Title: November 4 Content: == Events == === Up to 1900 === * 1493 - Christopher Columbus lands on Guadeloupe. * 1501 - Catherine of Aragon meets Arthur Tudor, the brother of Henry VIII of England. * 1576 - Eighty Years' War: Spain captures Antwerp, Flanders. * 1677 – Future queen Mary II of England marries future king William III of England. * 1783 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Symphony No. 36 is performed for the first time in Linz, Austria. * 1786 - Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse lands on an island in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, which he names after Jacques Necker. * 1798 - Beginning of the Russo- Ottoman Siege of Corfu. * 1828 - Andrew Jackson is elected President of the United States. * 1847 - Scottish doctor James Young Simpson discovers the anaesthetic properties of chloroform. * 1852 - Count Camillo Benso di Cavour becomes Prime Minister of Piedmont-Sardinia, which later expands to become Italy. * 1856 - James Buchanan is elected President of the United States. * 1861 - The University of Washington is founded. * 1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Johnson - Confederate troops bombard a Union supply base and destroy millions of dollars of material. * 1875 - Paddle steamer Pacific collides with Orpheus sailing boat off Cape Flattery, Washington, killing 273 people. * 1884 - Grover Cleveland is elected to his first term as President of the United States. * 1890 - London's deep-level railway opens between King William Street and Stockwell. === 1901 2000 === * 1918 – World War I: Austria-Hungary surrenders to Italy. * 1921 – Prime Minister of Japan Hara Takashi is murdered. * 1921 - Italy's unknown soldier is buried in the Fatherland Altar in Rome. * 1922 – A team of archaeologists led by Howard Carter finds the tomb of Tutankhamun in Egypt. * 1924 - Calvin Coolidge is elected to continue as President of the United States, after he had served out Warren G. Harding's term. * 1924 - Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first woman elected governor in a US State. * 1942 - World War II: Second Battle of El Alamein - Disobeying a direct order from Adolf Hitler, General Field Marshal Erwin Rommel leads his forces to a five-month retreat. * 1950 - European Convention on Human Rights is adopted. * 1952 - The United States Government creates the National Security Agency. * 1952 – Dwight D. Eisenhower is elected President of the United States. * 1955 – The rebuilt Vienna State Opera is re-opened. * 1956 – Soviet troops crush the Hungarian Revolution. Thousands are killed. * 1960 - In Tanzania, Jane Goodall observes chimpanzees making tools, the first- ever such observation in non-humans. * 1966 - The Arno River in Florence, Italy floods at record levels, making thousands homeless and destroying millions of masterpieces of art and rare books. * 1970 - Genie, aged 13, is found in Los Angeles, having been locked in her bedroom for most of her life until that point. * 1977 - The UN ends its weapons embargo on Apartheid-era South Africa. * 1979 - The Iran hostage crisis begins - A group of Iranians, mostly students, invades United States Embassy in Tehran, Iran, and takes 90 people hostage, including 53 Americans. * 1980 – Ronald Reagan is elected President of the United States, defeating Jimmy Carter. * 1984 - French Pay-TV channel Canal+ starts transmission. * 1991 - Imelda Marcos, former First Lady of the Philippines, is given a Presidential pardon by Corazon Aquino. * 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. * 1993 - Jean Chrétien becomes Prime Minister of Canada. * 1994 - The first conference focusing exclusively on the subject of the commercial potential of the World Wide Web is held in San Francisco, California. * 1995 – Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin is murdered, being shot dead by Yigal Amir. * 1999 - Ilir Meta becomes Prime Minister of Albania. === From 2001 === * 2001 - Northern Ireland: The Police Service of Northern Ireland is created, replacing the Royal Ulster Constabulary. * 2005 – Nintendo's Game Boy Micro is released in Europe. * 2006 - A widespread power failure affects parts of Western Europe. * 2008 – Barack Obama wins the vote to become President of the United States, over Senator John McCain. Obama becomes the US' first African American President. * 2010 - Aero Caribbean Flight 883 crashes in central Cuba, killing all 68 people on board. * 2014 - US Mid-term elections are held, with the Republican Party reclaiming the majority it lost in the Senate in 2006. * 2015 - Justin Trudeau becomes Prime Minister of Canada. * 2015 - A cargo plane crashes near Juba International Airport in South Sudan, killing 37 people. * 2015 - A building collapses in Lahore, Pakistan, killing 45 people. * 2016 - The Paris climate change agreement enters into force. * 2018 - New Caledonia holds an independence referendum, where a smaller-than expected majority (56%) votes to remain an overseas territory of France. * 2019 - Sir Lindsay Hoyle is chosen to succeed John Bercow as Speaker of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. == Births == === Up to 1900 === * 1448 - King Alphonso II of Naples (d. 1495) * 1470 – Edward V, King of England (d. 1483?) * 1575 – Guido Reni, Italian painter (d. 1642) * 1592 - Gerard van Honthorst, Dutch painter (d. 1656) * 1618 - Aurangzeb, Mughal Emperor (d. 1707) * 1631 – Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange, daughter of Charles I of England, and mother of William III (d. 1660) * 1640 - Carlo Mannelli, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1697) * 1661 - Karl III Philip, Elector Palatine (d. 1742) * 1732 - Thomas Johnson, Governor of Maryland (d. 1819) * 1765 - Pierre-Simon Girard, French mathematician (d. 1836) * 1766 - John Adams, English mutineer (d. 1829) * 1772 - François-Frédéric Lemot, French sculptor (d. 1827) * 1782 - John Branch, Governor of North Carolina and last territorial Governor of Florida (d. 1863) * 1783 - Gaspard Gourgaud, French historian (d. 1852) * 1787 - Edmund Kean, English actor (d. 1833) * 1836 - Charles B. Andrews, Governor of Connecticut (d. 1902) * 1840 - William Giblin, Australian politician, 13th Premier of Tasmania (d. 1887) * 1845 - Vasudeo Balwant Phadke, Indian revolutionary (d. 1883) * 1853 - Anna Baverova, Czech physician (d. 1924) * 1861 - Dimitrios Ioannou, Greek general (d. 1926) * 1868 - La Belle Otero, Spanish actress, singer and dancer (d. 1965) * 1872 - Barbu Stirbey, Romanian politician (d. 1946) * 1873 - G. E. Moore, English philosopher (d. 1958) * 1874 - Aleksandr Vasilevich Kolchak, Russian military commander (d. 1920) * 1874 - Charles Despiau, French sculptor (d. 1946) * 1879 – Will Rogers, American humorist (d. 1935) * 1883 - Nikolaos Plastiras, Greek general (d. 1953) * 1884 - Harry Ferguson, British aviator and inventor (d. 1960) * 1884 - George Underwood, American athlete (d. 1943) * 1887 - Alfred Lee Loomis, American physicist, philanthropist and scientific research patron (d. 1975) * 1890 - Klabund, German writer (d. 1928) * 1896 – Carlos P. Garcia, President of the Philippines (d. 1971) * 1897 - C. B. van Niel, Dutch microbiologist (d. 1985) * 1899 - Nicolas Frantz, Luxembourg cyclist (d. 1985) * 1900 - Lucretiu Patrascanu, Romanian Communist activist and sociologist (d. 1954) === 1901 1950 === * 1901 - Bangja, Crown Princess Euimin of Korea (d. 1989) * 1902 - Reg Dean, British supercentenarian (d. 2013) * 1904 - Tadeusz Zylinski, Polish technician and textilist (d. 1967) * 1906 - Sterling North, American writer (d. 1974) * 1907 - Draga Matkovic, German concert pianist * 1908 – Joseph Rotblat, Polish physicist (d. 2005) * 1908 - Stanley Cortez, American cinematographer (d. 1997) * 1909 – Bert Patenaude, American footballer (d. 1974) * 1909 - Skeeter Webb, American baseball player (d. 1986) * 1911 – Dixie Lee, American actress, dancer and singer (d. 1952) * 1912 - Vadim Salmanov, Russian composer (d. 1978) * 1913 - Gig Young, American actor (d. 1978) * 1916 – Walter Cronkite, American news reporter (d. 2009) * 1916 – Ruth Handler, American businesswoman, inventor of the Barbie doll (d. 2002) * 1918 – Art Carney, American actor (d. 2003) * 1919 - Oscar Holderer, German rocket scientist (d. 2015) * 1920 - Val Heim, American baseball player (d. 2019) * 1923 - Freddy Heineken, Dutch businessman (d. 2002) * 1923 - Gunnar Huseby, Icelandic athlete (d. 1995) * 1923 - Howie Meeker, Canadian ice hockey player * 1925 - Ritwik Ghatab, Bangladeshi-Indian filmmaker and scriptwriter (d. 1976) * 1925 - Doris Roberts, American actress (d. 2016) * 1928 - Larry Bunker, American jazz musician (d. 2005) * 1929 - Shakuntala Devi, Indian child prodigy and mental calculator (d. 2013) * 1929 - Leopold Gratz, Austrian politician (d. 2006) * 1929 - Athanasios of Albania, Greek-Albanian archbishop * 1930 - Dick Groat, American baseball and basketball player * 1930 - Dick MacPherson, American football coach (d. 2017) * 1931 - Bernard Francis Law, American cardinal and former Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2017) * 1932 – Thomas Klestil, President of Austria (d. 2004) * 1933 - Charles K. Kao, Chinese physicist (d. 2018) * 1933 - C. Odumegwu Ojukwu, Nigerian military leader and politician (d. 2011) * 1935 - Elgar Howarth, English conductor, composer and trumpeter * 1936 - Didier Ratsiraka, former President of Madagascar (d. 2021) * 1936 - C. K. Williams, American poet (d. 2015) * 1937 - Loretta Swit, American actress * 1938 - Jorge Manicera, Uruguayan footballer (d. 2012) * 1939 - Michael Meacher, British politician (d. 2015) * 1940 - Marlène Jobert, French actress * 1943 - Marilyn Ware, American diplomat and businesswoman (d. 2017) * 1944 - Scherrie Payne, American singer * 1944 - Linda Gary, American voice actress (d. 1995) * 1946 – Laura Bush, former First Lady of the United States * 1948 – Amadou Toumani Touré, President of Mali * 1948 - Alexis Hunter, New Zealand photographer and painter (d. 2014) === 1951 1975 === * 1951 – Traian Basescu, President of Romania * 1952 - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria, Coptic Church leader * 1953 - Tina Theune, German footballer * 1953 - Carlos Gutierrez, American politician * 1953 - Derek Johnstone, Scottish footballer * 1953 - Jacques Villeneuve, Canadian racing driver * 1953 - Peter Lord, English animator, film producer and director * 1954 - Aleksandr Aksinin, Russian athlete * 1954 - Chris Difford, rock music singer * 1955 – Matti Vanhanen, former Prime Minister of Finland * 1956 - James Honeyman- Scott, English musician (d. 1982) * 1956 - Igor Talkov, Russian singer- songwriter (d. 1991) * 1957 – Tony Abbott, 28th Prime Minister of Australia * 1958 - Lee Jasper, English activist and politician * 1960 - Kathy Griffin, American comedienne * 1961 – Ralph Macchio, American actor * 1961 – Nigel Worthington, Northern Irish footballer * 1962 - Arvo Volmer, Estonian conductor * 1963 – Lena Zavaroni, Scottish singer (d. 1999) * 1963 – Horacio Elizondo, Argentine football referee * 1963 - Rosario Flores, Spanish singer and actress * 1963 - Michel Therrien, Canadian ice hockey player * 1964 - Yuko Mizutani, Japanese voice actress and singer (d. 2016) * 1965 - Malandra Burrows, English actress and singer * 1965 - Wayne Static, American singer- songwriter and guitarist (d. 2014) * 1969 – Sean Combs (P-Diddy), American rapper and producer * 1969 – Matthew McConaughey, American actor * 1969 - Samantha Smith, American actress * 1970 - Malena Ernman, Swedish singer * 1970 - Tony Sly, American singer, songwriter and guitarist (d. 2012) * 1971 - Perry Moore, American writer and movie producer (d. 2011) * 1972 – Luís Figo, Portuguese footballer * 1972 - Myles Pollard, Australian actor * 1974 - Louise Redknapp, English television personality * 1975 - Heather Tom, American actress === From 1976 === * 1976 - Daniel Bahr, German politician * 1976 – Mario Melchiot, Dutch footballer * 1976 - Alexander Popp, German tennis player * 1979 - Trishelle Cannatella, American model and actress * 1980 - Jerry Collins, New Zealand rugby player (d. 2015) * 1981 - Guy Martin, English motorcycle racer * 1982 - Kamila Skolimowska, Polish hammer thrower (d. 2009) * 1983 - Anton Buslov, Russian astrophysicist and blogger (d. 2014) * 1984 - Dustin Brown, American ice hockey player * 1985 – Marcell Jansen, German footballer * 1986 - Alexz Johnson, Canadian singer-songwriter, producer and actress * 1986 - Szymon Pawlowski, Polish footballer * 1986 - Adrian Zaugg, South African racing driver * 1987 - T.O.P, South Korean singer-songwriter and actor * 1989 - Enner Valencia, Ecuadorean footballer * 1991 - Lesley Kerkhove, Dutch tennis player * 1998 - Darcy Rose Byrnes, American actress and singer == Deaths == === Up to 1950 === * 1411 - Khalil Sultan, Timurid ruler (b. 1384) * 1652 - Jean-Claude de la Faille, Flemish mathematician (b. 1597) * 1669 - Johannes Cocceius, Dutch theologian (b. 1603) * 1698 - Rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician and mathematician (b. 1625) * 1801 - William Shippen, American physician and Continental Congressman (b. 1712) * 1847 - Thieu Tri, Emperor of Vietnam (b. 1807) * 1847 – Felix Mendelssohn, German composer (b. 1809) * 1893 - Pierre Tirard, Prime Minister of France (b. 1827) * 1906 - John H. Ketcham, American general and politician (b. 1832) * 1918 – Wilfred Owen, English poet (b. 1893) * 1921 – Hara Takashi, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1865) * 1924 - Gabriel Fauré, French composer (b. 1845) * 1931 - Luigi Galleani, Italian activist (b. 1861) * 1932 - Belle Bennett, American actress (b. 1891) * 1950 - Grover Cleveland Alexander, American baseball player and coach (b. 1887) === 1951 2000 === * 1951 - Ernesto Ambrosini, Italian athlete (b. 1894) * 1955 – Cy Young, American baseball player (b. 1867) * 1968 - Michel Kikoine, Belarusian painter (b. 1892) * 1969 - Carlos Marighella, Brazilian revolutionary (b. 1911) * 1969 - Frank G. Clement, Governor of Tennessee (b. 1920) * 1969 - Ernest W. Gibson, Governor of Vermont (b. 1901) * 1974 – Bert Patenaude, American footballer (b. 1909) * 1982 - Jacques Tati, French actor and director (b. 1907) * 1986 - Kurt Hirsch, German mathematician (b. 1906) * 1988 - Kleanthis Vikelidis, Greek footballer (b. 1916) * 1990 - David Stirling, British founder of the SAS (b. 1915) * 1992 - George Klein, Canadian inventor (b. 1904) * 1994 – Sam Francis, American painter (b. 1923) * 1995 – Gilles Deleuze, French philosopher (b. 1925) * 1995 – Yitzhak Rabin, 5th Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1922) * 1997 - Richard Hooker, American writer (b. 1924) * 1998 - Marion Donovan, American architect and inventor (b. 1917) === From 2001 === * 2008 – Michael Crichton, American writer (b. 1942) * 2009 - Hubertus Brandenburg, German-born Swedish Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1923) * 2010 – Eugenie Blanchard, French-Caribbean supercentenarian (b. 1896) * 2010 - Sparky Anderson, American baseball manager (b. 1934) * 2011 - Alfonso Cano, Colombian FARC leader (b. 1948) * 2011 - Andy Rooney, American journalist (b. 1919) * 2011 - Norman Foster Ramsey, Jr., American physicist (b. 1915) * 2012 - Ted Curson, American trumpeter (b. 1935) * 2013 - Hans von Borsody, Austrian-German actor (b. 1929) * 2014 - Jeremy Dale, American comic book artist (b. 1979) * 2014 - Enrique Olivera, Argentine politician (b. 1940) * 2014 - Richard Schaal, American actor (b. 1928) * 2014 - Eddie Stuart, South African footballer (b. 1931) * 2015 - René Girard, French-American historian, literary critic and philosopher of social science (b. 1923) * 2015 - Melissa Mathison, American screenwriter (b. 1950) * 2015 - Piotr Domaradzki, Polish- American journalist (b. 1946) * 2015 - Ole Knapp, Norwegian politician (b. 1931) * 2016 - Jean-Jacques Perrey, French electronic music producer (b. 1929) * 2016 - Mansour Pourheidari, Iranian footballer (b. 1946) * 2017 - Michael Augustine, Indian Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1933) * 2017 - Anna Diggs Taylor, American judge (b. 1932) * 2017 - Dudley Simpson, Australian composer and conductor (b. 1922) * 2017 - Tamara Natalie Madden, Jamaican-American artist (b. 1975) * 2018 - Karl-Heinz Adler, German artist (b. 1927) * 2018 - Manohar Prahlad Awati, Indian vice-admiral (b. 1927) * 2018 - Donna Axum, American model (b. 1942) * 2018 - Marco Dezzi Bardeschi, Italian architect (b. 1934) * 2018 - Tetsugen Bernard Glassman, American Zen Buddhist monk (b. 1939) * 2018 - Jeremy Heywood, British economist and civil servant (b. 1961) * 2018 - Harris Hines, American judge (b. 1943) * 2018 - Vince Manuwai, American football player (b. 1980) * 2018 - Grant R. Osborne, American theologian (b. 1942) * 2018 - Wolfgang Zuckermann, German-American harpsichord maker and activist (b. 1922) * 2019 - Gay Byrne, Irish broadcaster (b. 1934) * 2019 - Jacques Dupont, French racing cyclist (b. 1928) * 2019 - Sadeque Hossain Khoka, Bangladeshi politician (b. 1952) * 2019 - Virginia Leith, American actress (b. 1925) == Observances == * Flag Day (Panama) * National Unity and Armed Forces Day (Italy) * Unity Day (Russia) November 04