Historical Events In November - 04

1951  On this day in history 9th Ryder Cup: US wins 9½-2½ at Pinehurst Resort (Pinehurst, North Carolina, US)   

1952  On November - 04 eisenhower (R) elected 34th President beating Adlai Stevenson (D)   

1952  Earthquake & flood strike Kamshatka-South America on this day in history.   

1953  Eddie Joost succeeds Jimmy Dykes as the manager of Phila A's on November - 04.   

1953  Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, composer, dies at 89 on November - 04.   

1954  "Fanny" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 888 performances on this day in history.   

1954  On November - 04 stig H Dagerman, Swedish author (Burned Child), dies at 31   

1955  On November - 04 the rebuilt Vienna State Opera reopens with Ludwig van Beethoven's Fidelio after it was totally destroyed in World War II.   

1956  200,000 Russian troops attack anti-Stalinist revolt in Budapest on November - 04.   

1956  On November - 04 israel captures Straits of Tiran from Egypt   

1956  On this day in history art[hur] Tatum, US jazz pianist/composer, dies at 46   

1957  On November - 04 2nd Soviet Earth-satellite launched   

1957  On November - 04 marie Joseph Canteloube de Malaret, composer, dies at 78   

1963  On November - 04 john Lennon utters his infamous "Rattle your jewelry" line   

1965  On this day in history lee Breedlove sets female land speed record (308.56 MPH)   

1965  Krsto Odak, composer, dies at 77 on November - 04.   

1966  Flooding of Arno River (Italy) destroys countless art works on this day in history.   

1967  Landing craft from USS Navarro (APA-215) rescue 43 men from British SS Habib Marikar aground on a reef at Lincoln Island in the Tonkin Gulf on this day in history.   

1967  June Thorburn, actress (Tom Thumb), dies in plane crash at 36 on this day in history.   

1968  Paul JM Lindemans, Flemish agricultural engineer/author, dies at 78 on November - 04.   

1969  Carlos Marighela, Brazilian guerilla, dies in battle on November - 04.   

1971  On November - 04 uSS Nathanael Greene (SSBN-636) launches a Poseidon C-3 missile in first surface launch of Poseidon missile.   

1973  On this day in history karl H Waggerl, Austria author (Green Friends), dies at 75   

1974  Edgar Fernhout, Dutch painter/son of Charley Toorop, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1975  Sheila Ryan, actress(Song of Texas, Great Guns), dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1978  Iranian troops fire on anti-Shah student protesters by Tehran U on this day in history.   

1979  On this day in history 500 Iranian "students" seize US embassy, take 90 hostages (444 days)   

1980  On this day in history ronald Reagan (R) beats President Jimmy Carter (R) by a landslide   

1980  Ronald Reagan elected 40th President of the US on this day in history.   

1981  On this day in history columbia shuttle launch scrubbed with 31 secs remaining   

1982  On this day in history dominique Dunne, actress (Poltergeist), murdered by boyfriend at 23   

1984  Nicaragua holds first free elections in 56 years; Sandinistas win 63% on this day in history.   

1984  On this day in history merie Earle, actress (Maude-Waltons), dies of uremic poisoning at 95   

1986  Democrats gain control over the US Senate on November - 04.   

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1448  On this day in history birth of king Alphonso II of Naples (d. 1495)   

1575  Guido Reni, Italian painter (d. 1642) was born on November - 04.   

1587  Samuel Scheidt, German organist/composer, baptised was born on November - 04.   

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

1640  Carlo Mannelli, composer was born on November - 04.   

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

1656  Leonard Sailer, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

0644  Death of Omar I, Arabic 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered on this day in history.   

1203  Dirk VII, Count of Holland (1190-1203), dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1658  Death of Antoine Le Maistre, French Jansenist (b. 1608) on November - 04.   

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

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.