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 this day in history eisenhower (R) elected 34th President beating Adlai Stevenson (D)   

1952  Earthquake & flood strike Kamshatka-South America on November - 04.   

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

1953  On November - 04 elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, composer, dies at 89   

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

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

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

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 November - 04.   

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 November - 04.   

1965  On November - 04 lee Breedlove sets female land speed record (308.56 MPH)   

1965  Krsto Odak, composer, dies at 77 on November - 04.   

1966  On November - 04 flooding of Arno River (Italy) destroys countless art works   

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 November - 04.   

1967  June Thorburn, actress (Tom Thumb), dies in plane crash at 36 on November - 04.   

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

1969  Carlos Marighela, Brazilian guerilla, dies in battle on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1974  On November - 04 edgar Fernhout, Dutch painter/son of Charley Toorop, dies at 62   

1975  On November - 04 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 November - 04.   

1980  On this day in history ronald Reagan (R) beats President Jimmy Carter (R) by a landslide   

1980  On this day in history ronald Reagan elected 40th President of the US   

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

1982  On this day in history dominique Dunne, actress (Poltergeist), murdered by boyfriend at 23   

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

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

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  On this day in history birth of samuel Scheidt, German organist/composer, baptised   

1590  On November - 04 birth of gerard van Honthorst, Dutch painter   

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

1650  On November - 04 birth of william III of Orange, king of England (1689-1702)   

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

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  Death of Khalil Sultan, ruler of Transoxonia (b. 1384) on November - 04.   

1652  Death of Jean-Charles de la Faille, Flemish mathematician (b. 1597) on November - 04.   

1658  On November - 04 death of antoine Le Maistre, French Jansenist (b. 1608)   

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  Death of Rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician and mathematician (b. 1625) on this day in history.