What are the important events that happened on November 4? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
November 4: Facts & Myths About This Day
November 4 is the 308th day of the year 2013 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 57 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 22, 2013 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 23,058,720 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectaoctagon’ day.
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Scorpio is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Topaz is the modern birthstone for this month. Pearl is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 88 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 318 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
Out of the blue someone is thinking of you today. If that special someone wants to buy a gift for you, which one will you choose: gift baskets, training shoes or exercise machines?
November 4 Historical Events
- 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 would later jointly reign as William and Mary.
- 1791 –The Western Confederacy of American Indians wins a major victory over the United States in the Battle of the Wabash.
- 1839 –The Newport Rising: the last large-scale armed rebellion against authority in mainland Britain.
- 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
- 1962 –In a test of the Nike-Hercules air defense missile, Shot Dominic-Tightrope is successfully detonated 69,000 feet above Johnston Island. It would also be the last atmospheric nuclear test conducted by the United States.
- 1966 –The Arno River flooded Florence, Italy, to a maximum depth of 6.7 m, leaving thousands homeless and destroying millions of masterpieces of art and rare books.
- 1979 –Iran hostage crisis begins: a group of Iranians, mostly students, invades the US embassy in Tehran and takes 90 hostages (53 of whom are American).
Who were born on November 4?
- 1631 –Mary of Orange, eldest daughter of Charles I of England and mother of William III of England (d. 1660)
- 1887 –Alfred Lee Loomis, American physicist, philanthropist, scientific research patron (d. 1975)
- 1901 –Spyridon Marinatos, Greek archaeologist (d. 1974)
- 1936 –C. K. Williams, American poet
- 1951 –Cosey Fanni Tutti, English performance artist (Throbbing Gristle, Chris and Cosey)
- 1961 –Edward Knight, American composer
- 1965 –Pata, Japanese musician
- 1972 –Luís Figo, Portuguese footballer
- 1975 –Heather Tom, American actress
- 1979 –Audrey Hollander, American pornographic actress
Who died on November 4?
- 1702 –John Benbow, English admiral (b. 1653)
- 1704 –Andreas Acoluthus, German orientalist (b. 1654)
- 1918 –Wilfred Owen, English poet (b. 1893)
- 1968 –Michel Kikoine, Belarusian painter (b. 1892)
- 1969 –Carlos Marighella, Brazilian politician (b. 1911)
- 1974 –Bert Patenaude, American soccer player (b. 1909)
- 1994 –Sam Francis, American painter (b. 1923)
- 1995 –Eddie Egan, American actor and police officer (b. 1930)
- 2003 –Richard Wollheim, British philosopher (b. 1923)
- 2008 –Michael Crichton, American author (b. 1942)
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