast, American screenwriter and author (born 1931)
Notable Deaths 2015 May 4 Ellen Albertini Dow, American actress (born 1913)
Notable Deaths 2015 May 4 Marv Hubbard, American football player (born 1946)
Selected Events 2015 May 4 The Parliament of Malta moved from the Grandmaster's Palace to the purpose-built Parliament House (pictured)
Historical Events 2014 May 4 Three people are killed and 62 injured in a pair of bombings on buses in Nairobi, Kenya
Notable Deaths 2014 May 4 Dick Ayers, American author and illustrator (born 1924)
Notable Deaths 2014 May 4 Elena Baltacha, Ukrainian-Scottish tennis player (born 1983)
Notable Deaths 2014 May 4 Edgar Cortright, American scientist and engineer (born 1923)
Notable Deaths 2014 May 4 Helga Königsdorf, German physicist and author (born 1938)
Notable Deaths 2014 May 4 Ross Lonsberry, Canadian-American ice hockey player (born 1947)
Notable Deaths 2014 May 4 Jean-Paul Ngoupandé, Central African politician, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (born 1948)
Notable Deaths 2013 May 4 Otis Bowen, American physician and politician, 44th Governor of Indiana (born 1918)
Notable Deaths 2013 May 4 Christian de Duve, English-Belgian cytologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1917)
Notable Deaths 2013 May 4 Javier Diez Canseco, Peruvian sociologist and politician (born 1948)
Notable Deaths 2013 May 4 Mario Machado, Chinese-American journalist and actor (born 1935)
Notable Deaths 2013 May 4 Morgan Morgan-Giles, English admiral and politician (born 1914)
Notable Deaths 2013 May 4 César Portillo de la Luz, Cuban guitarist and composer (born 1922)
Notable Deaths 2012 May 4 Mort Lindsey, American pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1923)
Notable Deaths 2012 May 4 Bob Stewart, American television producer, founded Stewart Tele Enterprises (born 1920)
Notable Deaths 2012 May 4 Adam Yauch, American rapper and director (born 1964)
Notable Deaths 2012 May 4 Rashidi Yekini, Nigerian footballer (born 1963)
Notable Deaths 2011 May 4 Sammy McCrory, Northern Irish footballer (born 1924)
Notable Deaths 2009 May 4 Dom DeLuise, American actor, director, and producer (born 1933)
Notable Deaths 2008 May 4 Fred Baur, American chemist and founder of Pringles (born 1918)
Historical Events 2007 May 4 Greensburg, Kansas is almost completely destroyed by the 2007 Greensburg tornado, a 1
Notable Deaths 2005 May 4 David Hackworth, American colonel and journalist (born 1930)
Notable Deaths 2004 May 4 David Reimer, Canadian man, born male but reassigned female and raised as a girl after a botched circumcision (born 196
Historical Events 2002 May 4 One hundred three people are killed and 51 are injured in a plane crash near Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport in
Notable Births 2001 May 4 Noah Beck, American media personality and actor
Notable Births 2001 May 4 Joan García, Spanish footballer
Notable Deaths 2001 May 4 Bonnie Lee Bakley, American model, wife of Robert Blake (born 1956)
Historical Events 2000 May 4 Ken Livingstone becomes the first Mayor of London (an office separate from that of the Lord Mayor of London)
Notable Deaths 2000 May 4 Hendrik Casimir, Dutch physicist and academic (born 1909)
Selected Events 2000 May 4 Ken Livingstone took office as the first mayor of London
Historical Events 1998 May 4 A federal judge in Sacramento, California, gives "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski four life sentences plus 30 years after
Notable Births 1998 May 4 Rex Orange County, English musician
Notable Deaths 1998 May 4 Christine Kurzhals, German politician (born 1950)
Notable Births 1995 May 4 Shameik Moore, American actor and musician
Notable Deaths 1995 May 4 Connie Wisniewski, American baseball player (born 1922)
Historical Events 1994 May 4 Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO leader Yasser Arafat sign a peace accord, granting self-rule in the Gaza St

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Fikri Sönmez

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