Historical Events In November - 04

1924  Howie Meeker, Canadian ice hockey player and politician on this day in history.   

1924  Gabriel Urbain Faure, French composer (Requiem), dies at 79 on November - 04.   

1927  On this day in history vittorio Fellegara, composer   

1928  On November - 04 jose Moncada elected president of Nicaragua   

1928  On November - 04 hannah Weiner American experimental poet   

1928  Arnold Rothstein, [A R], US businessman/gambler, shot to death at 46 on this day in history.   

1929  On November - 04 john Baldridge' "Berkeley Square," premieres in NYC   

1929  Jimmy Piersall, baseball player (Red Sox, Senators, Indians) on November - 04.   

1930  On November - 04 dick Groat, shortstop (NL MVP 1960)   

1931  On this day in history jean Genet's "Judith," premieres in Paris   

1931  On November - 04 darla Hood, Leedey Okla, singer/actress (Little Rascals)   

1931  On November - 04 charles Buddy Bolden, US jazz musician, dies   

1932  On this day in history david Shipman, film historian   

1932  Belle Bennett, actress (Iron Mask), dies at 41 on this day in history.   

1933  Bradman scores 200 NSW v Queensland, 184 mins, 26 fours on November - 04.   

1934  On this day in history pitts ends Detroit Lions' shutout streak at 7 games but loses 40-7   

1935  On this day in history miklos Radnai, composer, dies at 43   

1937  On this day in history rogelio del Villar, composer, dies at 61   

1939  On November - 04 1940 Olympics awarded to Helsinki, Finland   

1939  On this day in history first air conditioned automobile (Packard) exhibited, Chicago, Ill   

1939  US allows "cash & carry" arms sales during WW II on this day in history.   

1939  Charles Arnold Tournemire, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1940  On November - 04 eggs & cake rationed in Netherlands   

1940  On this day in history manuel Azaña y Diez, Spanish PM (1932..4)/pres (1936-39), dies at 60   

1942  On this day in history battle of El Alamein ends with victory for the allies, after 12 days conflict with Rommel's 'Africa Corps'   

1942  On this day in history 13th day of battle at El Alamein: Afr corps draws back out Fuka-posing   

1942  Marcel Barger, [Streliskie], cabaret performer, killed in Auschwitz on this day in history.   

1943  France arrests government of Lebanon on November - 04.   

1944  On November - 04 german troops reconquer Schmidt Hurtgenwald   

1946  UN Educational, Scientific, & Cultural Organization formed on November - 04.   

1946  "Park Avenue" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 72 performances on November - 04.   

1948  TS Eliot wins Nobel Prize for literature on November - 04.   

1949  On November - 04 "One Man's Family" premieres on TV   

1950  On this day in history "Barrier" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 4 performances   

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1448  On November - 04 birth of king Alphonso II of Naples (d. 1495)   

1575  On November - 04 birth of guido Reni, Italian painter (d. 1642)   

1587  On November - 04 birth of samuel Scheidt, German organist/composer, baptised   

1590  On November - 04 birth of gerard van Honthorst, Dutch painter   

1640  On November - 04 birth of carlo Mannelli, composer   

1650  On this day in history birth of william III of Orange, king of England (1689-1702)   

1656  Leonard Sailer, composer was born on November - 04.   

1661  Karl III Philip, Elector Palatine (d. 1742) was born on November - 04.   

0644  On November - 04 death of omar I, Arabic 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered   

1203  On November - 04 dirk VII, Count of Holland (1190-1203), dies   

1411  Death of Khalil Sultan, ruler of Transoxonia (b. 1384) on November - 04.   

1652  On this day in history death of jean-Charles de la Faille, Flemish mathematician (b. 1597)   

1658  Death of Antoine Le Maistre, French Jansenist (b. 1608) on this day in history.   

1669  On November - 04 death of johannes Cocceius, Dutch theologian (b. 1603)   

1674  Kano Tanjoe, Japanese painter (palaces, portraits), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1698  Death of Rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician and mathematician (b. 1625) on this day in history.