Today in History for 4th November 2016:
Historical Events
1501 – Philip de Blank and Juana “la Loca” depart to Spain
1737 – The Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, inaugurated.
1845 – First nationally observed uniform election day in US
1864 – Confederate assault on Johnsonville, Tennessee
1954 – Philadelphia A’s move to Kansas City
1994 – San Francisco: First conference that focusses exclusively on the subject of the commercial potential of the World Wide Web.
Famous Birthdays
1881 – Gena Branscombe, composer
1961 – Edward Knight, Ann Arbor, Michigan, composer
1961 – Nigel Worthington, Northern Irish footballer
1972 – Tabassum Hashmi, Indian actress
1975 – Curtis Stone, Australian chef and television personality
1993 – Jonathan Ric Ocasek, son of rocker Ric and model Paulina Porizkova
Famous Deaths
1658 – Antoine Le Maistre, French Jansenist (b. 1608)
1921 – Takasji Hara, premier of Japan, murdered
1950 – Grover Cleveland Alexander, American baseball player (b. 1887)
1993 – Cornelis T “Cor” van de Molen, Dutch journalist (Beehive), dies at 62
1995 – Yitzhak Rabin, PM of Israel, assassinated at 73
2010 – Michelle Nicastro, American actress and singer (b. 1960)