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 309th day of the year 2016 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 57 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 22, 2016 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,478,217,600 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 ‘trihectaenneagon’ 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 85 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 1,414 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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November 4 Historical Events
- 1677 –The future Mary II of England marries William, Prince of Orange. They would later jointly reign as William and Mary.
- 1737 –The Teatro di San Carlo is inaugurated.
- 1783 –W.A. Mozart’s Symphony No. 36 is performed for the first time in Linz, Austria.
- 1861 –The University of Washington opens in Seattle, Washington as the Territorial University.
- 1921 –Japanese Prime Minister Hara Takashi is assassinated in Tokyo.
- 1921 –The Italian unknown soldier is buried in the Altare della Patria (Fatherland Altar) in Rome.
- 1924 –Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming is elected the first female governor in the United States.
- 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.
- 1970 –Vietnam War: Vietnamization – The United States turns control of the Binh Thuy Air Base in the Mekong Delta over to South Vietnam.
- 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?
- 1874 –Aleksandr Vasilevich Kolchak, Russian military commander (d. 1920)
- 1901 –Spyridon Marinatos, Greek archaeologist (d. 1974)
- 1929 –Anastasios, Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Tirana
- 1930 –John Hahn-Petersen, Danish actor (d. 2006)
- 1946 –Laura Bush, former First Lady of the United States
- 1960 –Marc Awodey, American artist and writer
- 1962 –Jeff Probst, American television host
- 1964 –Kurt Krakowian, American actor
- 1975 –Lorenzen Wright, American basketball player (d. 2010)
- 1980 –Richard Owens, American football player
Who died on November 4?
- 1652 –Jean-Charles de la Faille, Flemish mathematician (b. 1597)
- 1847 –Felix Mendelssohn, German composer (b. 1809)
- 1924 –Gabriel Fauré, French composer (b. 1845)
- 1974 –Bert Patenaude, American soccer player (b. 1909)
- 1986 –Kurt Hirsch, German mathematician (b. 1906)
- 1994 –Sam Francis, American painter (b. 1923)
- 1995 –Paul Eddington, British actor (b. 1927)
- 2006 –Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, American memoirist (b. 1908)
- 2010 –Michelle Nicastro, American actress and singer (b. 1960)
- 2010 –Sparky Anderson, American baseball manager (b. 1934)
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