4 de novembro

4 de Novembro é o 308º dia do ano no calendário gregoriano (309º em anos bissextos). Faltam 57 dias para acabar o ano.

Eventos históricos

1576 - Guerra dos 80 Anos: Antuérpia é pilhada por tropas espanholas na Guerra dos 80 Anos. É a chamada Spaansefurie.

• 1869 - The first issue of scientific journal Nature is published.
• 1884 - U.S. presidential election, 1884: Democrat Grover Cleveland defeats Republican James G. Blaine in a very close contest to win the first of his non-consecutive terms.
• 1889 - Menelek of Shoa obtains the allegiance of a large majority of the Ethiopian nobility, paving the way for him to be crowned emperor.
• 1918 - World War I: Austria-Hungary surrenders to Italy
• 1921 - The Sturmabteilung or SA is formally formed by Adolf Hitler
• 1922 - In Egypt, British archaeologist Howard Carter and his men find the entrance to King Tutankhamen's tomb in the Valley of the Kings.
• 1924 - Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming elected as the first woman governor in the United States.
• 1928 - Arnold Rothstein, New York City's most notorious gambler, is shot to death over a poker game.
• 1939 - World War II: US 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.
• 1956 - Soviet troops invade Hungary to crush the Hungarian revolution that started on October 23. Thousands are killed, more are wounded and nearly a quarter million leave the country.
• 1948 - T.S. Eliot wins the Nobel Prize in Literature.
• 1952 - U.S. presidential election, 1952: Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower defeats Democrat Adlai Stevenson.
• 1960 - Filming wraps on The Misfits, starring Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable (this was the last film either performed in).
• 1970 - Vietnam War: Vietnamization - The United States turns control of the air base in the Mekong Delta over to South Vietnam.
• 1979 - Iran hostage crisis begins: Iranian radicals, mostly students, invade the United States embassy in Tehran and take 90 hostages (63 of whom are American).
• 1980 - U.S. presidential election, 1980: Republican challenger Ronald Reagan defeats incumbent Democrat Jimmy Carter by a wide margin.
• 1993 - Jean Chrétien takes office as Prime Minister of Canada.
• 1995 - After attending a peace rally in Tel Aviv's Kings Square, Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin is mortally wounded by a right-wing Israeli gunman.
• 2001 - Hurricane Michelle hits Cuba destroying crops and thousands of homes.
• 2001 - The Police Service of Northern Ireland is established.

Nascimentos

• 1602 - Otto von Guericke, inventor of a vacuum pump (d. 1686)
• 1744 - Johann Bernoulli, III, Swiss mathematician
• 1765 - Pierre Girard, French mathematician (d. 1836)
• 1874 - Aleksandr Vasilevich Kolchak, Russian military commander (d. 1920)
• 1879 - Will Rogers, American humorist and entertainer (d. 1935)
• 1909 - Skeeter Webb, Professional Baseball Player (d. 1986)
• 1912 - Vadim Salmanov, composer (d. 1978)
• 1914 - Martin Balsam, actor (d. 1996)
• 1916 - Walter Cronkite, news broadcaster
• 1918 - Art Carney, actor (d. 2003)
• 1923 - Freddy Heineken, Dutch businessman (d. 2002)
• 1929 - Doris Roberts, actress
• 1932 - Thomas Klestil, president of Austria (d. 2004)
• 1937 - Loretta Swit, American actress
• 1944 - Scherrie Payne, singer; member of The Supremes
• 1946 - Robert Mapplethorpe, American photographer (d. 1989)
• 1946 - Laura Bush, First Lady of the United States
• 1955 - Matti Vanhanen, prime minister of Finland
• 1961 - Kathy Griffin, comedienne, actress
• 1961 - Ralph Macchio, actor
• 1969 - Matthew McConaughey, American actor
• 1969 - P. Diddy, American rap musician
• 1972 - Luis Figo, Portuguese football star

Falecimentos

• 1652 - Jean de La Faille, French mathematician
• 1698 - Rasmus Bartholin, Danish mathematician
• 1847 - Felix Mendelssohn, German composer
• 1870 - Comte de Lautreamont, poet, writer
• 1924 - Gabriel Fauré, French composer
• 1928 - Arnold Rothstein, gambler
• 1930 - Buddy Bolden, American jazz musician (b. 1877)
• 1955 - Cy Young, American baseball player
• 1968 - Michel Kikoine, Belarus painter (b. 1892)
• 1956 - Art Tatum, American jazz musician
• 1980 - Elsie MacGill, aeronautical engineer, "Queen of the Hurricanes"
• 1986 - Kurt Hirsch, German mathematician
• 1995 - Yitzhak Rabin, Prime Minister of Israel
• 2000 - Ian Sneddon, British mathematician

Feriados e eventos cíclicos

• Italy - celebration of the victory on WWI, the day of the Armed Forces
• Bahá'í Faith - Feast of Qudrat (Power) - First day of the 13th month of the Bahá'í Calendar

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