Page 6: Historical Events In November - 04
Thursday, 18 December 2025
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 Earthquake & flood strike Kamshatka-South America on November - 04. 

1953 On this day in history eddie Joost succeeds Jimmy Dykes as the manager of Phila A's 

1953 On this day in history elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, composer, dies at 89 

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 On November - 04 200,000 Russian troops attack anti-Stalinist revolt in Budapest 

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

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

1957 2nd Soviet Earth-satellite launched on November - 04. 

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

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

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

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 November - 04 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 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 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 this day in history 500 Iranian "students" seize US embassy, take 90 hostages (444 days) 

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

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

1981 Columbia shuttle launch scrubbed with 31 secs remaining on November - 04. 

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 November - 04. 

1984 Merie Earle, actress (Maude-Waltons), dies of uremic poisoning at 95 on November - 04. 

1986 On this day in history democrats gain control over the US Senate 

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