Page 6: Historical Events In December - 04

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

1942  On December - 04 uS bombers struck Italian mainland for first time in WW II   

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

1943  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 on this day in history.   

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 December - 04 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  On this day in history germans destroy Rhine dikes, Betuwe flooded   

1945  On December - 04 senate approves US participation in UN   

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

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

1947  On December - 04 uSSR joins Intl Amateur Athletic Union   

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

1948  On this day in history karl Bonhoeffer, German psychiatrist/neurologist, dies   

1949  Bob Gage ties NFL record of a 97 yard touchdown run on this day in history.   

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

1951  On December - 04 superheated gases roll down Mount Catarman (Phillippines), kills 500   

1951  Copland/Robbins' "Pied Piper," premieres in NYC on December - 04.   

1952  Killer fogs begin in London England. "Smog" becomes a word on this day in history.   

1952  Killer fogs begin in London England, "Smog" becomes a word on this day in history.   

1952  On this day in history karen Horney, German/US neo freudian psycho analyst, dies at 67   

1953  Daniel Gregory Mason, composer, dies at 80 on December - 04.   

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

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

1955  On December - 04 mgr Alfrink installed as archbishop of Utrecht   

1956  On this day in history 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  First edition of "Chase's Annual Events" published on December - 04.   

1957  On December - 04 1st edition of "Chase's Annual Events" published   

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

1959  On December - 04 a monkey returns to earth safely, after being launched into orbit 55 miles high by the US   

1959  On December - 04 rosetta Duncan, (Duncan Sisters), dies in an auto accident at 58   

1961  Museum of Modern Art hung Matisse's Le Bateau upside down for 47 days on December - 04.   

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1443  Pope Julius II, (1503-13), patron of Michelangelo, Bramante, Raphael was born on this day in history.   

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

1580  On this day in history 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 December - 04.   

1646  Alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, Marshal of France (d. 1730) was born on December - 04.   

1660  On December - 04 birth of andre Campra, composer   

1667  On this day in history birth of michel Pignolet de Monteclair, composer   

0765  Death of Jafar Sadiq, Shia Imam (b. 702) on December - 04.   

0771  Karloman II, French king of Burgundy, dies at about 20 on this day in history.   

0811  Charles, eldest son of emperor Charles the Great, dies at about 39 on this day in history.   

1075  On this day in history death of archbishop Anno II of Cologne   

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  On this day in history henry, earl of Gelre/Zutphen (1141/79-82), dies   

1214  Death of William I of Scotland on this day in history.