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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1957  2nd Soviet Earth-satellite launched on November - 04.   

1957  Marie Joseph Canteloube de Malaret, composer, dies at 78 on November - 04.   

1963  John Lennon utters his infamous "Rattle your jewelry" line on this day in history.   

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

1965  On this day in history krsto Odak, composer, dies at 77   

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

1967  On November - 04 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.   

1967  On November - 04 june Thorburn, actress (Tom Thumb), dies in plane crash at 36   

1968  On November - 04 paul JM Lindemans, Flemish agricultural engineer/author, dies at 78   

1969  On November - 04 carlos Marighela, Brazilian guerilla, dies in battle   

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

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

1974  On this day in history 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  On this day in history iranian troops fire on anti-Shah student protesters by Tehran U   

1979  On this day in history 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  On November - 04 dominique Dunne, actress (Poltergeist), murdered by boyfriend at 23   

1984  On this day in history nicaragua holds first free elections in 56 years; Sandinistas win 63%   

1984  Merie Earle, actress (Maude-Waltons), dies of uremic poisoning at 95 on November - 04.   

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  On this day in history birth of samuel Scheidt, German organist/composer, baptised   

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

1640  On November - 04 birth of carlo Mannelli, composer   

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

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

1661  Karl III Philip, Elector Palatine (d. 1742) was born on this day in history.   

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

1203  On this day in history dirk VII, Count of Holland (1190-1203), dies   

1411  On November - 04 death of khalil Sultan, ruler of Transoxonia (b. 1384)   

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

1658  On November - 04 death of antoine Le Maistre, French Jansenist (b. 1608)   

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

1674  Kano Tanjoe, Japanese painter (palaces, portraits), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1698  On November - 04 death of rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician and mathematician (b. 1625)