Page 6: 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 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 November - 04.   

1954  On this day in history 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 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 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  On this day in history marie Joseph Canteloube de Malaret, composer, dies at 78   

1963  On November - 04 john Lennon utters his infamous "Rattle your jewelry" line   

1965  On November - 04 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  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  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  USS Nathanael Greene (SSBN-636) launches a Poseidon C-3 missile in first surface launch of Poseidon missile on November - 04.   

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

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 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  Ronald Reagan elected 40th President of the US on November - 04.   

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 November - 04.   

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

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1448  On this day in history birth of king Alphonso II of Naples (d. 1495)   

1575  On November - 04 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  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 this day in history.   

0644  Death of Omar I, Arabic 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered on November - 04.   

1203  On this day in history dirk VII, Count of Holland (1190-1203), dies   

1411  Death of Khalil Sultan, ruler of Transoxonia (b. 1384) on November - 04.   

1652  On this day in history death of jean-Charles de la Faille, Flemish mathematician (b. 1597)   

1658  On this day in history death of antoine Le Maistre, French Jansenist (b. 1608)   

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.