Today in History for November 1904

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 10 of 10

1st - George Bernard Shaws "John Bull's Other Island," premieres in London
2nd - British newspaper, "Daily Mirror," begins publishing
4th - 1st stadium built specifically for football (Harvard Stadium)
8th - American President Theodore Roosevelt (R) defeats Alton B Parker (D)
9th - 1st airplane flight to last more than 5 minutes
15th - King C Gillette patents Gillette razor blade
17th - George Cohans musical "Little Johnny Jones," premieres in NYC
18th - General Esteban Huertas steps down after the government of Panama fears he wants to stage a coup.
23rd - 3rd Olympic games close in St Louis
28th - Germany defeats Hottentotten in Warmbad SW-Africa

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 45 of 45

1st - Laura Laplante, St Louis MO, actress (Cat & Canary)
3rd - Gideon Fagan, composer
3rd - Janis Kalnins, composer
4th - Don Alvarado, [Jose Page], Albuquerque NM, actor (Captain Thunder)
4th - Walter Bauer, writer
4th - Tadeusz Żyliński, Polish technician and textilist (d. 1967)
5th - Cooney Weiland, Canadian hockey player (d. 1985)
6th - Selena Royale, NYC, actress (Date With Judy, Misleading Lady)
8th - Cedric Belfrage English-born writer (d. 1990)
9th - Viktor Brack, Nazi physician (d. 1948)
10th - Steven Geray, Uzhored Czechoslovakia, actor (French Line)
11th - Alger Hiss, State Department official hid papers in a pumpkin
11th - J. H. C. Whitehead, British mathematician (d. 1960)
13th - Gertrude Olmsted, Chicago IL, actress (The Monster)
14th - Alexey Semyonovich Zhivotov, composer
14th - Dick Powell, Mt View Ark, actor (Cry Danger, Dick Powell Theater)
14th - Harold Larwood, cricketer (England bodyline bowler)
14th - Marya Mannes, NYC, author (The Reporter)
15th - Tilly Losch, Vienna Austria, actress (Garden of Allah)
16th - Eddie Condon, Goodland Ind, jazz guitarist (Eddie Condon's Floor Show)
16th - Frederik van der Meer, Dutch archaeologist/art historian
16th - Nnamdi Benjamin "Zik" Azikiwe, politician
17th - Isamu Noguchi, sculptor (1963 Fine Arts Medal)
18th - Guido Santorsola, composer
18th - Theodore DN Besterman, British bibliographer
18th - Jean Paul Lemieux, Quebec painter (d. 1990)
19th - Jacob "Jaap" Nanninga, Dutch painter
19th - Nancy Carroll, [Ann V LaHiff], NYC, actress (Alice-Aldrich Family)
20th - Alexandra Danilova, ballet great
21st - Coleman Hawkins, virtually created tenor saxophone for jazz
22nd - Roland Winters, Boston Mass, actor (Mama, Smothers Brothers)
25th - Herbert Reynolds Inch, composer
25th - Jessie Royce Landis, [Medbury], Chicago, actress (North by Northwest)
25th - Lillian Copeland, US discus thrower (Olympic-gold-1932)
25th - Ba Jin, Chinese novelist (d. 2005)
25th - Toni Ortelli, Italian composer and alpinist (d. 2000)
26th - Armand Frappier, French-Canadian physician and microbiologist (d. 1991)
28th - James O Eastland, (Sen-D-Miss)
28th - Nancy Mitford, English author (Love in a cold climate)
29th - Kay Johnson, Mt Vernon NY, actress (Real Glory, Of Human Bondage)
29th - Piet Ketting, pianist/conductor/composer (Glorify Kokila)
29th - Egon Eiermann, German architect (d. 1970)
30th - Clyfford Still, US, abstract painter
30th - Philip Burton, teacher/writer/dramatist
30th - Philip H Burton, Welsh director/acting teacher (Richard Burton)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 5 of 5

3rd - Gaston Henri Charles Antoine Serpette, composer, dies at 57
4th - Jack Brown, cricketer (8 Tests for England 1894-99), dies
18th - Justus van Maurik, cigar manufacturer/author/head of Red Guard, dies
22nd - Theophile E A de Bock, painter/etcher, dies
30th - Aldine Sillman Kieffer, composer, dies at 64