Historical Events In November - 04

1951  On November - 04 9th Ryder Cup: US wins 9½-2½ at Pinehurst Resort (Pinehurst, North Carolina, US)   

1952  On this day in history 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  On November - 04 elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, composer, dies at 89   

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 this day in history.   

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

1956  200,000 Russian troops attack anti-Stalinist revolt in Budapest on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1963  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1966  On November - 04 flooding of Arno River (Italy) destroys countless art works   

1967  On this day in history 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  Carlos Marighela, Brazilian guerilla, dies in battle on this day in history.   

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

1975  On this day in history sheila Ryan, actress(Song of Texas, Great Guns), dies at 54   

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  Ronald Reagan elected 40th President of the US on November - 04.   

1981  On November - 04 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  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 this day in history.   

1587  Samuel Scheidt, German organist/composer, baptised was born on this day in history.   

1590  Gerard van Honthorst, Dutch painter was born on November - 04.   

1640  Carlo Mannelli, composer was born on this day in history.   

1650  William III of Orange, king of England (1689-1702) was born on this day in history.   

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

1661  On this day in history birth of karl III Philip, Elector Palatine (d. 1742)   

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 this day in history.   

1652  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1698  Death of Rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician and mathematician (b. 1625) on November - 04.