November 4 in History

Historical Events on November 4

1864 American Civil War: Battle of Johnsonville: Confederate troops bombard a Union supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material.

1918 World War I: The Armistice of Villa Giusti between Italy and Austria-Hungary is implemented.

1922 In Egypt, British archaeologist Howard Carter and his men find the entrance to Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings.

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.

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.

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

1980 Ronald Reagan is elected the 40th President of The United States, defeating incumbent Jimmy Carter.

1995 Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin is assassinated by an extremist Israeli.

2008 Barack Obama becomes the first person of biracial or African-American descent to be elected President of the United States.

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Famous Birthdays on November 4

1618 Aurangzeb

1946 Laura Bush

1951 Traian Băsescu

1957 Tony Abbott

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Famous Deaths on November 4

1847 Felix Mendelssohn

1924 Gabriel Fauré

2008 Michael Crichton

2015 René Girard

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