Tukuk-OS📅 November 4
17 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on November 4? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2025 — A UPS Airlines plane crashed in Louisville, Kentucky, killing at least twelve people.
- 2016 — The Paris Agreement, under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, came into effect.
Paris AgreementUnited Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
- 2008 — Barack Obama (pictured) became the first person of biracial or African-American descent to be elected President of the United States.
Barack Obama2008 United States presidential electionPresident of the United States
- 1995 — Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin (pictured) was assassinated by Yigal Amir, a right-wing extremist, at a peace rally at Kings of Israel Square in Tel Aviv.
- 1970 — Authorities in California discovered a 13-year-old feral child, pseudonymously known as Genie, who had spent nearly her entire life in social isolation.
- 1964 — Ruhollah Khomeini was arrested by SAVAK, the Iranian secret police, and exiled to Turkey.
- 1952 — Robert A. Lovett, United States Secretary of Defense, issued a memorandum establishing the National Security Agency, with responsibility for all communications intelligence for the government.
Robert A. LovettNational Security AgencySignals intelligence
- 1944 — Second World War: Allied forces completed Operation Pheasant, a major operation to clear German troops from the province of North Brabant in the Netherlands.
- 1938 — The Hlinka Guard and Slovakian police began the deportation of several thousand Jews from the country.
- 1924 — In a special election in Wyoming, Nellie Tayloe Ross became the first woman to be elected as a governor in the United States.
1924 Wyoming gubernatorial special electionNellie Tayloe RossGovernor (United States)
- 1922 — The tomb of Tutankhamun (pictured) was discovered by a team led by British Egyptologist Howard Carter.
Tomb of TutankhamunDiscovery of the tomb of TutankhamunHoward Carter
- 1922 — The tomb of Tutankhamun (pictured) was discovered by a team led by British Egyptologist Howard Carter.
Tomb of TutankhamunDiscovery of the tomb of TutankhamunHoward Carter
- 1921 — The remains of an unknown soldier were buried with an eternal flame at the Altare della Patria in Rome.
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Italy)Eternal flameVictor Emmanuel II Monument
- 1912 — The keel of USS Nevada was laid down, beginning construction on the United States Navy's first "super-dreadnought".
- 1890 — The City and South London Railway (carriage pictured), the first deep-level underground railway in the world, officially opened, running 3.2 mi (5.1 km) between the City of London and Stockwell.
- 1864 — American Civil War: Nathan Bedford Forrest led a cavalry division in an attack on a Union Army supply base at Johnsonville, Tennessee, resulting in the capture of 150 prisoners.
American Civil WarNathan Bedford ForrestBattle of Johnsonville
- 1780 — Túpac Amaru II led a rebellion of Aymara, Quechua, and mestizo peasants in protest against the Bourbon Reforms in the Spanish Viceroyalty of Peru.
Births
- 2006 — Darja Varfolomeev, Russian-German rhythmic gymnast
- 2000 — Tyrese Maxey, American basketball player
- 2000 — Sun Yingsha, Chinese table tennis player
- 1999 — Emma Maltais, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1998 — Achraf Hakimi, Moroccan footballer
- 1996 — Kaitlin Hawayek, American ice dancer
- 1996 — Michael Christian Martinez, Filipino figure skater
- 1996 — John Olive, Australian rugby league player
- 1996 — Eric Paschall, American basketball player
- 1994 — Billy Stanlake, Australian cricketer
- 1993 — Ce'Aira Brown, American middle-distance runner
- 1993 — Elisabeth Seitz, German gymnast
Deaths
- 2024 — Bernard Marcus, American billionaire businessman and philanthropist (born 1929)
- 2024 — Murray Sinclair, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1951)
- 2023 — Akbar Golpayegani, Iranian vocalist (born 1934)
- 2020 — Ken Hensley, English rock singer-songwriter and musician (born 1945)
- 2019 — Gay Byrne, Irish broadcaster (born 1934)
- 2017 — Isabel Granada, Filipino-Spanish actress and singer (born 1976)
- 2017 — Ned Romero, American actor and opera singer (born 1926)
- 2016 — Catherine Davani, first female Papua New Guinean judge (born 1960)
- 2016 — Mansour Pourheidari, Iranian football player and coach (born 1946)
- 2015 — Piotr Domaradzki, Polish-American historian and journalist (born 1946)
- 2015 — René Girard, French-American historian, philosopher, and critic (born 1923)
- 2015 — Károly Horváth, Romanian-Hungarian cellist, flute player, and composer (born 1950)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: Charles Borromeo (Roman Catholic Church)
- Christian feast day: Emeric of Hungary
- Christian feast day: Felix of Valois
- Christian feast day: Blessed Françoise d'Amboise
- Christian feast day: Blessed Helen Enselmini
- Christian feast day: Joannicius the Great
- Christian feast day: Modesta
- Christian feast day: Our Lady of Kazan (Russian Orthodox Church)
- Christian feast day: Pierius
- Christian feast day: Blessed Teresa Manganiello
- Christian feast day: Vitalis and Agricola
- Christian feast day: November 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Community Service Day (Dominica)
- Flag Day (Panama)
- National Tonga Day (Tonga)
- National Unity and Armed Forces Day or Giorno dell'Unità Nazionale e Festa delle Forze Armate (Italy)
- Unity Day (Russia)
- Yitzhak Rabin Memorial (unofficial, but widely commemorated)
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