Page 6: Historical Events In December - 04

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

1942  On December - 04 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  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 December - 04.   

1943  On December - 04 -Dec 6] 2nd conference of Cairo: FDR, Churchill & Turkish pres Inonu   

1943  Carlo Mierendorff, German politician/antifascist, dies at 46 on this day in history.   

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

1945  Senate approves US participation in UN on this day in history.   

1945  On December - 04 11th Heisman Trophy Award: Doc Blanchard, Army (FB)   

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

1947  USSR joins Intl Amateur Athletic Union on this day in history.   

1948  On this day in history "Magdalena" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 48 performances   

1948  On December - 04 karl Bonhoeffer, German psychiatrist/neurologist, dies   

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

1949  The birth of Jeff Bridges, American actor on this day in history.   

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

1951  On this day in history copland/Robbins' "Pied Piper," premieres in NYC   

1952  On this day in history killer fogs begin in London England. "Smog" becomes a word   

1952  On December - 04 killer fogs begin in London England, "Smog" becomes a word   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1955  Mgr Alfrink installed as archbishop of Utrecht on December - 04.   

1956  On this day in history paul Hornung wins the Heisman Trophy   

1956  22nd Heisman Trophy Award: Paul Hornung, Notre Dame (QB) on December - 04.   

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

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

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

1958  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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 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  John Cotton, Puritan clergyman in Mass Bay colony was born on December - 04.   

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  Andre Campra, composer was born on December - 04.   

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

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

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

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

1075  Death of Archbishop Anno II of Cologne on this day in history.   

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

1137  Lotharius III of Supplinburg, emperor (1125, 33-37), dies at 67 on December - 04.   

1182  On this day in history henry, earl of Gelre/Zutphen (1141/79-82), dies   

1214  On December - 04 death of william I of Scotland