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November 4 is the 308th day of the year (309th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 57 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
1333 - Flood of the Arno River , causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani .1501 - Catherine of Aragon (later Henry VIII's wife ) meets Arthur Tudor , Henry VIII 's older brother - they would later marry.1576 - Eighty Years' War : In Flanders , Spain captures Antwerp (after three days the city was nearly destroyed).1677 - The future Mary II of England marries William, Prince of Orange . They would later jointly reign as William and Mary .1737 - The Teatro di San Carlo is inaugurated.1783 - W.A. Mozart 's Symphony No. 36 receives its première performance in Linz , Austria .1791 - The Western Confederacy of American Indians win a major victory over the United States in the Battle of the Wabash .1825 - The Erie Canal is completed with Governor DeWitt Clinton performing the Wedding of The Waters ceremony in New York Harbour .1834 - The Delta Upsilon Fraternity is established at Williams College Massachusetts .1839 - The Newport Rising is the last large-scale armed rebellion against authority in mainland Britain.1852 - Count Camillo Benso di Cavour becomes the prime minister of Piedmont -Sardinia , which soon expands to become Italy .1861 - The University of Washington opens in Seattle , Washington as the Territorial University1864 - American Civil War : Battle of Johnsonville - Confederate troops bombard a Union supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material.1889 - Menelek of Shoa obtains the allegiance of a large majority of the Ethiopian nobility, paving the way for him to be crowned emperor .1890 - City & South London Railway : London 's first deep-level tube railway opens between King William Street and Stockwell .1918 - World War I : Austria-Hungary surrenders to Italy .1918 - The German Revolution begins when 40,000 sailors take over the port in Kiel .
1921 - The Sturmabteilung or SA is formally formed by Adolf Hitler 1921 - Japanese Prime Minister Hara Takashi is assassinated in Tokyo .
1921 - The Italian unknown soldier is buried in the Altare della Patria (Fatherland Altar) in Rome.
1922 - In Egypt , British archaeologist Howard Carter and his men find the entrance to King Tutankhamun 's tomb in the Valley of the Kings .1924 - Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming is elected as the first female governor in the United States .1939 - 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.1942 - World War II: Second Battle of El Alamein - Disobeying a direct order by Adolf Hitler , General Field Marshal Erwin Rommel leads his forces on a five-month retreat.1944 - World War II: Bitola Liberation Day1952 - The United States government establishes the National Security Agency .1955 - After being totally destroyed in World War II, the rebuilt Vienna State Opera reopens with a performance of Ludwig van Beethoven 's Fidelio 1956 - 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.1962 - In a test of the Nike-Hercules air defense missile, Shot Dominic-Tightrope is successfully detonated 69,000 feet above Johnston Island . It would also be the last atmospheric nuclear test conducted by the United States.1966 - Two-thirds of Florence , Italy is submerged as the Arno river floods ; together with the contemporaneous flood of the Po River in northern Italy, this leads to 113 deaths, 30,000 made homeless, and the destruction of numerous Renaissance artworks and books.1970 - Vietnam War : Vietnamization - The United States turns control of the Binh Thuy Air Base in the Mekong Delta over to South Vietnam .1970 - Genie , a 13 year old feral child is found in Los Angeles, California having been locked in her bedroom for most of her life.
1973 - The Netherlands experiences the first Car Free Sunday caused by the 1973 oil crisis . Highways are deserted and are used only by cyclists and roller skaters .1979 - Iran hostage crisis begins: a group of Iranians , mostly students, invades the United States embassy in Tehran and takes 90 hostages (53 of whom are American).1986 - Chief Justice Rose Bird and two colleagues are removed by the electorate from the Supreme Court of California for their opposition to capital punishment .1989 - 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.1993 - Bolivia becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty .1993 - A China Airlines Boeing 747 overruns Runway 13 at Hong Kong 's Kai Tak International Airport while landing during a typhoon , injuring 22 people.
1994 - San Francisco : First conference that focuses exclusively on the subject of the commercial potential of the World Wide Web .1995 - Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin is assassinated by an extremist Orthodox Israeli.2002 - Chinese authorities arrest cyber-dissident He Depu for signing pro-democracy letter to the 16th Communist Party Congress 2003 - The most powerful solar flare observed by satellite instrumentation is recorded.2008 - Barack Obama becomes the first African-American to be elected President of the United States of America .
Births
1448 - King Alphonso II of Naples (d. 1495 )1470 - King Edward V of England , one of the two princes in the Tower (d. 1483 )1575 - Guido Reni , Italian painter (d. 1642 )1631 - Mary of Orange , eldest daughter of Charles I of England and mother of William III of England (d. 1660 )1661 - Karl III Philip, Elector Palatine (d. 1742 )1740 - Augustus Montague Toplady , English author of hymn "Rock of Ages " (d. 1778 )1765 - Pierre Girard , French mathematician (d. 1836 )1809 - Benjamin Robbins Curtis , Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1874 )1816 - Stephen Johnson Field , Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1899 )1836 - Henry J. Lutcher , American businessman (d. 1912 )1845 - Vasudeo Balwant Phadke , Indian revolutionary (d. 1883 )1868 - Carolina Otero , a.k.a La Belle Otero , Spanish actress, singer and courtesan (d. 1965 )1874 - Aleksandr Vasilevich Kolchak , Russian military commander (d. 1920 )1879 - Will Rogers , American humorist (d. 1935 )1883 - Nikolaos Plastiras , Greek general (d. 1953 )1884 - Harry Ferguson , Northern Irish aviator and inventor (d. 1960 )1890 - Alfred Henschke , ps. Klabund , German writer and poet (d. 1928 )1896 - Carlos P. Garcia , 8th President of the Philippines (d. 1971 )1899 - Nicolas Frantz , Luxembourgish cyclist (d. 1985 )1900 - Lucreţiu Pătrăşcanu , Romanian communist activist and sociologist (d. 1954 )1901 - Princess Bang-ja of Korea (d. 1989 )1901 - Spyridon Marinatos , Greek archaeologist (d. 1974 )
1904 - Tadeusz Żyliński , Polish technician and textilist (d. 1967 )1908 - Józef Rotblat , Polish physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 2005 )1908 - Stanley Cortez , American cinematographer (d. 1997 )
1909 - Skeeter Webb , American baseball player (d. 1986 )1909 - Bert Patenaude , American soccer player (d. 1974 )
1912 - Vadim Salmanov , Russian composer (d. 1978 )1913 - Gig Young , American actor (d. 1978 )1916 - Walter Cronkite , American news broadcaster1918 - Art Carney , American actor (d. 2003 )1918 - Cameron Mitchell , American actor (d. 1994 )
1919 - Martin Balsam , American actor (d. 1996 )1922 - Benno Besson , Swiss actor (d. 2006 )1923 - Freddy Heineken , Dutch businessman (d. 2002 )1924 - Howie Meeker , Canadian ice hockey player and politician1928 - Hannah Weiner American experimental poet1929 - Shaike Ophir , Israeli actor (d. 1987 )1930 - Doris Roberts , American actress1930 - Dick Groat , American baseball player
1932 - Thomas Klestil , President of Austria (d. 2004 )1933 - Tito Francona , American baseball player1936 - C. K. Williams , American poet1937 - Loretta Swit , American actress1937 - Michael Wilson , Canadian politician
1940 - Delbert McClinton , American musician1943 - Marlène Jobert , French actress1943 - Clark Graebner , American tennis player
1943 - Bob Wollek , French race car driver (d. 2001 )
1944 - Scherrie Payne , American singer (The Supremes )1944 - Linda Gary , American voice actress (d. 1995 )
1946 - Laura Bush , First Lady of the United States 1946 - Frederick Elmes , American cinematographer
1946 - Robert Mapplethorpe , American photographer (d. 1989 )
1950 - Charles Frazier , American author1950 - Markie Post , American actress
1951 - Traian Băsescu , President of Romania 1951 - Cosey Fanni Tutti , English performance artist (Throbbing Gristle , Chris and Cosey )
1953 - Carlos Gutierrez , American politician1953 - Jacques Villeneuve (elder) , Canadian racing driver
1953 - Dr. Marvel Williamson , American educator
1954 - Chris Difford , English musician and songwriter (Squeeze )1955 - Matti Vanhanen , Prime Minister of Finland 1956 - Jordan Rudess , American musician (Dream Theater )1956 - James Honeyman-Scott , English guitarist (The Pretenders ) (d. 1982 )
1958 - Anne Sweeney , American television executive1960 - Marc Awodey , American artist and writer1960 - Frl. Menke , German pop singer of the Neue Deutsche Welle
1961 - Kathy Griffin , American comedian1961 - Daron Hagen , American composer
1961 - Edward Knight , American composer
1961 - Ralph Macchio , American actor
1961 - Les Sampou , American musician
1961 - Nigel Worthington , Northern Irish footballer
1962 - Jeff Probst , American television host1963 - Marc Déry , Canadian singer and guitarist (Zébulon )1963 - Rosario Flores , Spanish singer and actress
1963 - Michel Therrien , Canadian ice hockey coach
1963 - Lena Zavaroni , Scottish artist and singer (d. 1999 )
1965 - Malandra Burrows , English actress and singer1965 - Tomoaki Ishizuka "Pata" , Japanese musician
1965 - Jeff Scott Soto , American musician (Yngwie Malmsteen Journey )
1965 - Wayne Static , American musician (Static-X )
1966 - H. John Heinz IV , American medieval armor craftsman; son of Teresa Heinz 1967 - Eric Karros , American baseball player1968 - Carlos Baerga , Puerto Rican baseball player1969 - Sean "Diddy" Combs , American rapper1969 - Matthew McConaughey , American actor
1970 - Tim DeBoom , American triathlete1972 - Luís Figo , Portuguese footballer1972 - Tabassum Hashmi , Indian actress
1974 - Cedric Bixler-Zavala , American musician (At the Drive-In , The Mars Volta )1975 - Éric Fichaud , Canadian ice hockey player1975 - Eduard Kokcharov , Russian handball player
1975 - Curtis Stone , Australian chef and television personality
1975 - Heather Tom , American actress
1976 - Bruno Junqueira , Brazilian racing driver1976 - Mario Melchiot , Dutch footballer
1977 - Larry Bigbie , American baseball player1977 - So Ji-sub , South Korean swimmer, model and actor
1977 - Tonicha Jeronimo , British actress
1978 - Carmen Cali , American baseball player1978 - John Grabow , American baseball player
1979 - Jesse Camp , American VJ 1979 - Trishelle Cannatella , American reality tv castmember and model
1979 - Audrey Hollander , American pornographic actress
1980 - Sabrina Colie , Jamaican actress1980 - Jerry Collins , New Zealand rugby union footballer
1980 - Richard Owens , American football player
1980 - Marcy Rylan , American actress
1981 - Vince Wilfork , American football player1982 - Devin Hester , American football player1985 - Marcell Jansen , German footballer1986 - Alexz Johnson , Canadian singer and actress1986 - Adrian Zaugg , South African racing driver
Deaths
1411 - Khalil Sultan , ruler of Transoxonia (b. 1384 )1652 - Jean-Charles de la Faille , Flemish mathematician (b. 1597 )1658 - Antoine Le Maistre , French Jansenist (b. 1608 )1669 - Johannes Cocceius , Dutch theologian (b. 1603 )1698 - Rasmus Bartholin , Danish physician and mathematician (b. 1625 )1702 - John Benbow , English admiral (b. 1653 )1704 - Andreas Acoluthus , German orientalist (b. 1654 )1781 - Johann Nikolaus Götz , German poet (b. 1721 )1801 - William Shippen , American physician and delegate to the Continental Congress (b. 1712 )1847 - Felix Mendelssohn , German composer (b. 1809 )1856 - Hippolyte Delaroche , French painter (b. 1797 )1893 - Pierre Tirard , French politician (b. 1827 )1906 - John H. Ketcham , American politician (b. 1832 )1918 - Wilfred Owen , English poet (b. 1893 )1924 - Gabriel Fauré , French composer (b. 1845 )1924 - Richard Conner , American Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient (b. 1843 )
1928 - Arnold Rothstein , American gambler (b. 1882 )1930 - Buddy Bolden , American musician (b. 1877 )1950 - Grover Cleveland Alexander , American baseball player (b. 1887 )1955 - Cy Young , American baseball player (b. 1867 )1957 - Shoghi Effendi , Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith (b. 1897 )1968 - Michel Kikoine , Belarusian painter (b. 1892 )1969 - Carlos Marighella , Brazilian politician (b. 1911 )1974 - Bert Patenaude , American soccer player (b. 1909 )1980 - Elsie MacGill , Canadian aeronautical engineer (b. 1905 )1982 - Dominique Dunne , American actress (b. 1959 )1986 - Kurt Hirsch , German mathematician (b. 1906 )1994 - Fred "Sonic" Smith , American guitar player MC5 (b. 1949 )1995 - Yitzhak Rabin , Israeli prime minister; recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1922 )1995 - Gilles Deleuze , French philosopher (b. 1925 )
1997 - H. Richard Hornberger , American writer (b. 1924 )1999 - Malcolm Marshall , Barbadian West Indies cricketer (b. 1958 )2003 - Richard Wollheim , British philosopher (b. 1923 )2003 - Ken Gampu , South African actor (b. 1929 )
2003 - Charles Causley , Cornish writer and poet (b. 1917 )
2005 - Nadia Anjuman , Afghan poet and journalist (b. 1980 )2005 - Sheree North , American actress and singer (b. 1932 )
2006 - Ernestine Gilbreth Carey , American memoirist (Cheaper by the Dozen 1908 )2006 - Frank Arthur Calder , Canadian politician (b. 1915 )
2007 - Peter Viertel , German-American author and screenwriter (b. 1920 )2008 - Juan Camilo Mouriño , Mexican Secretary of the Interior (b. 1971 )2008 - Michael Crichton , American author. (b. 1942 )
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