Historical Events In October - 04

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

1949  Edmund Eysler, Austrian composer, dies at 75 on October - 04.   

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  "Top Banana" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 356 perfs on October - 04.   

1953  Jim Peters runs world record marathon (2:17:39.4) on October - 04.   

1954  Comedienne Spring Byington began the successful network TV series, December Bride -- on CBS on October - 04.   

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 this day in history.   

1956  On October - 04 great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia   

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

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 October - 04.   

1957  Russia launches the first Earth orbiting satellite, 'Sputnik 1' on this day in history.   

1957  On October - 04 uSSR launches Sputnik I, the 1st artificial Earth satellite   

1958  5th French republic established on this day in history.   

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  USSR Luna 3 sent back 1st photos of Moon's far side on this day in history.   

1960  On October - 04 courier 1B Launched; 1st active repeater satellite in orbit   

1961  On this day in history max Weber, Polish/Russ/US painter, dies   

1962  USAF Maj Robert A Rushworth takes X-15 to 32,300 m on this day in history.   

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

1963  On October - 04 gambia achieves full internal self-government   

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

1965  On October - 04 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  On this day in history lesotho (Basutoland) gains independence from Britain (National Day)   

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

1969  UN starts issuing postage stamps at Geneva headquarters on this day in history.   

1969  On October - 04 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 this day in history.   

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

1970  On October - 04 janis Joplin died from a drug overdose. She was 27.   

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1160  On this day in history birth of alys, Countess of the Vexin, daughter of Louis VII of France (d. 1220)   

1276  Margaret of Brabant, Queen of Germany (d. 1311) was born on October - 04.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1515  Lucas Cranach, the Younger, German painter was born on October - 04.   

1542  Roberto Bellarmino, Italian theologist/diplomat was born on October - 04.   

1542  On this day in history birth of robert Bellarmine, Italian saint (d. 1621)   

1072  On October - 04 death of sancho II, king of Castile/bro of Alfonso VI, murdered at about 35   

1221  Death of William III Talvas, Count of Ponthieu (b. 1179) on this day in history.   

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

1305  On October - 04 death of emperor Kameyama of Japan (b. 1249)   

1540  Helius Eobanus Hessus, German humanist/poet (Silvae), dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1582  Theresia van Avila, Spanish mystic writer, dies on October - 04.