Historical Events In November - 04

1924  Howie Meeker, Canadian ice hockey player and politician on November - 04.  

1924  On this day in history gabriel Urbain Faure, French composer (Requiem), dies at 79  

1927  Vittorio Fellegara, composer on November - 04.  

1928  On November - 04 jose Moncada elected president of Nicaragua  

1928  Hannah Weiner American experimental poet on this day in history.  

1928  On November - 04 arnold Rothstein, [A R], US businessman/gambler, shot to death at 46  

1929  On November - 04 john Baldridge' "Berkeley Square," premieres in NYC  

1929  Jimmy Piersall, baseball player (Red Sox, Senators, Indians) on November - 04.  

1930  On this day in history dick Groat, shortstop (NL MVP 1960)  

1931  Jean Genet's "Judith," premieres in Paris on November - 04.  

1931  On November - 04 darla Hood, Leedey Okla, singer/actress (Little Rascals)  

1931  On this day in history charles Buddy Bolden, US jazz musician, dies  

1932  David Shipman, film historian on this day in history.  

1932  On November - 04 belle Bennett, actress (Iron Mask), dies at 41  

1933  On November - 04 bradman scores 200 NSW v Queensland, 184 mins, 26 fours  

1934  On this day in history pitts ends Detroit Lions' shutout streak at 7 games but loses 40-7  

1935  Miklos Radnai, composer, dies at 43 on November - 04.  

1937  Rogelio del Villar, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

1939  On November - 04 1940 Olympics awarded to Helsinki, Finland  

1939  On this day in history first air conditioned automobile (Packard) exhibited, Chicago, Ill  

1939  On November - 04 uS allows "cash & carry" arms sales during WW II  

1939  Charles Arnold Tournemire, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

1940  On this day in history eggs & cake rationed in Netherlands  

1940  On this day in history manuel Azaña y Diez, Spanish PM (1932..4)/pres (1936-39), dies at 60  

1942  On November - 04 battle of El Alamein ends with victory for the allies, after 12 days conflict with Rommel's 'Africa Corps'  

1942  13th day of battle at El Alamein: Afr corps draws back out Fuka-posing on this day in history.  

1942  On this day in history marcel Barger, [Streliskie], cabaret performer, killed in Auschwitz  

1943  France arrests government of Lebanon on November - 04.  

1944  German troops reconquer Schmidt Hurtgenwald on November - 04.  

1946  UN Educational, Scientific, & Cultural Organization formed on this day in history.  

1946  On November - 04 "Park Avenue" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 72 performances  

1948  On November - 04 tS Eliot wins Nobel Prize for literature  

1949  "One Man's Family" premieres on TV on this day in history.  

1950  "Barrier" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 4 performances on November - 04.  

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1448  On November - 04 birth of king Alphonso II of Naples (d. 1495)  

1575  On this day in history birth of guido Reni, Italian painter (d. 1642)  

1587  On this day in history birth of samuel Scheidt, German organist/composer, baptised  

1590  On this day in history birth of gerard van Honthorst, Dutch painter  

1640  On this day in history birth of carlo Mannelli, composer  

1650  William III of Orange, king of England (1689-1702) was born on this day in history.  

1656  Leonard Sailer, composer was born on November - 04.  

1661  On this day in history birth of karl III Philip, Elector Palatine (d. 1742)  

0644  Death of Omar I, Arabic 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered on this day in history.  

1203  Dirk VII, Count of Holland (1190-1203), dies on November - 04.  

1411  Death of Khalil Sultan, ruler of Transoxonia (b. 1384) on November - 04.  

1652  Death of Jean-Charles de la Faille, Flemish mathematician (b. 1597) on this day in history.  

1658  Death of Antoine Le Maistre, French Jansenist (b. 1608) on November - 04.  

1669  On this day in history death of johannes Cocceius, Dutch theologian (b. 1603)  

1674  On this day in history kano Tanjoe, Japanese painter (palaces, portraits), dies at 72  

1698  On this day in history death of rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician and mathematician (b. 1625)