Page 6: Historical Events In November - 04

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

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

1952  On this day in history earthquake & flood strike Kamshatka-South America   

1953  Eddie Joost succeeds Jimmy Dykes as the manager of Phila A's on this day in history.   

1953  Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, composer, dies at 89 on this day in history.   

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

1954  Stig H Dagerman, Swedish author (Burned Child), dies at 31 on November - 04.   

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

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

1956  On this day in history israel captures Straits of Tiran from Egypt   

1956  Art[hur] Tatum, US jazz pianist/composer, dies at 46 on this day in history.   

1957  On this day in history 2nd Soviet Earth-satellite launched   

1957  Marie Joseph Canteloube de Malaret, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1963  On this day in history john Lennon utters his infamous "Rattle your jewelry" line   

1965  Lee Breedlove sets female land speed record (308.56 MPH) on this day in history.   

1965  Krsto Odak, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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 November - 04.   

1968  Paul JM Lindemans, Flemish agricultural engineer/author, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

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

1971  USS Nathanael Greene (SSBN-636) launches a Poseidon C-3 missile in first surface launch of Poseidon missile on this day in history.   

1973  Karl H Waggerl, Austria author (Green Friends), dies at 75 on November - 04.   

1974  On November - 04 edgar Fernhout, Dutch painter/son of Charley Toorop, dies at 62   

1975  Sheila Ryan, actress(Song of Texas, Great Guns), dies at 54 on November - 04.   

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

1979  On November - 04 500 Iranian "students" seize US embassy, take 90 hostages (444 days)   

1980  Ronald Reagan (R) beats President Jimmy Carter (R) by a landslide on November - 04.   

1980  On November - 04 ronald Reagan elected 40th President of the US   

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

1982  Dominique Dunne, actress (Poltergeist), murdered by boyfriend at 23 on November - 04.   

1984  On November - 04 nicaragua holds first free elections in 56 years; Sandinistas win 63%   

1984  On November - 04 merie Earle, actress (Maude-Waltons), dies of uremic poisoning at 95   

1986  On this day in history democrats gain control over the US Senate   

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1448  King Alphonso II of Naples (d. 1495) was born on November - 04.   

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 this day in history birth of gerard van Honthorst, Dutch painter   

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

1650  William III of Orange, king of England (1689-1702) was born on November - 04.   

1656  On November - 04 birth of leonard Sailer, composer   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1669  Death of Johannes Cocceius, Dutch theologian (b. 1603) on November - 04.   

1674  Kano Tanjoe, Japanese painter (palaces, portraits), dies at 72 on November - 04.   

1698  On this day in history death of rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician and mathematician (b. 1625)