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 November - 04 earthquake & flood strike Kamshatka-South America   

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

1953  On November - 04 elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, composer, dies at 89   

1954  "Fanny" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 888 performances on November - 04.   

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

1956  Israel captures Straits of Tiran from Egypt on November - 04.   

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 this day in history marie Joseph Canteloube de Malaret, composer, dies at 78   

1963  John Lennon utters his infamous "Rattle your jewelry" line on November - 04.   

1965  Lee Breedlove sets female land speed record (308.56 MPH) on November - 04.   

1965  On November - 04 krsto Odak, composer, dies at 77   

1966  Flooding of Arno River (Italy) destroys countless art works on November - 04.   

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 November - 04.   

1967  On this day in history june Thorburn, actress (Tom Thumb), dies in plane crash at 36   

1968  On this day in history paul JM Lindemans, Flemish agricultural engineer/author, dies at 78   

1969  On this day in history carlos Marighela, Brazilian guerilla, dies in battle   

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

1973  Karl H Waggerl, Austria author (Green Friends), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1978  Iranian troops fire on anti-Shah student protesters by Tehran U on November - 04.   

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

1980  On November - 04 ronald Reagan (R) beats President Jimmy Carter (R) by a landslide   

1980  On this day in history ronald Reagan elected 40th President of the US   

1981  On November - 04 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 November - 04.   

1984  On November - 04 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 this day in history.   

1590  Gerard van Honthorst, Dutch painter was born on this day in history.   

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  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  On this day in history death of khalil Sultan, ruler of Transoxonia (b. 1384)   

1652  Death of Jean-Charles de la Faille, Flemish mathematician (b. 1597) on November - 04.   

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

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