Page 6: Historical Events In December - 04

1942  On this day in history first US citizenship granted an alien on foreign soil (James Hoey)   

1942  US bombers struck Italian mainland for first time in WW II on December - 04.   

1942  On December - 04 1st US citizenship granted an alien on foreign soil (James Hoey)   

1943  On December - 04 aircraft from USS Lexington (CV-16) and USS Independence (CVL-22) attack Kwajalein Atoll, sinking four Japanese ships and damaging five others, while only three U.S. ships suffered damage.   

1943  On December - 04 -Dec 6] 2nd conference of Cairo: FDR, Churchill & Turkish pres Inonu   

1943  On this day in history carlo Mierendorff, German politician/antifascist, dies at 46   

1944  USS Flasher (SS-249) sinks Japanese destroyer Kishinami and damages a merchant ship in South China Sea. Flasher is only U.S. submarine to sink over 100,000 tons of enemy shipping in World War II on this day in history.   

1944  On December - 04 germans destroy Rhine dikes, Betuwe flooded   

1945  On December - 04 senate approves US participation in UN   

1945  On this day in history 11th Heisman Trophy Award: Doc Blanchard, Army (FB)   

1947  USSR joins International Amateur Athletic Union on December - 04.   

1947  On December - 04 uSSR joins Intl Amateur Athletic Union   

1948  "Magdalena" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 48 performances on December - 04.   

1948  Karl Bonhoeffer, German psychiatrist/neurologist, dies on this day in history.   

1949  On this day in history bob Gage ties NFL record of a 97 yard touchdown run   

1949  On December - 04 the birth of Jeff Bridges, American actor   

1951  On this day in history superheated gases roll down Mount Catarman (Phillippines), kills 500   

1951  Copland/Robbins' "Pied Piper," premieres in NYC on December - 04.   

1952  On this day in history killer fogs begin in London England. "Smog" becomes a word   

1952  On December - 04 killer fogs begin in London England, "Smog" becomes a word   

1952  On this day in history karen Horney, German/US neo freudian psycho analyst, dies at 67   

1953  Daniel Gregory Mason, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1954  "Hit the Trail" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 4 perfs on this day in history.   

1954  On December - 04 nina Vasar, wife of Russian composer Dmitri Sjostakovitsj, dies   

1955  On December - 04 mgr Alfrink installed as archbishop of Utrecht   

1956  Paul Hornung wins the Heisman Trophy on December - 04.   

1956  On this day in history 22nd Heisman Trophy Award: Paul Hornung, Notre Dame (QB)   

1957  2 commuter trains collide in heavy fog killing 92 (St John's England) on this day in history.   

1957  On December - 04 first edition of "Chase's Annual Events" published   

1957  1st edition of "Chase's Annual Events" published on December - 04.   

1958  Dahomey (Benin), Ivory Coast become autonomous within Fr Community on this day in history.   

1959  A monkey returns to earth safely, after being launched into orbit 55 miles high by the US on this day in history.   

1959  Rosetta Duncan, (Duncan Sisters), dies in an auto accident at 58 on this day in history.   

1961  Museum of Modern Art hung Matisse's Le Bateau upside down for 47 days on this day in history.   

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1443  On December - 04 birth of pope Julius II, (1503-13), patron of Michelangelo, Bramante, Raphael   

1555  On this day in history birth of heinrich Meibom, German historian and poet (d. 1625)   

1580  On December - 04 birth of samuel Argall, English adventurer and naval officer (d. 1626)   

1584  On December - 04 birth of john Cotton, Puritan clergyman in Mass Bay colony   

1595  On this day in history birth of jean Chapelain, French writer (d. 1674)   

1646  On December - 04 birth of alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, Marshal of France (d. 1730)   

1660  Andre Campra, composer was born on this day in history.   

1667  On December - 04 birth of michel Pignolet de Monteclair, composer   

0765  Death of Jafar Sadiq, Shia Imam (b. 702) on this day in history.   

0771  Karloman II, French king of Burgundy, dies at about 20 on December - 04.   

0811  Charles, eldest son of emperor Charles the Great, dies at about 39 on this day in history.   

1075  On December - 04 death of archbishop Anno II of Cologne   

1123  On December - 04 death of omar Khayyám, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1048)   

1137  Lotharius III of Supplinburg, emperor (1125, 33-37), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1182  Henry, earl of Gelre/Zutphen (1141/79-82), dies on December - 04.   

1214  On this day in history death of william I of Scotland