Historical Events In December - 04

1942  First US citizenship granted an alien on foreign soil (James Hoey) on December - 04.  

1942  On this day in history uS bombers struck Italian mainland for first time in WW II  

1942  On this day in history 1st US citizenship granted an alien on foreign soil (James Hoey)  

1943  On December - 04 aircraft from USS Lexington (CV-16) and USS Independence (CVL-22) attack Kwajalein Atoll, sinking four Japanese ships and damaging five others, while only three U.S. ships suffered damage.  

1943  On this day in history -Dec 6] 2nd conference of Cairo: FDR, Churchill & Turkish pres Inonu  

1943  On December - 04 carlo Mierendorff, German politician/antifascist, dies at 46  

1944  On this day in history uSS Flasher (SS-249) sinks Japanese destroyer Kishinami and damages a merchant ship in South China Sea. Flasher is only U.S. submarine to sink over 100,000 tons of enemy shipping in World War II.  

1944  Germans destroy Rhine dikes, Betuwe flooded on this day in history.  

1945  Senate approves US participation in UN on December - 04.  

1945  On this day in history 11th Heisman Trophy Award: Doc Blanchard, Army (FB)  

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1947  On December - 04 uSSR joins International Amateur Athletic Union  

1947  USSR joins Intl Amateur Athletic Union on December - 04.  

1948  "Magdalena" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 48 performances on December - 04.  

1948  Karl Bonhoeffer, German psychiatrist/neurologist, dies on this day in history.  

1949  On December - 04 bob Gage ties NFL record of a 97 yard touchdown run  

1949  The birth of Jeff Bridges, American actor on December - 04.  

1951  On this day in history superheated gases roll down Mount Catarman (Phillippines), kills 500  

1951  Copland/Robbins' "Pied Piper," premieres in NYC on this day in history.  

1952  Killer fogs begin in London England. "Smog" becomes a word on December - 04.  

1952  Killer fogs begin in London England, "Smog" becomes a word on December - 04.  

1952  Karen Horney, German/US neo freudian psycho analyst, dies at 67 on December - 04.  

1953  Daniel Gregory Mason, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

1954  "Hit the Trail" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 4 perfs on December - 04.  

1954  Nina Vasar, wife of Russian composer Dmitri Sjostakovitsj, dies on December - 04.  

1955  Mgr Alfrink installed as archbishop of Utrecht on this day in history.  

1956  On December - 04 paul Hornung wins the Heisman Trophy  

1956  On this day in history 22nd Heisman Trophy Award: Paul Hornung, Notre Dame (QB)  

1957  2 commuter trains collide in heavy fog killing 92 (St John's England) on this day in history.  

1957  First edition of "Chase's Annual Events" published on December - 04.  

1957  On this day in history 1st edition of "Chase's Annual Events" published  

1958  Dahomey (Benin), Ivory Coast become autonomous within Fr Community on December - 04.  

1959  On this day in history a monkey returns to earth safely, after being launched into orbit 55 miles high by the US  

1959  Rosetta Duncan, (Duncan Sisters), dies in an auto accident at 58 on December - 04.  

1961  On December - 04 museum of Modern Art hung Matisse's Le Bateau upside down for 47 days  

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1443  On December - 04 birth of pope Julius II, (1503-13), patron of Michelangelo, Bramante, Raphael  

1555  Heinrich Meibom, German historian and poet (d. 1625) was born on December - 04.  

1580  On December - 04 birth of samuel Argall, English adventurer and naval officer (d. 1626)  

1584  John Cotton, Puritan clergyman in Mass Bay colony was born on this day in history.  

1595  Jean Chapelain, French writer (d. 1674) was born on this day in history.  

1646  On December - 04 birth of alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, Marshal of France (d. 1730)  

1660  Andre Campra, composer was born on this day in history.  

1667  Michel Pignolet de Monteclair, composer was born on December - 04.  

0765  Death of Jafar Sadiq, Shia Imam (b. 702) on this day in history.  

0771  On this day in history karloman II, French king of Burgundy, dies at about 20  

0811  On December - 04 charles, eldest son of emperor Charles the Great, dies at about 39  

1075  Death of Archbishop Anno II of Cologne on December - 04.  

1123  Death of Omar Khayyám, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1048) on this day in history.  

1137  Lotharius III of Supplinburg, emperor (1125, 33-37), dies at 67 on this day in history.  

1182  Henry, earl of Gelre/Zutphen (1141/79-82), dies on this day in history.  

1214  Death of William I of Scotland on December - 04.