Page 6: Historical Events In December - 04

1942  First US citizenship granted an alien on foreign soil (James Hoey) on December - 04.   

1942  On this day in history uS bombers struck Italian mainland for first time in WW II   

1942  1st US citizenship granted an alien on foreign soil (James Hoey) on this day in history.   

1943  Aircraft from USS Lexington (CV-16) and USS Independence (CVL-22) attack Kwajalein Atoll, sinking four Japanese ships and damaging five others, while only three U.S. ships suffered damage on December - 04.   

1943  -Dec 6] 2nd conference of Cairo: FDR, Churchill & Turkish pres Inonu on December - 04.   

1943  On this day in history carlo Mierendorff, German politician/antifascist, dies at 46   

1944  On December - 04 uSS Flasher (SS-249) sinks Japanese destroyer Kishinami and damages a merchant ship in South China Sea. Flasher is only U.S. submarine to sink over 100,000 tons of enemy shipping in World War II.   

1944  Germans destroy Rhine dikes, Betuwe flooded on this day in history.   

1945  Senate approves US participation in UN on December - 04.   

1945  On December - 04 11th Heisman Trophy Award: Doc Blanchard, Army (FB)   

1947  On this day in history uSSR joins International Amateur Athletic Union   

1947  On this day in history uSSR joins Intl Amateur Athletic Union   

1948  On December - 04 "Magdalena" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 48 performances   

1948  Karl Bonhoeffer, German psychiatrist/neurologist, dies on this day in history.   

1949  On December - 04 bob Gage ties NFL record of a 97 yard touchdown run   

1949  On December - 04 the birth of Jeff Bridges, American actor   

1951  On this day in history superheated gases roll down Mount Catarman (Phillippines), kills 500   

1951  On December - 04 copland/Robbins' "Pied Piper," premieres in NYC   

1952  Killer fogs begin in London England. "Smog" becomes a word on December - 04.   

1952  Killer fogs begin in London England, "Smog" becomes a word on this day in history.   

1952  Karen Horney, German/US neo freudian psycho analyst, dies at 67 on December - 04.   

1953  On December - 04 daniel Gregory Mason, composer, dies at 80   

1954  On this day in history "Hit the Trail" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 4 perfs   

1954  Nina Vasar, wife of Russian composer Dmitri Sjostakovitsj, dies on December - 04.   

1955  Mgr Alfrink installed as archbishop of Utrecht on December - 04.   

1956  On December - 04 paul Hornung wins the Heisman Trophy   

1956  22nd Heisman Trophy Award: Paul Hornung, Notre Dame (QB) on December - 04.   

1957  On this day in history 2 commuter trains collide in heavy fog killing 92 (St John's England)   

1957  First edition of "Chase's Annual Events" published on December - 04.   

1957  1st edition of "Chase's Annual Events" published on this day in history.   

1958  Dahomey (Benin), Ivory Coast become autonomous within Fr Community on December - 04.   

1959  A monkey returns to earth safely, after being launched into orbit 55 miles high by the US on this day in history.   

1959  On this day in history rosetta Duncan, (Duncan Sisters), dies in an auto accident at 58   

1961  Museum of Modern Art hung Matisse's Le Bateau upside down for 47 days on December - 04.   

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1443  On December - 04 birth of pope Julius II, (1503-13), patron of Michelangelo, Bramante, Raphael   

1555  On this day in history birth of heinrich Meibom, German historian and poet (d. 1625)   

1580  On December - 04 birth of samuel Argall, English adventurer and naval officer (d. 1626)   

1584  On this day in history birth of john Cotton, Puritan clergyman in Mass Bay colony   

1595  Jean Chapelain, French writer (d. 1674) was born on this day in history.   

1646  On December - 04 birth of alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, Marshal of France (d. 1730)   

1660  Andre Campra, composer was born on this day in history.   

1667  On this day in history birth of michel Pignolet de Monteclair, composer   

0765  Death of Jafar Sadiq, Shia Imam (b. 702) on this day in history.   

0771  On December - 04 karloman II, French king of Burgundy, dies at about 20   

0811  On December - 04 charles, eldest son of emperor Charles the Great, dies at about 39   

1075  Death of Archbishop Anno II of Cologne on this day in history.   

1123  Death of Omar Khayyám, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1048) on this day in history.   

1137  Lotharius III of Supplinburg, emperor (1125, 33-37), dies at 67 on December - 04.   

1182  On this day in history henry, earl of Gelre/Zutphen (1141/79-82), dies   

1214  Death of William I of Scotland on December - 04.