Page 5: Historical Events In November - 04

1924  On November - 04 howie Meeker, Canadian ice hockey player and politician   

1924  Gabriel Urbain Faure, French composer (Requiem), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1927  On this day in history vittorio Fellegara, composer   

1928  Jose Moncada elected president of Nicaragua on this day in history.   

1928  Hannah Weiner American experimental poet on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1930  Dick Groat, shortstop (NL MVP 1960) on this day in history.   

1931  Jean Genet's "Judith," premieres in Paris on this day in history.   

1931  On this day in history darla Hood, Leedey Okla, singer/actress (Little Rascals)   

1931  On this day in history charles Buddy Bolden, US jazz musician, dies   

1932  David Shipman, film historian on November - 04.   

1932  On this day in history belle Bennett, actress (Iron Mask), dies at 41   

1933  On this day in history bradman scores 200 NSW v Queensland, 184 mins, 26 fours   

1934  Pitts ends Detroit Lions' shutout streak at 7 games but loses 40-7 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history 1940 Olympics awarded to Helsinki, Finland   

1939  First air conditioned automobile (Packard) exhibited, Chicago, Ill on this day in history.   

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

1939  Charles Arnold Tournemire, composer, dies at 69 on November - 04.   

1940  On this day in history eggs & cake rationed in Netherlands   

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

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

1942  On November - 04 13th day of battle at El Alamein: Afr corps draws back out Fuka-posing   

1942  Marcel Barger, [Streliskie], cabaret performer, killed in Auschwitz on November - 04.   

1943  On November - 04 france arrests government of Lebanon   

1944  On this day in history german troops reconquer Schmidt Hurtgenwald   

1946  On November - 04 uN Educational, Scientific, & Cultural Organization formed   

1946  "Park Avenue" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 72 performances on this day in history.   

1948  On November - 04 tS Eliot wins Nobel Prize for literature   

1949  "One Man's Family" premieres on TV on this day in history.   

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

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1448  King Alphonso II of Naples (d. 1495) was born on this day in history.   

1575  On this day in history birth of guido Reni, Italian painter (d. 1642)   

1587  Samuel Scheidt, German organist/composer, baptised was born on this day in history.   

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

1640  On this day in history birth of carlo Mannelli, composer   

1650  On November - 04 birth of william III of Orange, king of England (1689-1702)   

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

1661  On this day in history birth of karl III Philip, Elector Palatine (d. 1742)   

0644  On this day in history death of omar I, Arabic 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered   

1203  Dirk VII, Count of Holland (1190-1203), dies on November - 04.   

1411  Death of Khalil Sultan, ruler of Transoxonia (b. 1384) on this day in history.   

1652  On November - 04 death of jean-Charles de la Faille, Flemish mathematician (b. 1597)   

1658  On this day in history death of antoine Le Maistre, French Jansenist (b. 1608)   

1669  Death of Johannes Cocceius, Dutch theologian (b. 1603) on this day in history.   

1674  On November - 04 kano Tanjoe, Japanese painter (palaces, portraits), dies at 72   

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