Page 5: Historical Events In November - 04

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

1924  Gabriel Urbain Faure, French composer (Requiem), dies at 79 on November - 04.   

1927  On this day in history vittorio Fellegara, composer   

1928  On this day in history jose Moncada elected president of Nicaragua   

1928  On November - 04 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  On November - 04 dick Groat, shortstop (NL MVP 1960)   

1931  Jean Genet's "Judith," premieres in Paris on this day in history.   

1931  Darla Hood, Leedey Okla, singer/actress (Little Rascals) on this day in history.   

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

1932  On this day in history david Shipman, film historian   

1932  Belle Bennett, actress (Iron Mask), dies at 41 on November - 04.   

1933  Bradman scores 200 NSW v Queensland, 184 mins, 26 fours on this day in history.   

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

1935  On November - 04 miklos Radnai, composer, dies at 43   

1937  On November - 04 rogelio del Villar, composer, dies at 61   

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

1939  First air conditioned automobile (Packard) exhibited, Chicago, Ill on this day in history.   

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  Eggs & cake rationed in Netherlands on November - 04.   

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

1942  Marcel Barger, [Streliskie], cabaret performer, killed in Auschwitz on November - 04.   

1943  France arrests government of Lebanon on this day in history.   

1944  On this day in history german troops reconquer Schmidt Hurtgenwald   

1946  On this day in history uN Educational, Scientific, & Cultural Organization formed   

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

1948  On this day in history tS Eliot wins Nobel Prize for literature   

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

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

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1448  King Alphonso II of Naples (d. 1495) was born on this day in history.   

1575  Guido Reni, Italian painter (d. 1642) was born on this day in history.   

1587  Samuel Scheidt, German organist/composer, baptised was born on November - 04.   

1590  Gerard van Honthorst, Dutch painter was born on November - 04.   

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

1650  William III of Orange, king of England (1689-1702) was born on November - 04.   

1656  Leonard Sailer, composer was born on this day in history.   

1661  Karl III Philip, Elector Palatine (d. 1742) was born on November - 04.   

0644  On this day in history death of omar I, Arabic 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered   

1203  On this day in history dirk VII, Count of Holland (1190-1203), dies   

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  Death of Antoine Le Maistre, French Jansenist (b. 1608) on this day in history.   

1669  Death of Johannes Cocceius, Dutch theologian (b. 1603) on November - 04.   

1674  Kano Tanjoe, Japanese painter (palaces, portraits), dies at 72 on November - 04.   

1698  Death of Rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician and mathematician (b. 1625) on November - 04.