Page 6: Historical Events In November - 04

1951  9th Ryder Cup: US wins 9½-2½ at Pinehurst Resort (Pinehurst, North Carolina, US) on November - 04.   

1952  On November - 04 eisenhower (R) elected 34th President beating Adlai Stevenson (D)   

1952  On this day in history earthquake & flood strike Kamshatka-South America   

1953  Eddie Joost succeeds Jimmy Dykes as the manager of Phila A's on this day in history.   

1953  Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, composer, dies at 89 on November - 04.   

1954  "Fanny" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 888 performances on November - 04.   

1954  On this day in history stig H Dagerman, Swedish author (Burned Child), dies at 31   

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

1956  200,000 Russian troops attack anti-Stalinist revolt in Budapest on this day in history.   

1956  On this day in history israel captures Straits of Tiran from Egypt   

1956  On this day in history art[hur] Tatum, US jazz pianist/composer, dies at 46   

1957  On November - 04 2nd Soviet Earth-satellite launched   

1957  Marie Joseph Canteloube de Malaret, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1963  John Lennon utters his infamous "Rattle your jewelry" line on November - 04.   

1965  On this day in history lee Breedlove sets female land speed record (308.56 MPH)   

1965  Krsto Odak, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1966  Flooding of Arno River (Italy) destroys countless art works on November - 04.   

1967  On this day in history 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  On this day in history june Thorburn, actress (Tom Thumb), dies in plane crash at 36   

1968  On this day in history paul JM Lindemans, Flemish agricultural engineer/author, dies at 78   

1969  On this day in history 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  On this day in history karl H Waggerl, Austria author (Green Friends), dies at 75   

1974  Edgar Fernhout, Dutch painter/son of Charley Toorop, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1975  Sheila Ryan, actress(Song of Texas, Great Guns), dies at 54 on November - 04.   

1978  On November - 04 iranian troops fire on anti-Shah student protesters by Tehran U   

1979  500 Iranian "students" seize US embassy, take 90 hostages (444 days) on November - 04.   

1980  Ronald Reagan (R) beats President Jimmy Carter (R) by a landslide on this day in history.   

1980  Ronald Reagan elected 40th President of the US on this day in history.   

1981  Columbia shuttle launch scrubbed with 31 secs remaining on this day in history.   

1982  Dominique Dunne, actress (Poltergeist), murdered by boyfriend at 23 on this day in history.   

1984  Nicaragua holds first free elections in 56 years; Sandinistas win 63% on this day in history.   

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 November - 04.   

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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 this day in history.   

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

1640  Carlo Mannelli, composer was born on November - 04.   

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 November - 04 birth of karl III Philip, Elector Palatine (d. 1742)   

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

1203  Dirk VII, Count of Holland (1190-1203), dies on this day in history.   

1411  On this day in history death of khalil Sultan, ruler of Transoxonia (b. 1384)   

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 this day in history.   

1669  On November - 04 death of johannes Cocceius, Dutch theologian (b. 1603)   

1674  On November - 04 kano Tanjoe, Japanese painter (palaces, portraits), dies at 72   

1698  On November - 04 death of rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician and mathematician (b. 1625)