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 308^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 57 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 22, 2025 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 29,370,240 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.

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 105 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 4,701 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

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.
• 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 Sturmabteilung or SA, whose members were known as “brownshirts”, physically assault Adolf Hitler’s opposition after his speech in Munich.
• 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.
• 1955 –
  After being destroyed in World War II, the rebuilt Vienna State Opera reopens with a performance of Beethoven’s Fidelio.
• 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.

Who were born on November 4?

• 1904 –
  Tadeusz Żyliński, Polish technician and textilist (d. 1967)
• 1906 –
  Sterling North, American author (d. 1974)
• 1909 –
  Evelyn Johnson, American aviator
• 1939 –
  Shakuntala Devi, Indian calculating prodigy
• 1940 –
  Delbert McClinton, American musician
• 1953 –
  Carlos Gutierrez, American politician and 35th United States Secretary of Commerce
• 1955 –
  Matti Vanhanen, Finnish politician, former Prime Minister
• 1968 –
  Miles Long, American pornographic actor and director
• 1970 –
  Malena Ernman, Swedish opera singer
• 1974 –
  Cedric Bixler-Zavala, American musician (At the Drive-In, The Mars Volta)

Who died on November 4?

• 1411 –
  Khalil Sultan, ruler of Transoxonia (b. 1384)
• 1669 –
  Johannes Cocceius, Dutch theologian (b. 1603)
• 1702 –
  John Benbow, English admiral (b. 1653)
• 1781 –
  Johann Nikolaus Götz, German poet (b. 1721)
• 1856 –
  Hippolyte Delaroche, French painter (b. 1797)
• 1955 –
  Cy Young, American baseball player (b. 1867)
• 1969 –
  Carlos Marighella, Brazilian politician (b. 1911)
• 1980 –
  Elsie MacGill, Canadian aeronautical engineer (b. 1905)
• 2002 –
  Nakis Avgerinos, Greek politician (b. 1911)
• 2010 –
  Michelle Nicastro, American actress and singer (b. 1960)