Page 4: Historical Events In November - 08

1895  Wilhelm Roentgen (Germany) discovers X-rays   

1895  Hermann Schey, German/Neth singer.   

1896  Bucky Harris, baseball manager (Phillies, Yankees)   

1897  Dorothy Day, author (Stump the Authors)   

1900  Margaret Mitchell, American author is born.   

1900  Theodore Dreiser's novel "Sister Carrie" is published.   

1900  Georges Lonque, composer   

1901  Bloody clashes take place in Athens following the translation of the Gospels into demotic Greek.   

1901  Gheorge Gheorghiu Dej, Romania party leader/president   

1902  Mihail A Suslov, Soviet-party ideologist [NS=Nov 22]   

1904  President Theodore Roosevelt (R) defeats Alton B Parker (D).   

1904  Pres Theodore Roosevelt (R) defeats Alton B Parker (D).   

1905  Richard Nicholson, musician   

1907  Otto Brenner, German worker's union leader   

1908  Victorien Sardou, French opera author (Madame Sans-Gene), dies at 77.   

1909  Alberto Erede, Italian conductor   

1909  Charles Bordes, composer, dies at 46   

1910  inaugural Washington State election in which women could vote   

1910  Tolstoy, Russian novelist, dies   

1910  1st Washington State election in which women could vote   

1912  Jean-Louis Martinet, composer   

1913  Robert Strauss, NYC, actor (Sgt Gruzewsky-Mona McCluskey)   

1914  Lute T de Cock, student/resistance fighter.   

1916  HMS Zulu, a Tribal Class Royal Navy destroyer. Disabled by a mine in the Dover Straits which destroyed the after part of the ship. The fore part of HMS Zulu and the aft part of HMS Nubian were salvaged and later joined together to form HMS Zubian. This ship went on to acquire battle honours, to be sold later in 1919.   

1916  Frank McGuire, basketball coach (won 550 games in 30 college seasons).   

1917  People's Commissars gives authority to Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin   

1917  Colyn Blythe, cricketer (2509 F-C wickets), dies during WW I.   

1918  Pro-German supreme commander general Cutters lay-offs   

1918  Hermann Zapf, German designer   

1920  Actress Edna Lewis Thomas debuts at Putnam Theatre Brooklyn.   

1920  Abraham Kuyper, clergyman/Dutch premier (AR 1908-12), dies at 83   

1921  Douglas Townsend, composer   

1922  Christiaan Barnard, S Africa, surgeon (perform 1st heart transplant)   

1923  Adolf Hitler launches a failed coup in Munich, later known as the "Beer Hall Putsch"   

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0035  Nerva: Roman emperor   

1342  Julian of norwich: English saint   

1431  Vlad iii the impaler: Wallachian prince   

1491  Teofilo folengo: Italian poet   

1572  Johan sigismund: Elector of brandenburg/duke of prussia   

1590  Francesco gonzaga: Composer   

1592  Domenico mazzocchi: Composer   

1622  Galenus abrahamsz de haen: Dutch baptist pastor (lambs' war)   

0397  Death of Martin of tours: [st martin], bishop of tours,   

0618  Deusdedit/adeodatus i: Italian pope (615-18),   

0955  Death of Pope agapetus ii: Pope agapetus ii   

1171  Baldwin iv: Count of hainaut (b. 1108)   

1195  Conrad of hohenstaufen: Conrad of hohenstaufen   

1226  Louis viii: The lion, king of france (1223-26),   

1228  Dirk i: Ruler of heinsberg/valkenburg,   

1246  Death of Berenguela of castile: Wife of alfonso ix of castile (b. 1180)