Today in History
November 4 - Today in History
By Staff
Nov 4, 2006 - 12:00:00 AM

0644 - Omar I, Arabic 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered
0922 - Richarius becomes bishop of Luik
1501 - Philip de Blank and Juana "la Loca" depart to Spain
1519 - Flood ravages Dutch/Friese coast
1520 - Danish/Norwegian king Christian II crowned king of Sweden
1529 - English cardinal Thomas Wolsey arrested
1576 - Spanish defeat Walloons and take Antwerp Belgium
1619 - Frederik V crowned king of Bohemia
1631 - Ferdinand of Austria installed as land guardian of S Netherlands
1645 - Prince Frederik Henry conquerors Holly
1646 - Massachusetts uses death penalty for denying that Saint Copybook is God's word
1675 - -5] Storm hits about West-Europe: flood in Amsterdam
1841 - First wagon train arrives in California
1842 - Abraham Lincoln marries Mary Todd in Springfield, Ill
1845 - First nationally observed uniform election day in US
1846 - Benjamin Palmer patents artificial leg
1854 - Lighthouse forms on Alcatraz Island
1856 - James Buchanan elected US president
1861 - University of Washington founded in Seattle
1862 - Richard Gatling patents Gatling gun
1864 - Confederate assault on Johnsonville, Tennessee
1864 - Naval Engagement at Reynoldsburg Island
1866 - Kingdom of Italy annexes Venetia
1867 - 90 kegs of powder used to get rock from Telegraph Hill for seawall
1873 - Dentist John Beers of SF patents gold crown
1874 - Samuel J Tilden elected governor of NY
1875 - "Pacific" collides with "Orpheus" off Cape Flattery Wash, 236 dies
1875 - Tonga adopts constitution
1879 - Elkins patents refrigerating apparatus
1879 - James Ritty patents first cash register, to combat stealing by bartenders in his Dayton, Ohio saloon
1880 - First cash register patented by James and John Ritty of Dayton Ohio
1884 - Grover Cleveland (D) beats James G Blaine (R) for first presidential term
1889 - Players League begins, declaring independence from baseball's NL
1890 - Great Britain proclaims Zanzibar as a protectorate
1890 - Prince of Wales opens first underground (Station Stockwell, London)
1893 - Dr Jamesons Legertje occupies Bulawayo Matabeleland
1904 - First stadium built specifically for football (Harvard Stadium)
1905 - Harbor strike against importing grain elevators in Rotterdam
1908 - Tom s Estrada Palma, first president Cuba (1902-06), dies
1911 - Charles I of Austria marries Princess Zita of Bourbon-Parma
1911 - France and Germany signs treaty about Morocco and Congo
1914 - Russia declares Turkey the war
1914 - Vogue holds first model show ("Fashion Fete," NYC)
1918 - Kiel in hands of revolutionary sailors
1922 - Howard Carter discovers tomb of Tutankhamen in Egypt
1924 - British Labour government of MacDonald, resigns
1924 - California legalizes pro boxing (illegal since 1914)
1924 - Nellie Tayloe Ross elected first US female gov (Wyoming)
1924 - US president Calvin Coolidge re-elected
1928 - Jos‚ Moncada elected president of Nicaragua
1933 - Bradman scores 200 NSW v Queensland, 184 mins, 26 fours
1933 - Hermann G”ring and Georgi Dimitrov duel
1933 - Young Park (1) in the Bronx named in honor of James Young
1934 - Pitts ends Detroit Lions' shutout streak at 7 games but loses 40-7
1939 - 1940 Olympics awarded to Helsinki, Finland
1939 - First air conditioned automobile (Packard) exhibited, Chicago, Ill
1939 - US allows "cash and carry" arms sales during WW II
1940 - Eggs and cake rationed in Netherlands
1942 - 13th day of battle at El Alamein: Afr corps draws back out Fuka-posing
1943 - France arrests government of Lebanon
1944 - German troops reconquer Schmidt H�rtgenwald
1944 - RAF bombs Dinteloord, 54 killed
1946 - UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization formed
1948 - TS Eliot wins Nobel Prize for literature
1949 - "One Man's Family" premieres on TV
1950 - Indonesian troops reconquer Ambonese capital Ambon
1950 - US troops vacate Pyongyang North Korea
1951 - 9th Ryder Cup: US wins 9«-2« at Pinehurst CC NC
1951 - NY Giants and NY Yanks score back-to-back TDs on kickoff returns
1952 - Earthquake and flood strike Kamshatka-South America
1952 - Eisenhower (R) elected 34th pres beating Adlai Stevenson (D)
1953 - Eddie Joost succeeds Jimmy Dykes as the manager of Phila A's
1953 - New balk rule gives the batter option; of accepting the outcome of the pitch or the balk
1954 - Philadelphia A's move to Kansas City
1956 - 200,000 Russian troops attack anti-Stalinist revolt in Budapest
1956 - Israel captures Straits of Tiran and reach Suez Canal Egypt
1956 - USSR sends tanks into Hungary and threatens to bomb Budapest
1957 - 2nd Soviet Earth-satellite launched
1958 - Angelo G Roncalli crowned as pope John XXIII
1958 - Belgian government of Eyskens, resigns
1958 - Democrats win US congressional election
1959 - Ernie Banks, Cubs shortstop, wins 2nd consecutive NL MVP
1960 - "Misfits" premieres, final movie for Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe
1961 - Karamanlis becomes premier of Greece
1962 - Murle Lindstrom wins LPGA San Antonio Civitan Golf Tournament
1962 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island
1963 - John Lennon utters his infamous "Rattle your jewelry" line
1965 - Lee Breedlove sets female land speed record (308.56 MPH) in Utah
1966 - Flooding of Arno River (Italy) destroys countless art works, kills 113
1968 - Battles between Jordan army and Al Fatah-arm forces
1970 - Russian nuclear physicist Sacharov forms Human Rights Comittee
1972 - Bangladesh adopts constitution
1972 - Kings score 3 goals within 45 seconds against Islanders
1973 - 1000s commemorates former premier Georgios Papandreou
1973 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lady Errol Golf Classic
1973 - New Orleans Saints first shutout victory, 13-0 vs Buffalo Bills
1975 - Orioles Jim Palmer wins his 2nd Cy Young Award
1976 - First mass-market free-agent reentry draft, Reggie Jackson, Joe Rudi, Gullett, Tenace, Fingers, Baylor, Grich and McCovey, available
1977 - UN Security council proclaims weapon embargo against South Africa
1978 - Iranian troops fire on anti-Shah student protesters by Tehran U
1978 - Islanders start 15 game undefeated streak (12-0-3)
1978 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1978 - 3rd annual reentry free-agent draft, Pete Rose, Tommy John, and Darrell Evans, available
1979 - 500 Iranian "students" seize US embassy, take 90 hostages (444 days)
1980 - Islanders start 15 game undefeated streak (13-0-2)
1980 - Libyan invasion in Chad
1980 - Ronald Reagan (R) defeats Pres Jimmy Carter (D) by a landslide
1980 - Sadaharu Oh, 40, pro baseball's all-time HR run king with 868, retires
1980 - Steve Carlton wins 3rd NL Cy Young Awards
1981 - Columbia shuttle launch scrubbed with 31 secs remaining
1981 - Dr George Nichopoulas is acquitted of overprescribing addictive drugs for Elvis Presley
1982 - Ruud Lubbers becomes Dutch premier
1983 - Bomb attack on Israeli headquarter in Tyrus Lebanon, 60 killed
1983 - Washington Capitals first NHL overtime victory beating Vancouver 5-4
1984 - Nayoko Yoshikawa wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic
1984 - Nicaragua holds first free elections in 56 years; Sandinistas win 63%
1987 - Benito Santiago, Padres catcher, wins NL Rookie of Year
1987 - Lisa Steinberg, battered into coma by her adoptive father Joel
1987 - NBA announces 4 new franchises; Charlotte and Miami for 1988 and Minneapolis and Orlando for 1989
1988 - First NBA game at Charlotte Coliseum - Hornets lose to Cavs, 133-93
1989 - First NBA game at Orlando Arena, Orlando Magic loses to NJ Nets, 111-106
1989 - Orlando Magic's first NBA game, loses to Nets, 111-106
1989 - Rene Muawad elected president of Lebanon
1989 - Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Bayakoa, Dancing Spree, Go for Wand, Prized, Rhythm, Steinlen, Sunday Silence
1990 - 20th NYC Women's Marathon won by Wanda Panfil in 2:30:45
1990 - 21st NYC Marathon won by Douglas Wakiihuri in 2:12:39
1990 - Debbie Massey wins LPGA Mazda Japan 133 Golf Classic
1990 - Iraq says it is preparing for a "dangerous war"
1990 - Secretary of State James Baker visits US troops in Saudi Arabia
1991 - Mid East peace conference ends in Madrid Spain
1992 - NY Giants announce they will quit WNEW Radio after 32 years for WOR
1992 - NY Jets announce they are moving from WABC to WFAN radio
1993 - Elton John awarded $518,700 from Sunday Mirror false report his diet
1993 - Nia Peeples files for divorce from Howard Hewett
1993 - Sunday Mirror ordered to pay Elton John $518,700 for false report
1994 - Soyuz TM-20 lands in Kazahkstan
1994 - United Center in Chicago opens - Bulls beat Charlotte Hornets, 89-83
1995 - Yitzhak Rabin, PM of Israel, assassinated at 73
1995 - Key Arena opens, Seattle Supersonics beat LA Lakers 103-89
1997 - H Richard Hornberger, surgeon (inspired M*A*S*H), dies at 73

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