November 4 in History

Historical Events on November 4

1429

Armagnac-Burgundian Civil War: Joan of Arc liberates Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier.
1501

Catherine of Aragon (later Henry VIII's first 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 is nearly destroyed).
1677

The future Mary II of England marries William, Prince of Orange; they later jointly reign as William and Mary.
1737

The Teatro di San Carlo,the oldest working opera house in Europe, is inaugurated in Naples, Italy.
1780

The Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II against Spanish rule in the Viceroyalty of Peru begins.
1783

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Symphony No. 36 is performed for the first time in Linz, Austria.
1791

The Western Confederacy of American Indians wins a major victory over the United States in the Battle of the Wabash.
1798

Beginning of the Russo-Ottoman siege of Corfu.
1839

Newport Rising: The last large-scale armed rebellion against authority in mainland Britain.
1847

Sir James Young Simpson, a Scottish physician, discovers the anaesthetic properties of chloroform.
1852

Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour becomes the prime minister of Piedmont-Sardinia, which soon expands to become Italy.
1864

American Civil War: Battle of Johnsonville: Confederate troops bombard a Union supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material.
1868

Camagüey, Cuba revolts against Spain during the Ten Years' War.
1890

City and South London Railway: London's first deep-level tube railway opens between King William Street and Stockwell.
1912

First Balkan War: The First Battle of Çatalca begins - an attempt by Bulgaria to break through the last defensive line before the Turkish capital Constantinople.
1918

World War I: The Armistice of Villa Giusti between Italy and Austria-Hungary is implemented.
1921

The Saalschutz Abteilung (hall defense detachment) of the Nazi Party is renamed the Sturmabteilung (storm detachment) after a large riot in Munich.
1921

Japanese Prime Minister Hara Takashi is assassinated in Tokyo.
1922

In Egypt, British archaeologist Howard Carter and his men find the entrance to Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings.
1924

Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming is elected 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 Day
1952

The United States government establishes the National Security Agency, or NSA.
1956

Soviet troops enter Hungary to end the Hungarian revolution against the Soviet Union, that started on October 23. Thousands are killed, more are wounded, and nearly a quarter million leave the country.
1960

At the Kasakela Chimpanzee Community in Tanzania, Dr Jane Goodall observes chimpanzees creating tools, the first-ever observation in non-human animals.
1962

The United States concludes Operation Fishbowl, its final above-ground nuclear weapons testing series, in anticipation of the 1963 Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
1966

The Arno River floods Florence, Italy, to a maximum depth of 6.7 m (22 ft), leaving thousands homeless and destroying millions of masterpieces of art and rare books. Also Venice was submerged on the same day at its record all-time acqua alta of 194 cm.
1970

Vietnam War: Vietnamization: The United States turns control of the air base at Bình Thủy in the Mekong Delta over to South Vietnam.
1970

Salvador Allende takes office as President of Chile, the first Marxist to become president of a Latin American country through open elections.
1973

The Netherlands experiences the first Car-Free Sunday caused by the 1973 oil crisis. Highways are used only by cyclists and roller skaters.
1979

Iran hostage crisis: A mob of Iranians, mostly students, overruns the US embassy in Tehran and takes 90 hostages (53 of whom are American).
1980

Ronald Reagan is elected the 40th President of The United States, defeating incumbent Jimmy Carter.
1993

China Airlines Flight 605, a brand new 747-400, overruns the runway at Kai Tak Airport.
1995

Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin is assassinated by an extremist Israeli.
2002

Chinese authorities arrest cyber-dissident He Depu for signing a pro-democracy letter to the 16th Communist Party Congress.
2008

Barack Obama becomes the first person of biracial or African-American descent to be elected President of the United States.
2010

Aero Caribbean Flight 883 crashes into Guasimal, Sancti Spíritus. All 68 passengers and crew were killed.
2010

Qantas Flight 32, an Airbus A380, suffers an uncontained engine failure over Indonesia shortly after taking off from Singapore, crippling the jet. The crew manage to safely return to Singapore, saving all 469 passengers and crew.
2015

A cargo plane crashes shortly after takeoff from Juba International Airport in Juba, South Sudan, killing 37 people.
2015

A building collapses in the Pakistani city of Lahore resulting in at least 45 deaths, at least 100 injured.

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