Historical Events In November - 04

1951  On this day in history 9th Ryder Cup: US wins 9½-2½ at Pinehurst Resort (Pinehurst, North Carolina, US)  

1952  Eisenhower (R) elected 34th President beating Adlai Stevenson (D) on this day in history.  

1952  On November - 04 earthquake & flood strike Kamshatka-South America  

1953  Eddie Joost succeeds Jimmy Dykes as the manager of Phila A's on November - 04.  

1953  Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, composer, dies at 89 on this day in history.  

1954  "Fanny" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 888 performances on this day in history.  

1954  On November - 04 stig H Dagerman, Swedish author (Burned Child), dies at 31  

1955  The rebuilt Vienna State Opera reopens with Ludwig van Beethoven's Fidelio after it was totally destroyed in World War II on this day in history.  

1956  200,000 Russian troops attack anti-Stalinist revolt in Budapest on November - 04.  

1956  Israel captures Straits of Tiran from Egypt on November - 04.  

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1956  Art[hur] Tatum, US jazz pianist/composer, dies at 46 on November - 04.  

1957  2nd Soviet Earth-satellite launched on this day in history.  

1957  Marie Joseph Canteloube de Malaret, composer, dies at 78 on November - 04.  

1963  John Lennon utters his infamous "Rattle your jewelry" line on this day in history.  

1965  Lee Breedlove sets female land speed record (308.56 MPH) on this day in history.  

1965  On this day in history krsto Odak, composer, dies at 77  

1966  On this day in history flooding of Arno River (Italy) destroys countless art works  

1967  On November - 04 landing craft from USS Navarro (APA-215) rescue 43 men from British SS Habib Marikar aground on a reef at Lincoln Island in the Tonkin Gulf.  

1967  June Thorburn, actress (Tom Thumb), dies in plane crash at 36 on this day in history.  

1968  Paul JM Lindemans, Flemish agricultural engineer/author, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

1969  On November - 04 carlos Marighela, Brazilian guerilla, dies in battle  

1971  USS Nathanael Greene (SSBN-636) launches a Poseidon C-3 missile in first surface launch of Poseidon missile on this day in history.  

1973  Karl H Waggerl, Austria author (Green Friends), dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1974  Edgar Fernhout, Dutch painter/son of Charley Toorop, dies at 62 on November - 04.  

1975  On this day in history sheila Ryan, actress(Song of Texas, Great Guns), dies at 54  

1978  Iranian troops fire on anti-Shah student protesters by Tehran U on this day in history.  

1979  500 Iranian "students" seize US embassy, take 90 hostages (444 days) on this day in history.  

1980  On November - 04 ronald Reagan (R) beats President Jimmy Carter (R) by a landslide  

1980  Ronald Reagan elected 40th President of the US on November - 04.  

1981  On this day in history columbia shuttle launch scrubbed with 31 secs remaining  

1982  On November - 04 dominique Dunne, actress (Poltergeist), murdered by boyfriend at 23  

1984  On November - 04 nicaragua holds first free elections in 56 years; Sandinistas win 63%  

1984  On this day in history merie Earle, actress (Maude-Waltons), dies of uremic poisoning at 95  

1986  Democrats gain control over the US Senate on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1590  Gerard van Honthorst, Dutch painter was born on this day in history.  

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

1650  On this day in history birth of william III of Orange, king of England (1689-1702)  

1656  On November - 04 birth of leonard Sailer, composer  

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 November - 04.  

1203  On November - 04 dirk VII, Count of Holland (1190-1203), dies  

1411  Death of Khalil Sultan, ruler of Transoxonia (b. 1384) on this day in history.  

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

1658  On this day in history death of antoine Le Maistre, French Jansenist (b. 1608)  

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

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

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