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On This Day…
Feast day of saints Vitalis and Agricola, St Birstan or Brynstan of Winchester, St
Pierius, St John Zedazneli, St Charles Borromeo, St Joannicus, and St Clarus.
1605 Guy Fawkes, a Roman Catholic convert and conspirator in the
Gunpowder Plot, was arrested in Parliament's cellar.
1862 US inventor Richard Gatling patented the rapid-fire, or
machine, gun.
1914 The first fashion show was organized by Edna Woodman
Chase of
Vogue magazine, and held at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, New York.
1922 British archeologist Howard Carter discovered the tomb
of the
Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamen.
1946 UNESCO was established, with headquarters in Paris.
1979 Iranian students stormed the US Embassy in Teheran and
held over 60 staff and US marines hostage.
1980 Ronald Reagan was elected 40th US president.
1991 Imelda Marcos returned to the Philippines after five
years of exile
in the US; the government endorsed her return so that she could be tried
on corruption and tax evasion charges.
Birthdays which occurred on November 4th:
1650 William III of Orange, King of England (1689-1702)
1862 Eden Phillpotts, England, novelist/poet/playwright (Red Madymaynes)
1873 G. E. Moore, English philosopher (Ethics)
1876 James Fraser, designed buffalo nickel
1879 Will Rogers, Oologah Indian Territory (Oklahoma), humorist
1886 Ian Wolfe, Canton Illinois, actor (Diary of a Madman, Wizards & Warriors)
1900 Luigi Lucioni, Italy, landscape painter (opera stars)
1906 Bob Considine, sports columnist (Bob Feller Story)
1909 Ciro Alegrˇa, Peru, novelist (Golden Serpent)
1912 Pauline Trigere, fashion designer (Bell Bottoms)
1913 Gig Young, St. Cloud MN, actor (They Shoot Horses Don't They)
1916 Walter Cronkite, St. Joseph MO, news anchor (CBS Evening News 1962-81)
1918 Art Carney, Mount Vernon NY, actor (Ed Norton-Honeymooners)
1918 Cameron Mitchell, Dallastown PA, actor (Buck-High Chaparral)
1919 Martin Balsam, New York, actor (Murray-Archie Bunker's Place, Catch 22)
1929 Jimmy Piersall, baseball player (Red Sox, Senators, Indians)
1930 Doris Roberts, St. Louis, actress (Angie, Maggie, Emmy 1983)
1930 Kate Reid, London, actress (Heaven Help Us)
1931 Darla Hood, Leedey Oklahoma, singer/actress (Little Rascals)
1932 Noam Pitlik, Philadelphia, actor/director (Sanford & Son, Bob Newhart)
1937 Loretta Switt, Passaic NJ, actress (Hotlips Houlihan-M*A*S*H)
1947 Aleksandr Tkachev, USSR, parallel bars gymnast (Olympic gold-1980)
1947 Alexei Ulanov, USSR, figure skater (Olympic gold-1972, 76)
1949 Berlinda Tolbert, Charlotte NC, actor (Jenny-Jeffersons)
1950 Markie Post [Marjorie], Palo Alto California, actress (Christine-Night Court)
1954 Chris Difford, guitarist/vocalist (Squeeze-Tempted)
1955 Peter Boynton, Maine, actor (Tonio-As the World Turns)
1962 Ralph Macchio, Huntington NY, actor (Karate Kid, 8 is Enough)
1966 Kool Rock [Damon Wimbley], rapper (Fat Boys-Jail House Rock)
1975 Heather Tom, actress (Victoria-Young & Restless)
Deaths which occurred on November 4th:
1984 Merie Earle, actress (Maude-Waltons), dies of uremic poisoning at 95
1987 Raphael Soyer, artist (Depression scenes in NYC), dies at 87
1995 Yitzhak Rabin, fifth Prime
Minister of the State of Israel, dies at 73
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