Historical Events In October - 04

1949  American Contract Bridge League votes 58½% to keep blacks out on this day in history.   

1949  On this day in history edmund Eysler, Austrian composer, dies at 75   

1950  On October - 04 french troops vacate Cla Afraid Vietnam   

1951  In opening World Series game, Giant Monte Irvin steals home in 1st inn on this day in history.   

1952  "Top Banana" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 356 perfs on October - 04.   

1953  Jim Peters runs world record marathon (2:17:39.4) on October - 04.   

1954  Comedienne Spring Byington began the successful network TV series, December Bride -- on CBS on this day in history.   

1955  On October - 04 rev Sun Young Moon leaves prison in Seoul   

1955  On this day in history brooklyn Dodgers only World Series victory, beating Yankees in 7   

1955  On October - 04 alexander Papagos, Greek fieldmarshal, dies   

1956  Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia on this day in history.   

1957  On October - 04 "Leave It to Beaver," debuts on CBS   

1957  On October - 04 leave It to Beaver premiered on ABC-TV."..And starring Jerry Mathers as the Beaver," Hugh Beaumont (Ward Cleaver), Tony Dow (Wally), and Barbara Billingsley as Mrs. June Cleaver.   

1957  On October - 04 russia launches the first Earth orbiting satellite, 'Sputnik 1'   

1957  USSR launches Sputnik I, the 1st artificial Earth satellite on October - 04.   

1958  5th French republic established on October - 04.   

1958  On October - 04 transatlantic comercial jet passenger service began (BOAC)   

1958  12th NHL All-Star Game: Montreal beat All-Stars 6-3 at Montreal on October - 04.   

1959  On October - 04 uSSR Luna 3 sent back 1st photos of Moon's far side   

1960  Courier 1B Launched; 1st active repeater satellite in orbit on October - 04.   

1961  Max Weber, Polish/Russ/US painter, dies on October - 04.   

1962  USAF Maj Robert A Rushworth takes X-15 to 32,300 m on October - 04.   

1962  E H Hendren, cricketer (57,611 1st-class runs, 3rd-best ever), dies on October - 04.   

1963  Gambia achieves full internal self-government on October - 04.   

1964  3 cars of a commuter train derail in South Africa killing 81 on this day in history.   

1965  Pope Paul VI becomes 1st Pope to visit Western Hemisphere (UN) on this day in history.   

1965  On October - 04 uSSR launches Luna 7; crash lands on Moon   

1966  Lesotho (Basutoland) gains independence from Britain (National Day) on October - 04.   

1966  On this day in history sherman Billingsley, talk show host (Stork Club), dies at 66   

1969  On October - 04 uN starts issuing postage stamps at Geneva headquarters   

1969  On October - 04 vibart Wight, cricketer (member of WI 1st Test touring 1928), dies   

1970  Herbert Schmidtz makes highest parachute jump from a tower by leaping from a 1,984 ft TV mast in Tulsa, Oklahoma on October - 04.   

1970  On this day in history jan Stenerud of Kansas City Chiefs kicks 55-yard field goal   

1970  On October - 04 janis Joplin died from a drug overdose. She was 27.   

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1160  On October - 04 birth of alys, Countess of the Vexin, daughter of Louis VII of France (d. 1220)   

1276  Margaret of Brabant, Queen of Germany (d. 1311) was born on this day in history.   

1289  Louis X, the Stubborn, king of France (1314-16) was born on this day in history.   

1331  On this day in history birth of james Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormonde (d. 1382)   

1379  On October - 04 birth of king Henry III of Castile (d. 1406)   

1515  On this day in history birth of lucas Cranach, the Younger, German painter   

1542  Roberto Bellarmino, Italian theologist/diplomat was born on October - 04.   

1542  On October - 04 birth of robert Bellarmine, Italian saint (d. 1621)   

1072  Death of Sancho II, king of Castile/bro of Alfonso VI, murdered at about 35 on this day in history.   

1221  On October - 04 death of william III Talvas, Count of Ponthieu (b. 1179)   

1250  Death of Herman VI, Margrave of Baden on this day in history.   

1305  On this day in history death of emperor Kameyama of Japan (b. 1249)   

1540  Helius Eobanus Hessus, German humanist/poet (Silvae), dies on October - 04.   

1564  On this day in history pietro P Vergerio, Italian theologist/bishop of Croatia, dies   

1571  Claude Togniel d'Espence, French theologist (Sorbonne), dies at 60 on October - 04.   

1582  On this day in history theresia van Avila, Spanish mystic writer, dies