Historical Events In October - 04

1949  American Contract Bridge League votes 58½% to keep blacks out on October - 04.   

1949  On this day in history edmund Eysler, Austrian composer, dies at 75   

1950  On this day in history french troops vacate Cla Afraid Vietnam   

1951  On October - 04 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 October - 04.   

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 October - 04.   

1955  On October - 04 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 this day in history "Leave It to Beaver," debuts on CBS   

1957  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 on this day in history.   

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

1957  On this day in history uSSR launches Sputnik I, the 1st artificial Earth satellite   

1958  On October - 04 5th French republic established   

1958  On this day in history transatlantic comercial jet passenger service began (BOAC)   

1958  On October - 04 12th NHL All-Star Game: Montreal beat All-Stars 6-3 at Montreal   

1959  On October - 04 uSSR Luna 3 sent back 1st photos of Moon's far side   

1960  On this day in history courier 1B Launched; 1st active repeater satellite in orbit   

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 this day in history.   

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

1963  On this day in history gambia achieves full internal self-government   

1964  3 cars of a commuter train derail in South Africa killing 81 on October - 04.   

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

1965  USSR launches Luna 7; crash lands on Moon on this day in history.   

1966  Lesotho (Basutoland) gains independence from Britain (National Day) on October - 04.   

1966  Sherman Billingsley, talk show host (Stork Club), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1969  On this day in history 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  Herbert Schmidtz makes highest parachute jump from a tower by leaping from a 1,984 ft TV mast in Tulsa, Oklahoma on October - 04.   

1970  On this day in history jan Stenerud of Kansas City Chiefs kicks 55-yard field goal   

1970  Janis Joplin died from a drug overdose. She was 27 on October - 04.   

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1160  On October - 04 birth of alys, Countess of the Vexin, daughter of Louis VII of France (d. 1220)   

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

1289  Louis X, the Stubborn, king of France (1314-16) was born on October - 04.   

1331  On this day in history birth of james Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormonde (d. 1382)   

1379  King Henry III of Castile (d. 1406) was born on this day in history.   

1515  Lucas Cranach, the Younger, German painter was born on this day in history.   

1542  On October - 04 birth of roberto Bellarmino, Italian theologist/diplomat   

1542  Robert Bellarmine, Italian saint (d. 1621) was born on this day in history.   

1072  Death of Sancho II, king of Castile/bro of Alfonso VI, murdered at about 35 on this day in history.   

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

1250  Death of Herman VI, Margrave of Baden on October - 04.   

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

1540  On October - 04 helius Eobanus Hessus, German humanist/poet (Silvae), dies   

1564  On October - 04 pietro P Vergerio, Italian theologist/bishop of Croatia, dies   

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.