Page 5: Historical Events In November - 04

1924  On this day in history howie Meeker, Canadian ice hockey player and politician   

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

1927  On this day in history vittorio Fellegara, composer   

1928  Jose Moncada elected president of Nicaragua on this day in history.   

1928  On this day in history hannah Weiner American experimental poet   

1928  Arnold Rothstein, [A R], US businessman/gambler, shot to death at 46 on November - 04.   

1929  On this day in history john Baldridge' "Berkeley Square," premieres in NYC   

1929  Jimmy Piersall, baseball player (Red Sox, Senators, Indians) on this day in history.   

1930  Dick Groat, shortstop (NL MVP 1960) on November - 04.   

1931  On November - 04 jean Genet's "Judith," premieres in Paris   

1931  On this day in history darla Hood, Leedey Okla, singer/actress (Little Rascals)   

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

1932  On November - 04 david Shipman, film historian   

1932  Belle Bennett, actress (Iron Mask), dies at 41 on this day in history.   

1933  On this day in history bradman scores 200 NSW v Queensland, 184 mins, 26 fours   

1934  Pitts ends Detroit Lions' shutout streak at 7 games but loses 40-7 on November - 04.   

1935  On this day in history miklos Radnai, composer, dies at 43   

1937  Rogelio del Villar, composer, dies at 61 on November - 04.   

1939  1940 Olympics awarded to Helsinki, Finland on this day in history.   

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

1939  On this day in history uS allows "cash & carry" arms sales during WW II   

1939  On November - 04 charles Arnold Tournemire, composer, dies at 69   

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

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

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 November - 04.   

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

1943  On this day in history france arrests government of Lebanon   

1944  On November - 04 german troops reconquer Schmidt Hurtgenwald   

1946  UN Educational, Scientific, & Cultural Organization formed on November - 04.   

1946  On this day in history "Park Avenue" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 72 performances   

1948  TS Eliot wins Nobel Prize for literature on November - 04.   

1949  "One Man's Family" premieres on TV on November - 04.   

1950  "Barrier" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 4 performances on this day in history.   

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1448  On this day in history birth of king Alphonso II of Naples (d. 1495)   

1575  Guido Reni, Italian painter (d. 1642) was born on November - 04.   

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 November - 04 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  Karl III Philip, Elector Palatine (d. 1742) was born on this day in history.   

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  On November - 04 death of khalil Sultan, ruler of Transoxonia (b. 1384)   

1652  On this day in history death of jean-Charles de la Faille, Flemish mathematician (b. 1597)   

1658  On November - 04 death of antoine Le Maistre, French Jansenist (b. 1608)   

1669  Death of Johannes Cocceius, Dutch theologian (b. 1603) on this day in history.   

1674  Kano Tanjoe, Japanese painter (palaces, portraits), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1698  Death of Rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician and mathematician (b. 1625) on this day in history.