Historical Events In October - 04

1949  American Contract Bridge League votes 58½% to keep blacks out on October - 04.   

1949  Edmund Eysler, Austrian composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1950  French troops vacate Cla Afraid Vietnam on this day in history.   

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

1952  "Top Banana" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 356 perfs on this day in history.   

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 October - 04.   

1955  Rev Sun Young Moon leaves prison in Seoul on this day in history.   

1955  Brooklyn Dodgers only World Series victory, beating Yankees in 7 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history "Leave It to Beaver," debuts on CBS   

1957  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 on this day in history.   

1957  Russia launches the first Earth orbiting satellite, 'Sputnik 1' on October - 04.   

1957  On this day in history uSSR launches Sputnik I, the 1st artificial Earth satellite   

1958  5th French republic established on October - 04.   

1958  Transatlantic comercial jet passenger service began (BOAC) on this day in history.   

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

1959  USSR Luna 3 sent back 1st photos of Moon's far side on this day in history.   

1960  On October - 04 courier 1B Launched; 1st active repeater satellite in orbit   

1961  Max Weber, Polish/Russ/US painter, dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1963  On October - 04 gambia achieves full internal self-government   

1964  On October - 04 3 cars of a commuter train derail in South Africa killing 81   

1965  On October - 04 pope Paul VI becomes 1st Pope to visit Western Hemisphere (UN)   

1965  USSR launches Luna 7; crash lands on Moon on this day in history.   

1966  On this day in history lesotho (Basutoland) gains independence from Britain (National Day)   

1966  On October - 04 sherman Billingsley, talk show host (Stork Club), dies at 66   

1969  UN starts issuing postage stamps at Geneva headquarters on October - 04.   

1969  Vibart Wight, cricketer (member of WI 1st Test touring 1928), dies on October - 04.   

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

1970  On October - 04 jan Stenerud of Kansas City Chiefs kicks 55-yard field goal   

1970  Janis Joplin died from a drug overdose. She was 27 on October - 04.   

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

1276  On this day in history birth of margaret of Brabant, Queen of Germany (d. 1311)   

1289  Louis X, the Stubborn, king of France (1314-16) was born on October - 04.   

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

1379  King Henry III of Castile (d. 1406) was born on this day in history.   

1515  On October - 04 birth of lucas Cranach, the Younger, German painter   

1542  On this day in history birth of roberto Bellarmino, Italian theologist/diplomat   

1542  On this day in history 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 October - 04.   

1221  Death of William III Talvas, Count of Ponthieu (b. 1179) on October - 04.   

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

1305  Death of Emperor Kameyama of Japan (b. 1249) on this day in history.   

1540  On this day in history helius Eobanus Hessus, German humanist/poet (Silvae), dies   

1564  On October - 04 pietro P Vergerio, Italian theologist/bishop of Croatia, dies   

1571  Claude Togniel d'Espence, French theologist (Sorbonne), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

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