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

1952  Earthquake & flood strike Kamshatka-South America on this day in history.  

1953  On November - 04 eddie Joost succeeds Jimmy Dykes as the manager of Phila A's  

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

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

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

1956  Israel captures Straits of Tiran from Egypt on this day in history.  

1956  Art[hur] Tatum, US jazz pianist/composer, dies at 46 on this day in history.  

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

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

1963  On this day in history john Lennon utters his infamous "Rattle your jewelry" line  

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

1965  On November - 04 krsto Odak, composer, dies at 77  

1966  Flooding of Arno River (Italy) destroys countless art works on this day in history.  

1967  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 on this day in history.  

1967  On November - 04 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 November - 04 karl H Waggerl, Austria author (Green Friends), dies at 75  

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 November - 04.  

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

1980  Ronald Reagan (R) beats President Jimmy Carter (R) by a landslide on November - 04.  

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

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

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

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

1984  On November - 04 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 November - 04.  

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

1640  On November - 04 birth of carlo Mannelli, composer  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

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

1652  On November - 04 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  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  Death of Rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician and mathematician (b. 1625) on this day in history.