November 4 Events |
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| 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, 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, 1995 (November 04 1995) | Event | Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin is assassinated by an extreme right-wing Israeli. | Yitzhak Rabin 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 1952 (November 04 1952) | Event | The United States government establishes the National Security Agency. | |
| 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, 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, 1924 (November 04 1924) | Event | Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming is elected as the first female governor in the United States. | |
| 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 1839 (November 04 1839) | Event | The Newport Rising is the last large-scale armed rebellion against authority in mainland Britain. | |
| 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, 1783 (November 04 1783) | Event | W.A. Mozart s Symphony No. 36 is premiered in Linz, Austria. | |
| November 4th, 1737 (November 04 1737) | Event | The Teatro di San Carlo is inaugurated. | |
| 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, 1576 (November 04 1576) | Event | Eighty Years War: In Flanders, Spain captures Antwerp (after three days the city was nearly destroyed). | |
| 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, 1333 (November 04 1333) | Event | Flood of the Arno River, causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani. | |
