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November 4th, 2007 (November 04 2007) | Death | Peter Viertel, German-American author and screenwriter (born in 1920) | |
November 4th, 2006 (November 04 2006) | Death | Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, American memoirist (Cheaper by the Dozen) (born in 1908) | |
November 4th, 2006 (November 04 2006) | Death | Frank Arthur Calder, Canadian politician (born in 1915) | |
November 4th, 2005 (November 04 2005) | Death | Nadia Anjuman, Afghan poet and journalist (born in 1980) | |
November 4th, 2005 (November 04 2005) | Death | Sheree North, American actress and singer (born in 1932) | |
November 4th, 2004 (November 04 2004) | Event | 12 French soldiers, 3 UN personnel and hundreds of civilians die during the Cote d Ivoire civil war. | |
November 4th, 2003 (November 04 2003) | Event | The most powerful solar flare as observed by satellite instrumentation is recorded. | |
November 4th, 2003 (November 04 2003) | Event | Former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy becomes the first person indicted under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. He was eventually acquitted. | |
November 4th, 2003 (November 04 2003) | Death | Richard Wollheim, British philosopher (born in 1923) | Philo Quotes |
November 4th, 2003 (November 04 2003) | Death | Ken Gampu, South African actor (born in 1929) | |
November 4th, 2003 (November 04 2003) | Death | Charles Causley, Cornish writer and poet (born in 1917) | |
November 4th, 2002 (November 04 2002) | Event | Chinese authorities arrest cyber-dissident He Depu for signing pro-democracy letter to the 16th Communist Party Congress | |
November 4th, 1999 (November 04 1999) | Death | Malcolm Marshall, Barbadian West Indies cricketer (born in 1958) | |
November 4th, 1997 (November 04 1997) | Death | H. Richard Hornberger, American writer (born in 1924) | Ric Berger Quotes |
November 4th, 1995 (November 04 1995) | Event | Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin is assassinated by an extreme right-wing Israeli. | Yitzhak Rabin Quotes |
November 4th, 1995 (November 04 1995) | Death | Yitzhak Rabin, Israeli prime minister; recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (born in 1922) | Yitzhak Rabin Quotes |
November 4th, 1995 (November 04 1995) | Death | Gilles Deleuze, French philosopher (born in 1925) | Philo Quotes |
November 4th, 1994 (November 04 1994) | Event | San Francisco: First conference that focusses exclusively on the subject of the commercial potential of the World Wide Web. | |
November 4th, 1994 (November 04 1994) | Death | Fred Sonic Smith, American guitar player MC5 (born in 1949) | |
November 4th, 1993 (November 04 1993) | Event | Bolivia becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty. | |
November 4th, 1993 (November 04 1993) | Event | A series of fires destroy 1000 homes in southern California, causing between 500 million and 1 billion USD of damage. Half of the fires turn out to be arson. | |
November 4th, 1993 (November 04 1993) | Event | A China Airlines Boeing 747 overran Runway 13 at Hong Kong s Kai Tak International Airport while landing during a typhoon, injuring 22 people. | |
November 4th, 1989 (November 04 1989) | Event | The congress of the Solidarity Party is inaugurated in Sweden. The congress decides, contrary to the proposal of the central committee, not to disband the party. | |
November 4th, 1986 (November 04 1986) | Event | Chief Justice Rose Bird and two colleagues are removed by the electorate from the Supreme Court of California for their opposition to capital punishment. | |
November 4th, 1986 (November 04 1986) | Birth | Alexz Johnson, Canadian singer and actress | |
November 4th, 1986 (November 04 1986) | Birth | Adrian Zaugg, South African racing driver | |
November 4th, 1986 (November 04 1986) | Death | Kurt Hirsch, German mathematician (born in 1906) | |
November 4th, 1985 (November 04 1985) | Birth | Marcell Jansen, German footballer | |
November 4th, 1982 (November 04 1982) | Birth | Devin Hester, American football player | |
November 4th, 1982 (November 04 1982) | Death | Dominique Dunne, American actress (born in 1959) | |
November 4th, 1981 (November 04 1981) | Birth | Vince Wilfork, American football player | |
November 4th, 1980 (November 04 1980) | Birth | Sabrina Colie, Jamaican actress | |
November 4th, 1980 (November 04 1980) | Birth | Jerry Collins, New Zealand rugby union footballer | |
November 4th, 1980 (November 04 1980) | Birth | Richard Owens, American football player | |
November 4th, 1980 (November 04 1980) | Birth | Marcy Rylan, American actress | |
November 4th, 1980 (November 04 1980) | Death | Elsie MacGill, Canadian aeronautical engineer (born in 1905) | |
November 4th, 1980 (November 04 1980) | Death | Robert Nesta Marley, Jamaican reggae musician | Robert Ley Quotes |
November 4th, 1979 (November 04 1979) | Event | Iran hostage crisis begins: Iranian people, mostly students, invade the United States embassy in Tehran and take 90 hostages (53 of whom are American). | |
November 4th, 1979 (November 04 1979) | Birth | Jesse Camp, former MTV veejay | |
November 4th, 1979 (November 04 1979) | Birth | Trishelle Cannatella, American reality tv castmember and model | |
November 4th, 1979 (November 04 1979) | Birth | Audrey Hollander, American pornographic actress | |
November 4th, 1978 (November 04 1978) | Birth | Carmen Cali, American baseball player | |
November 4th, 1978 (November 04 1978) | Birth | John Grabow, American baseball player | |
November 4th, 1977 (November 04 1977) | Birth | Larry Bigbie, American baseball player | |
November 4th, 1977 (November 04 1977) | Birth | So Ji-sub, South Korean swimmer, model and actor | |
November 4th, 1977 (November 04 1977) | Birth | Tonicha Jeronimo, British actress | |
November 4th, 1976 (November 04 1976) | Birth | Bruno Junqueira, Brazilian racing driver | |
November 4th, 1976 (November 04 1976) | Birth | Mario Melchiot, Dutch footballer | |
November 4th, 1975 (November 04 1975) | Birth | Eric Fichaud, Canadian ice hockey player | |
November 4th, 1975 (November 04 1975) | Birth | Eduard Kokcharov, Russian handball player | |
November 4th, 1975 (November 04 1975) | Birth | Curtis Stone, Australian chef and television personality | |
November 4th, 1975 (November 04 1975) | Birth | Heather Tom, American actress | |
November 4th, 1974 (November 04 1974) | Birth | Cedric Bixler-Zavala, American musician (At the Drive-In, The Mars Volta) | |
November 4th, 1974 (November 04 1974) | Death | Bert Patenaude, American soccer player (born in 1909) | |
November 4th, 1973 (November 04 1973) | Event | The Netherlands experiences the first Car Free Sunday caused by the 1973 oil crisis. Highways are deserted and are solely used by cyclists and roller skaters. | |
November 4th, 1972 (November 04 1972) | Birth | Luis Figo, Portuguese footballer | |
November 4th, 1972 (November 04 1972) | Birth | Tabassum Hashmi, Indian actress | |
November 4th, 1970 (November 04 1970) | Event | Vietnam War: VietnamizationThe United States turns control of the Binh Thuy Air Base in the Mekong Delta over to South Vietnam. | |
November 4th, 1970 (November 04 1970) | Event | Genie, a 13 year old feral child was found in Los Angeles, California having been locked in her bedroom for most of her life. | |
November 4th, 1970 (November 04 1970) | Birth | Tim DeBoom, American triathlete | |
November 4th, 1969 (November 04 1969) | Birth | Sean "Diddy" Combs, American rapper | |
November 4th, 1969 (November 04 1969) | Birth | Matthew McConaughey, American actor | |
November 4th, 1969 (November 04 1969) | Death | Carlos Marighella, Brazilian politician (born in 1911) | |
November 4th, 1968 (November 04 1968) | Birth | Carlos Baerga, Puerto Rican baseball player | |
November 4th, 1968 (November 04 1968) | Death | Michel Kikoine, Belarusian painter (born in 1892) | |
November 4th, 1967 (November 04 1967) | Birth | Eric Karros, American baseball player | |
November 4th, 1966 (November 04 1966) | Event | Two-thirds of Florence, Italy is submerged as the Arno rivers flood; considering also the contemporary flood of Po River in northern Italy, 113 people die, 30,000 are rendered homeless, and numerous Renaissance artworks and books are destroyed. | Rena Mero Quotes |
November 4th, 1966 (November 04 1966) | Birth | H. John Heinz IV, American medieval armor craftsman; son of Teresa Heinz | |
November 4th, 1965 (November 04 1965) | Birth | Malandra Burrows, English actress and singer | |
November 4th, 1965 (November 04 1965) | Birth | Tomoaki Ishizuka "Pata", Japanese musician | |
November 4th, 1965 (November 04 1965) | Birth | Jeff Scott Soto, American musician (Yngwie Malmsteen Journey) | |
November 4th, 1965 (November 04 1965) | Birth | Wayne Static, American musician (Static-X) | |
November 4th, 1963 (November 04 1963) | Birth | Marc Dery, Canadian singer and guitarist (Zebulon) | |
November 4th, 1963 (November 04 1963) | Birth | Rosario Flores, Spanish singer and actress | |
November 4th, 1963 (November 04 1963) | Birth | Michel Therrien, Canadian ice hockey coach | |
November 4th, 1962 (November 04 1962) | Event | In a test of the Nike-Hercules air defense missile, Shot Dominic-Tightrope is successfully detonated 69,000 feet above Johnston Islandied in It would also be the final atmospheric nuclear test ever conducted by the United States. | |
November 4th, 1962 (November 04 1962) | Birth | Jeff Probst, American television host | |
November 4th, 1961 (November 04 1961) | Birth | Kathy Griffin, American comedian | |
November 4th, 1961 (November 04 1961) | Birth | Daron Hagen, American composer | |
November 4th, 1961 (November 04 1961) | Birth | Edward Knight, American composer | |
November 4th, 1961 (November 04 1961) | Birth | Ralph Macchio, American actor | |
November 4th, 1961 (November 04 1961) | Birth | Les Sampou, American musician | |
November 4th, 1961 (November 04 1961) | Birth | Nigel Worthington, Northern Irish footballer | |
November 4th, 1960 (November 04 1960) | Birth | Marc Awodey, American artist and writer | |
November 4th, 1960 (November 04 1960) | Birth | Frl. Menke, German pop singer of the Neue Deutsche Welle | |
November 4th, 1958 (November 04 1958) | Birth | Anne Sweeney, American television executive | |
November 4th, 1957 (November 04 1957) | Death | Shoghi Effendi, Guardian of the Baha i Faith (born in 1897) | |
November 4th, 1956 (November 04 1956) | Event | Soviet troops enter Hungary to end the Hungarian revolution that started on October 23. Thousands are killed, more are wounded, and nearly a quarter million leave the country. | |
November 4th, 1956 (November 04 1956) | Birth | Jordan Rudess, American musician (Dream Theater) | |
November 4th, 1956 (November 04 1956) | Birth | James Honeyman-Scott, English guitarist (The Pretenders) (died in 1982) | |
November 4th, 1955 (November 04 1955) | Event | The rebuilt Vienna State Opera reopens with Ludwig van Beethoven s Fidelio after it was totally destroyed in World War II. | Ludwig van Beethoven Quotes |
November 4th, 1955 (November 04 1955) | Birth | Matti Vanhanen, Prime Minister of Finland | |
November 4th, 1955 (November 04 1955) | Death | Cy Young, American baseball player (born in 1867) | |
November 4th, 1954 (November 04 1954) | Birth | Chris Difford, English musician and songwriter | |
November 4th, 1953 (November 04 1953) | Birth | Carlos Gutierrez, American politician | |
November 4th, 1953 (November 04 1953) | Birth | Jacques Villeneuve (elder), Canadian racing driver | |
November 4th, 1953 (November 04 1953) | Birth | Dr. Marvel Williamson, American educator | |
November 4th, 1952 (November 04 1952) | Event | The United States government establishes the National Security Agency. | |
November 4th, 1951 (November 04 1951) | Birth | Traian Basescu, President of Romania | |
November 4th, 1951 (November 04 1951) | Birth | Cosey Fanni Tutti, English performance artist (Throbbing Gristle, Chris and Cosey) | |
November 4th, 1950 (November 04 1950) | Birth | Charles Frazier, American author | |
November 4th, 1950 (November 04 1950) | Birth | Markie Post, American actress | |
November 4th, 1950 (November 04 1950) | Death | Grover Cleveland Alexander, American baseball player (born in 1887) | Grover Cleveland Quotes |
November 4th, 1946 (November 04 1946) | Birth | Laura Bush, First Lady of the United States | |
November 4th, 1946 (November 04 1946) | Birth | Frederick Elmes, American cinematographer | |
November 4th, 1946 (November 04 1946) | Birth | Robert Mapplethorpe, American photographer (died in 1989) | |
November 4th, 1944 (November 04 1944) | Birth | Scherrie Payne, American singer (The Supremes) | |
November 4th, 1944 (November 04 1944) | Birth | Linda Gary, American voice actress (died in 1995) | |
November 4th, 1943 (November 04 1943) | Birth | Marlene Jobert, French actress | |
November 4th, 1943 (November 04 1943) | Birth | Clark Graebner, American tennis player | |
November 4th, 1943 (November 04 1943) | Birth | Bob Wollek, French race car driver (died in 2001) | |
November 4th, 1942 (November 04 1942) | Event | World War II: Second Battle of El AlameinDisobeying a direct order by Adolf Hitler, General Field Marshal Erwin Rommel leads his forces on a five-month retreat. | Erwin Rommel Quotes |
November 4th, 1940 (November 04 1940) | Birth | Delbert McClinton, American musician | |
November 4th, 1939 (November 04 1939) | Event | World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders the United States Customs Service to implement the Neutrality Act of 1939, allowing cash-and-carry purchases of weapons by belligerents. | |
November 4th, 1937 (November 04 1937) | Birth | Loretta Swit, American actress | |
November 4th, 1937 (November 04 1937) | Birth | Michael Wilson, Canadian politician | |
November 4th, 1936 (November 04 1936) | Birth | C. K. Williams, American poet | |
November 4th, 1933 (November 04 1933) | Birth | Tito Francona, American baseball player | |
November 4th, 1932 (November 04 1932) | Birth | Thomas Klestil, President of Austria (died in 2004) | |
November 4th, 1930 (November 04 1930) | Birth | Doris Roberts, American actress | |
November 4th, 1930 (November 04 1930) | Birth | Dick Groat, American baseball player | |
November 4th, 1930 (November 04 1930) | Death | Buddy Bolden, American musician (born in 1877) | |
November 4th, 1929 (November 04 1929) | Birth | Shaike Ophir, Israeli actor (died in 1987) | |
November 4th, 1928 (November 04 1928) | Death | Arnold Rothstein, American gambler (born in 1882) | |
November 4th, 1924 (November 04 1924) | Event | Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming is elected as the first female governor in the United States. | |
November 4th, 1924 (November 04 1924) | Birth | Howie Meeker, Canadian ice hockey player and politician | |
November 4th, 1924 (November 04 1924) | Death | Gabriel Faure, French composer (born in 1845) | |
November 4th, 1924 (November 04 1924) | Death | Richard Conner, American Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient (born in 1843) | |
November 4th, 1923 (November 04 1923) | Birth | Freddy Heineken, Dutch businessman (died in 2002) | |
November 4th, 1922 (November 04 1922) | Event | In Egypt, British archaeologist Howard Carter and his men find the entrance to King Tutankhamun s tomb in the Valley of the Kings. | Howard Carter Quotes |
November 4th, 1922 (November 04 1922) | Birth | Benno Besson, Swiss actor (died in 2006) | |
November 4th, 1921 (November 04 1921) | Event | The Sturmabteilung or SA is formally formed by Adolf Hitler | Adolf Hitler Quotes |
November 4th, 1921 (November 04 1921) | Event | Japanese Prime Minister Hara Takashi is assassinated in Tokyo. | |
November 4th, 1921 (November 04 1921) | Event | Italian unknown soldier is buried in the Altare della Patria (Fatherland Altar) in Rome. | |
November 4th, 1919 (November 04 1919) | Birth | Martin Balsam, American actor (died in 1996) | |
November 4th, 1918 (November 04 1918) | Event | World War I: Austria-Hungary surrenders to Italy. | |
November 4th, 1918 (November 04 1918) | Event | The German Revolution begins when 40,000 sailors take over the port in Kiel. | |
November 4th, 1918 (November 04 1918) | Birth | Art Carney, American actor (died in 2003) | |
November 4th, 1918 (November 04 1918) | Birth | Cameron Mitchell, American actor (died in 1994) | |
November 4th, 1918 (November 04 1918) | Death | Wilfred Owen, English poet (born in 1893) | |
November 4th, 1916 (November 04 1916) | Birth | Walter Cronkite, American news broadcaster | |
November 4th, 1913 (November 04 1913) | Birth | Gig Young, American actor (died in 1978) | |
November 4th, 1912 (November 04 1912) | Birth | Vadim Salmanov, Russian composer (died in 1978) | |
November 4th, 1909 (November 04 1909) | Birth | Skeeter Webb, American baseball player (died in 1986) | |
November 4th, 1909 (November 04 1909) | Birth | Bert Patenaude, American soccer player (died in 1974) | |
November 4th, 1908 (November 04 1908) | Birth | Jozef Rotblat, Polish physicist, Nobel laureate (died in 2005) | |
November 4th, 1908 (November 04 1908) | Birth | Stanley Cortez, American cinematographer (died in 1997) | |
November 4th, 1906 (November 04 1906) | Death | John H. Ketcham, American politician (born in 1832) | |
November 4th, 1904 (November 04 1904) | Birth | Tadeusz Zylinski, Polish technician and textilist (died in 1967) | |
November 4th, 1901 (November 04 1901) | Birth | Princess Bang-ja of Korea (died in 1989) | |
November 4th, 1901 (November 04 1901) | Birth | Spyridon Marinatos, Greek archaeologist (died in 1974) | |
November 4th, 1900 (November 04 1900) | Birth | Lucretiu Patrascanu, Romanian communist activist and sociologist (died in 1954) | |
November 4th, 1899 (November 04 1899) | Birth | Nicolas Frantz, Luxembourgish cyclist (died in 1985) | |
November 4th, 1893 (November 04 1893) | Death | Pierre Tirard, French politician (born in 1827) | |
November 4th, 1890 (November 04 1890) | Event | City & South London Railway: London s first deep-level tube railway opens between King William Street and Stockwell. | William King Quotes |
November 4th, 1890 (November 04 1890) | Birth | Alfred Henschke, ps. Klabund, German writer and poet (died in 1928) | |
November 4th, 1889 (November 04 1889) | Event | Menelek of Shoa obtains the allegiance of a large majority of the Ethiopian nobility, paving the way for him to be crowned emperor. | |
November 4th, 1884 (November 04 1884) | Birth | Harry Ferguson, Northern Irish aviator and inventor (died in 1960) | |
November 4th, 1883 (November 04 1883) | Birth | Nikolaos Plastiras, Greek general (died in 1953) | |
November 4th, 1879 (November 04 1879) | Birth | Will Rogers, American humorist (died in 1935) | Will Rogers Quotes |
November 4th, 1874 (November 04 1874) | Birth | Aleksandr Vasilevich Kolchak, Russian military commander (died in 1920) | |
November 4th, 1868 (November 04 1868) | Birth | Carolina Otero, a.k.a La Belle Otero, Spanish actress, singer and courtesan (died in 1965) | |
November 4th, 1864 (November 04 1864) | Event | American Civil War: Battle of JohnsonvilleConfederate troops bombard a Union supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material. | |
November 4th, 1861 (November 04 1861) | Event | The University of Washington opens in Seattle, Washington as the Territorial University | |
November 4th, 1856 (November 04 1856) | Death | Hippolyte Delaroche, French painter (born in 1797) | |
November 4th, 1852 (November 04 1852) | Event | Count Camillo Benso di Cavour becomes the prime minister of Piedmont-Sardinia, which soon expands to become Italy. | |
November 4th, 1847 (November 04 1847) | Death | Felix Mendelssohn, German composer (born in 1809) | |
November 4th, 1845 (November 04 1845) | Birth | Vasudeo Balwant Phadke, The First Indian Revolutionary (died in 1883) | |
November 4th, 1839 (November 04 1839) | Event | The Newport Rising is the last large-scale armed rebellion against authority in mainland Britain. | |
November 4th, 1836 (November 04 1836) | Birth | Henry J. Lutcher, American businessman (died in 1912) | |
November 4th, 1825 (November 04 1825) | Event | The Erie Canal is completed with Governor DeWitt Clinton performing the Wedding of The Waters ceremony in New York Harbour. | |
November 4th, 1816 (November 04 1816) | Birth | Stephen Johnson Field, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (died in 1899) | |
November 4th, 1809 (November 04 1809) | Birth | Benjamin Robbins Curtis, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (died in 1874) | |
November 4th, 1801 (November 04 1801) | Death | William Shippen, American physician and delegate to the Continental Congress (born in 1712) | |
November 4th, 1783 (November 04 1783) | Event | W.A. Mozart s Symphony No. 36 is premiered in Linz, Austria. | |
November 4th, 1781 (November 04 1781) | Death | Johann Nikolaus Gotz, German poet (born in 1721) | |
November 4th, 1765 (November 04 1765) | Birth | Pierre Girard, French mathematician (died in 1836) | |
November 4th, 1740 (November 04 1740) | Birth | Augustus Montague Toplady, English author of hymn "Rock of Ages" (died in 1778) | Augustus Montague Toplady Quotes |
November 4th, 1737 (November 04 1737) | Event | The Teatro di San Carlo is inaugurated. | |
November 4th, 1704 (November 04 1704) | Death | Andreas Acoluthus, German orientalist (born in 1654) | |
November 4th, 1702 (November 04 1702) | Death | John Benbow, English admiral (born in 1653) | |
November 4th, 1698 (November 04 1698) | Death | Rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician and mathematician (born in 1625) | |
November 4th, 1677 (November 04 1677) | Event | The future Mary II of England marries William, Prince of Orange. They would later be known as William and Mary. | |
November 4th, 1669 (November 04 1669) | Death | Johannes Cocceius, Dutch theologian (born in 1603) | |
November 4th, 1661 (November 04 1661) | Birth | Karl III Philip, Elector Palatine (died in 1742) | |
November 4th, 1658 (November 04 1658) | Death | Antoine Le Maistre, French Jansenist (born in 1608) | |
November 4th, 1652 (November 04 1652) | Death | Jean-Charles de la Faille, Flemish mathematician (born in 1597) | |
November 4th, 1631 (November 04 1631) | Birth | Mary of Orange, eldest daughter of Charles I of England and mother of William III of England (died in 1660) | |
November 4th, 1576 (November 04 1576) | Event | Eighty Years War: In Flanders, Spain captures Antwerp (after three days the city was nearly destroyed). | |
November 4th, 1575 (November 04 1575) | Birth | Guido Reni, Italian painter (died in 1642) | |
November 4th, 1501 (November 04 1501) | Event | Catherine of Aragon (later Henry VIII s wife) meets Arthur Tudor, Henry VIII s older brotherthey would later marry. | Arthur Mee Quotes |
November 4th, 1470 (November 04 1470) | Birth | King Edward V of England, one of the two princes in the Tower | |
November 4th, 1448 (November 04 1448) | Birth | King Alphonso II of Naples (died in 1495) | |
November 4th, 1411 (November 04 1411) | Death | Khalil Sultan, ruler of Transoxonia (born in 1384) | |
November 4th, 1333 (November 04 1333) | Event | Flood of the Arno River, causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani. | |
November 4th, 1254 (November 04 1254) | Death | John III Ducas Vatatzes, Emperor of the Nicaea (born in circa 1192). | |