Page 6: Historical Events In October - 04

1949  On this day in history american Contract Bridge League votes 58½% to keep blacks out   

1949  On October - 04 edmund Eysler, Austrian composer, dies at 75   

1950  On October - 04 french troops vacate Cla Afraid Vietnam   

1951  On this day in history in opening World Series game, Giant Monte Irvin steals home in 1st inn   

1952  On October - 04 "Top Banana" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 356 perfs   

1953  Jim Peters runs world record marathon (2:17:39.4) on this day in history.   

1954  On this day in history comedienne Spring Byington began the successful network TV series, December Bride -- on CBS.   

1955  Rev Sun Young Moon leaves prison in Seoul on this day in history.   

1955  On this day in history brooklyn Dodgers only World Series victory, beating Yankees in 7   

1955  Alexander Papagos, Greek fieldmarshal, dies on October - 04.   

1956  Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia on October - 04.   

1957  On October - 04 "Leave It to Beaver," debuts on CBS   

1957  On October - 04 leave It to Beaver premiered on ABC-TV."..And starring Jerry Mathers as the Beaver," Hugh Beaumont (Ward Cleaver), Tony Dow (Wally), and Barbara Billingsley as Mrs. June Cleaver.   

1957  On October - 04 russia launches the first Earth orbiting satellite, 'Sputnik 1'   

1957  USSR launches Sputnik I, the 1st artificial Earth satellite on this day in history.   

1958  On this day in history 5th French republic established   

1958  Transatlantic comercial jet passenger service began (BOAC) on this day in history.   

1958  On this day in history 12th NHL All-Star Game: Montreal beat All-Stars 6-3 at Montreal   

1959  On this day in history uSSR Luna 3 sent back 1st photos of Moon's far side   

1960  Courier 1B Launched; 1st active repeater satellite in orbit on October - 04.   

1961  Max Weber, Polish/Russ/US painter, dies on October - 04.   

1962  USAF Maj Robert A Rushworth takes X-15 to 32,300 m on October - 04.   

1962  E H Hendren, cricketer (57,611 1st-class runs, 3rd-best ever), dies on this day in history.   

1963  Gambia achieves full internal self-government on this day in history.   

1964  On this day in history 3 cars of a commuter train derail in South Africa killing 81   

1965  On this day in history pope Paul VI becomes 1st Pope to visit Western Hemisphere (UN)   

1965  On this day in history uSSR launches Luna 7; crash lands on Moon   

1966  Lesotho (Basutoland) gains independence from Britain (National Day) on this day in history.   

1966  On this day in history sherman Billingsley, talk show host (Stork Club), dies at 66   

1969  On October - 04 uN starts issuing postage stamps at Geneva headquarters   

1969  On this day in history vibart Wight, cricketer (member of WI 1st Test touring 1928), dies   

1970  On this day in history herbert Schmidtz makes highest parachute jump from a tower by leaping from a 1,984 ft TV mast in Tulsa, Oklahoma   

1970  Jan Stenerud of Kansas City Chiefs kicks 55-yard field goal on this day in history.   

1970  Janis Joplin died from a drug overdose. She was 27 on this day in history.   

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1160  Alys, Countess of the Vexin, daughter of Louis VII of France (d. 1220) was born on October - 04.   

1276  On October - 04 birth of margaret of Brabant, Queen of Germany (d. 1311)   

1289  On this day in history birth of louis X, the Stubborn, king of France (1314-16)   

1331  James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormonde (d. 1382) was born on October - 04.   

1379  King Henry III of Castile (d. 1406) was born on October - 04.   

1515  On October - 04 birth of lucas Cranach, the Younger, German painter   

1542  Roberto Bellarmino, Italian theologist/diplomat was born on this day in history.   

1542  On October - 04 birth of robert Bellarmine, Italian saint (d. 1621)   

1072  Death of Sancho II, king of Castile/bro of Alfonso VI, murdered at about 35 on October - 04.   

1221  On October - 04 death of william III Talvas, Count of Ponthieu (b. 1179)   

1250  Death of Herman VI, Margrave of Baden on this day in history.   

1305  On this day in history death of emperor Kameyama of Japan (b. 1249)   

1540  On this day in history helius Eobanus Hessus, German humanist/poet (Silvae), dies   

1564  Pietro P Vergerio, Italian theologist/bishop of Croatia, dies on this day in history.   

1571  Claude Togniel d'Espence, French theologist (Sorbonne), dies at 60 on October - 04.   

1582  Theresia van Avila, Spanish mystic writer, dies on this day in history.