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  Eisenhower (R) elected 34th President beating Adlai Stevenson (D) on November - 04.   

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  On November - 04 elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, composer, dies at 89   

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

1954  Stig H Dagerman, Swedish author (Burned Child), dies at 31 on November - 04.   

1955  On November - 04 the rebuilt Vienna State Opera reopens with Ludwig van Beethoven's Fidelio after it was totally destroyed in World War II.   

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

1956  On November - 04 israel captures Straits of Tiran from Egypt   

1956  On November - 04 art[hur] Tatum, US jazz pianist/composer, dies at 46   

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

1957  On November - 04 marie Joseph Canteloube de Malaret, composer, dies at 78   

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 November - 04 krsto Odak, composer, dies at 77   

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

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 November - 04.   

1969  Carlos Marighela, Brazilian guerilla, dies in battle on November - 04.   

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

1973  Karl H Waggerl, Austria author (Green Friends), dies at 75 on November - 04.   

1974  On this day in history edgar Fernhout, Dutch painter/son of Charley Toorop, dies at 62   

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 this day in history ronald Reagan (R) beats President Jimmy Carter (R) by a landslide   

1980  On November - 04 ronald Reagan elected 40th President of the US   

1981  On November - 04 columbia shuttle launch scrubbed with 31 secs remaining   

1982  Dominique Dunne, actress (Poltergeist), murdered by boyfriend at 23 on November - 04.   

1984  Nicaragua holds first free elections in 56 years; Sandinistas win 63% on November - 04.   

1984  Merie Earle, actress (Maude-Waltons), dies of uremic poisoning at 95 on this day in history.   

1986  On November - 04 democrats gain control over the US Senate   

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

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  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 November - 04.   

0644  On November - 04 death of omar I, Arabic 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered   

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

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

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

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