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 2017 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 57 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 22, 2017 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,509,753,600 seconds 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 107 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 1,779 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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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).
- 1791 –The Western Confederacy of American Indians wins a major victory over the United States in the Battle of the Wabash.
- 1921 –The Italian unknown soldier is buried in the Altare della Patria (Fatherland Altar) in Rome.
- 1922 –In Egypt, British archaeologist Howard Carter and his men find the entrance to Pharaoh Tutankhamun’s tomb in the Valley of the Kings.
- 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 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 Binh Thuy Air Base in the Mekong Delta over to South Vietnam.
- 1973 –The Netherlands experiences the first Car Free Sunday caused by the 1973 oil crisis. Highways are deserted and are used only by cyclists and roller skaters.
- 1995 –Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin is assassinated by an extremist Orthodox Israeli.
Who were born on November 4?
- 1816 –Stephen Johnson Field, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1899)
- 1913 –Gig Young, American actor (d. 1978)
- 1929 –Anastasios, Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Tirana
- 1930 –John Hahn-Petersen, Danish actor (d. 2006)
- 1932 –Thomas Klestil, former President of Austria (d. 2004)
- 1943 –Bob Wollek, French race car driver (d. 2001)
- 1950 –Charles Frazier, American author
- 1955 –Matti Vanhanen, Finnish politician, former Prime Minister
- 1960 –Kathy Griffin, American comedian
- 1961 –Nigel Worthington, Northern Irish footballer
Who died on November 4?
- 1411 –Khalil Sultan, ruler of Transoxonia (b. 1384)
- 1801 –William Shippen, American physician and delegate to the Continental Congress (b. 1712)
- 1893 –Pierre Tirard, French politician (b. 1827)
- 1928 –Arnold Rothstein, American gambler (b. 1882)
- 1931 –Luigi Galleani, Italian anarchist (b. 1861)
- 1969 –Carlos Marighella, Brazilian politician (b. 1911)
- 1995 –Eddie Egan, American actor and police officer (b. 1930)
- 2002 –Nakis Avgerinos, Greek politician (b. 1911)
- 2005 –Nadia Anjuman, Afghan poet and journalist (b. 1980)
- 2005 –Sheree North, American actress and singer (b. 1932)
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