Page 6: Historical Events In November - 04

1951  9th Ryder Cup: US wins 9½-2½ at Pinehurst Resort (Pinehurst, North Carolina, US) on this day in history.   

1952  Eisenhower (R) elected 34th President beating Adlai Stevenson (D) on this day in history.   

1952  Earthquake & flood strike Kamshatka-South America on this day in history.   

1953  On this day in history eddie Joost succeeds Jimmy Dykes as the manager of Phila A's   

1953  Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, composer, dies at 89 on this day in history.   

1954  On November - 04 "Fanny" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 888 performances   

1954  Stig H Dagerman, Swedish author (Burned Child), dies at 31 on this day in history.   

1955  On November - 04 the rebuilt Vienna State Opera reopens with Ludwig van Beethoven's Fidelio after it was totally destroyed in World War II.   

1956  200,000 Russian troops attack anti-Stalinist revolt in Budapest on this day in history.   

1956  On this day in history israel captures Straits of Tiran from Egypt   

1956  Art[hur] Tatum, US jazz pianist/composer, dies at 46 on November - 04.   

1957  2nd Soviet Earth-satellite launched on this day in history.   

1957  On this day in history marie Joseph Canteloube de Malaret, composer, dies at 78   

1963  John Lennon utters his infamous "Rattle your jewelry" line on this day in history.   

1965  Lee Breedlove sets female land speed record (308.56 MPH) on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history krsto Odak, composer, dies at 77   

1966  Flooding of Arno River (Italy) destroys countless art works on November - 04.   

1967  Landing craft from USS Navarro (APA-215) rescue 43 men from British SS Habib Marikar aground on a reef at Lincoln Island in the Tonkin Gulf on this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history june Thorburn, actress (Tom Thumb), dies in plane crash at 36   

1968  Paul JM Lindemans, Flemish agricultural engineer/author, dies at 78 on November - 04.   

1969  On this day in history carlos Marighela, Brazilian guerilla, dies in battle   

1971  On November - 04 uSS Nathanael Greene (SSBN-636) launches a Poseidon C-3 missile in first surface launch of Poseidon missile.   

1973  On November - 04 karl H Waggerl, Austria author (Green Friends), dies at 75   

1974  On November - 04 edgar Fernhout, Dutch painter/son of Charley Toorop, dies at 62   

1975  Sheila Ryan, actress(Song of Texas, Great Guns), dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1978  Iranian troops fire on anti-Shah student protesters by Tehran U on this day in history.   

1979  On November - 04 500 Iranian "students" seize US embassy, take 90 hostages (444 days)   

1980  On November - 04 ronald Reagan (R) beats President Jimmy Carter (R) by a landslide   

1980  Ronald Reagan elected 40th President of the US on this day in history.   

1981  Columbia shuttle launch scrubbed with 31 secs remaining on this day in history.   

1982  On this day in history dominique Dunne, actress (Poltergeist), murdered by boyfriend at 23   

1984  On November - 04 nicaragua holds first free elections in 56 years; Sandinistas win 63%   

1984  On this day in history merie Earle, actress (Maude-Waltons), dies of uremic poisoning at 95   

1986  On November - 04 democrats gain control over the US Senate   

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1448  On November - 04 birth of king Alphonso II of Naples (d. 1495)   

1575  Guido Reni, Italian painter (d. 1642) was born on this day in history.   

1587  Samuel Scheidt, German organist/composer, baptised was born on November - 04.   

1590  Gerard van Honthorst, Dutch painter was born on November - 04.   

1640  Carlo Mannelli, composer was born on November - 04.   

1650  William III of Orange, king of England (1689-1702) was born on November - 04.   

1656  On November - 04 birth of leonard Sailer, composer   

1661  Karl III Philip, Elector Palatine (d. 1742) was born on this day in history.   

0644  On November - 04 death of omar I, Arabic 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered   

1203  On November - 04 dirk VII, Count of Holland (1190-1203), dies   

1411  Death of Khalil Sultan, ruler of Transoxonia (b. 1384) on November - 04.   

1652  On this day in history death of jean-Charles de la Faille, Flemish mathematician (b. 1597)   

1658  On November - 04 death of antoine Le Maistre, French Jansenist (b. 1608)   

1669  Death of Johannes Cocceius, Dutch theologian (b. 1603) on November - 04.   

1674  On this day in history kano Tanjoe, Japanese painter (palaces, portraits), dies at 72   

1698  Death of Rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician and mathematician (b. 1625) on November - 04.