Historical Events In December - 04

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

1942  US bombers struck Italian mainland for first time in WW II on this day in history.  

1942  On December - 04 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  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 on this day in history.  

1944  Germans destroy Rhine dikes, Betuwe flooded on December - 04.  

1945  On this day in history senate approves US participation in UN  

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

1947  On December - 04 uSSR joins International Amateur Athletic Union  

1947  On this day in history uSSR joins Intl Amateur Athletic Union  

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

1948  Karl Bonhoeffer, German psychiatrist/neurologist, dies on December - 04.  

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

1949  On this day in history the birth of Jeff Bridges, American actor  

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

1951  On December - 04 copland/Robbins' "Pied Piper," premieres in NYC  

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 this day in history.  

1953  On December - 04 daniel Gregory Mason, composer, dies at 80  

1954  On this day in history "Hit the Trail" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 4 perfs  

1954  On this day in history nina Vasar, wife of Russian composer Dmitri Sjostakovitsj, dies  

1955  On this day in history mgr Alfrink installed as archbishop of Utrecht  

1956  On December - 04 paul Hornung wins the Heisman Trophy  

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

1957  On December - 04 2 commuter trains collide in heavy fog killing 92 (St John's England)  

1957  On December - 04 first edition of "Chase's Annual Events" published  

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

1958  On December - 04 dahomey (Benin), Ivory Coast become autonomous within Fr Community  

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

1959  Rosetta Duncan, (Duncan Sisters), dies in an auto accident at 58 on this day in history.  

1961  Museum of Modern Art hung Matisse's Le Bateau upside down for 47 days on this day in history.  

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

1555  On this day in history birth of heinrich Meibom, German historian and poet (d. 1625)  

1580  Samuel Argall, English adventurer and naval officer (d. 1626) was born on this day in history.  

1584  On this day in history birth of john Cotton, Puritan clergyman in Mass Bay colony  

1595  On December - 04 birth of jean Chapelain, French writer (d. 1674)  

1646  On this day in history birth of alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, Marshal of France (d. 1730)  

1660  On December - 04 birth of andre Campra, composer  

1667  Michel Pignolet de Monteclair, composer was born on this day in history.  

0765  On December - 04 death of jafar Sadiq, Shia Imam (b. 702)  

0771  On December - 04 karloman II, French king of Burgundy, dies at about 20  

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

1075  On December - 04 death of archbishop Anno II of Cologne  

1123  Death of Omar Khayyám, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1048) on December - 04.  

1137  On this day in history lotharius III of Supplinburg, emperor (1125, 33-37), dies at 67  

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

1214  On this day in history death of william I of Scotland