November 4

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November 4 is the 308th day of the year (309th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 57 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

• 1429 – Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War: Joan of Arc liberates Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier.
• 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.
• 1737 – The Teatro di San Carlo is inaugurated.
• 1780 – The Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II against Spanish rule in the Viceroyalty of Peru begins.
• 1783 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Symphony No. 36 is performed for the first time in Linz, Austria.
• 1791 – The Western Confederacy of American Indians wins a major victory over the United States in the Battle of the Wabash.
• 1798 – Beginning of the Russo-Ottoman siege of Corfu.
• 1839 – Newport Rising: The last large-scale armed rebellion against authority in mainland Britain.
• 1847 – Sir James Young Simpson, a British physician, discovers the anaesthetic properties of chloroform.
• 1852 – Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour becomes the prime minister of Piedmont-Sardinia, which soon expands to become Italy.
• 1861 – The University of Washington opens in Seattle as the Territorial University.
• 1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Johnsonville: Confederate troops bombard a Union supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material.
• 1868 – Camagüey, Cuba revolts against Spain during the Ten Years' War.
• 1890 – City and South London Railway: London's first deep-level tube railway opens between King William Street and Stockwell.
• 1912 – First Balkan War: The First Battle of Çatalca begins - an attempt by Bulgaria to break through the last defensive line before the Turkish capital Constantinople.
• 1918 – World War I: The Armistice of Villa Giusti between Italy and Austria-Hungary is implemented.
• 1921 – The Saalschutz Abteilung (hall defense detachment) of the Nazi Party is renamed the Sturmabteilung (storm detachment) after a large riot in Munich.
• 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.
• 1922 – In Egypt, British archaeologist Howard Carter and his men find the entrance to Pharaoh Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings.
• 1924 – Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming is elected the first female governor in the United States.
• 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.
• 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
• 1946 – United Nations Security Council Resolution 10 is adopted.
• 1948 – United Nations Security Council Resolution 61 is adopted.
• 1952 – The United States government establishes the National Security Agency, or NSA.
• 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.
• 1960 – At the Kasakela Chimpanzee Community in Tanzania, Dr Jane Goodall observes chimpanzees creating tools, the first-ever observation in non-human animals.
• 1962 – The United States concludes Operation Fishbowl, its final above-ground nuclear weapons testing series, in anticipation of the 1963 Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
• 1966 – The Arno River floods Florence, Italy, to a maximum depth of 6.7 m (22 ft), leaving thousands homeless and destroying millions of masterpieces of art and rare books. Also Venice was submerged on the same day at its record all-time acqua alta of 194 cm.
• 1970 – Vietnam War: Vietnamization: The United States turns control of the Binh Thuy Air Base in the Mekong Delta over to South Vietnam.
• 1970 – Genie, a 13-year-old feral child is found in Los Angeles having been locked in her bedroom for most of her life.
• 1970 – Salvador Allende takes office as President of Chile, the first Marxist to become president of a Latin American country through open elections.
• 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.
• 1979 – Iran hostage crisis: A mob of Iranians, mostly students, overruns the US embassy in Tehran and takes 90 hostages (53 of whom are American).
• 1993 – The China Airlines Flight 605, a Boeing 747, overruns Runway 13 at Hong Kong's Kai Tak International Airport while landing during a typhoon, injuring 22 people.
• 1995 – Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin is assassinated by an extremist Israeli.
• 2002 – Chinese authorities arrest cyber-dissident He Depu for signing a pro-democracy letter to the 16th Communist Party Congress.
• 2008 – Barack Obama becomes the first person of African descent to be elected President of the United States.
• 2010 – Aero Caribbean Flight 883 crashes into Guasimal, Sancti Spíritus. All 68 passengers and crew were killed.
• 2010 – Qantas Flight 32, an Airbus A380, suffers an uncontained engine failure over Indonesia shortly after taking off from Singapore, crippling the jet. The crew manage to safely return to Singapore, saving all 469 passengers and crew.
• 2015 – A cargo plane crashes shortly after takeoff from Juba International Airport in Juba, South Sudan, killing 37 people.
• 2015 – A building collapses in the Pakistani city of Lahore resulting in at least 45 deaths, at least 100 injured.

Births

• 1448 – Alfonso II of Naples (d. 1495)
• 1575 – Guido Reni, Italian painter and illustrator (d. 1642)
• 1618 – Aurangzeb, Mughal emperor (d. 1707)
• 1631 – Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (d. 1660)
• 1640 – Carlo Mannelli, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1697)
• 1650 – William III of England (d. 1702)
• 1661 – Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine, German son of Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (d. 1742)
• 1740 – Augustus Toplady, English cleric and composer (d. 1778)
• 1765 – Pierre-Simon Girard, French mathematician and engineer (d. 1836)
• 1809 – Benjamin Robbins Curtis, American lawyer and jurist (d. 1874)
• 1816 – Stephen Johnson Field, American lawyer and jurist 5th Chief Justice of California (d. 1899)
• 1821 – Thomas Keefer, Canadian engineer and businessman (d. 1915)
• 1836 – Henry J. Lutcher, American businessman (d. 1912)
• 1845 – Vasudev Balwant Phadke, Indian activist (d. 1883)
• 1853 – Anna Bayerová, Czech physician (d. 1924)
• 1862 – Rasmus Rasmussen, Norwegian actor and director (d. 1932)
• 1868 – La Belle Otero, Spanish actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1965)
• 1873 – Kyōka Izumi, Japanese author, poet, and playwright (d. 1939)
• 1874 – Charles Despiau, French sculptor (d. 1946)
• 1879 – Will Rogers, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1935)
• 1883 – Nikolaos Plastiras, Greek general and politician 135th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1953)
• 1884 – Harry Ferguson, Irish-English engineer, invented the tractor (d. 1960)
• 1887 – Janaki Ammal, Indian botanist and geneticist (d. 1984)
• 1887 – Alfred Lee Loomis, American physicist and philanthropist (d. 1975)
• 1890 – Klabund, German author and poet (d. 1928)
• 1896 – Carlos P. Garcia, Filipino lawyer and politician, 8th President of the Philippines (d. 1971)
• 1897 – Dolly Stark, American baseball player and umpire (d. 1968)
• 1899 – Nicolas Frantz, Luxembourger cyclist (d. 1985)
• 1900 – Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu, Romanian sociologist and activist (d. 1954)
• 1901 – Yi Bangja, Japanese daughter of Prince Nashimoto Morimasa (d. 1989)
• 1901 – Spyridon Marinatos, Greek archaeologist, author, and academic (d. 1974)
• 1902 – Reg Dean, English super-centenarian (d. 2013)
• 1904 – Tadeusz Żyliński, Polish engineer, technician, and academic (d. 1967)
• 1905 – Dragutin Tadijanović, Croatian poet and translator (d. 2007)
• 1906 – Sterling North, American author and critic (d. 1974)
• 1907 – Draga Matković, Croatian-German pianist (d. 2013)
• 1908 – Stanley Cortez, American cinematographer and photographer (d. 1997)
• 1908 – Joseph Rotblat, Polish-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2005)
• 1909 – Evelyn Bryan Johnson, American colonel and pilot (d. 2012)
• 1909 – Bert Patenaude, American soccer player (d. 1974)
• 1909 – Skeeter Webb, American baseball player and manager (d. 1986)
• 1911 – Dixie Lee, American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1952)
• 1912 – Vadim Salmanov, Russian pianist and composer (d. 1978)
• 1913 – Gig Young, American actor (d. 1978)
• 1915 – Marguerite Patten, English economist and author (d. 2015)
• 1916 – John Basilone, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1945)
• 1916 – Walter Cronkite, American journalist, voice actor, and producer (d. 2009)
• 1916 – Ruth Handler, American businesswoman, created Barbie (d. 2002)
• 1918 – Art Carney, American actor and singer (d. 2003)
• 1918 – Cameron Mitchell, American actor (d. 1994)
• 1919 – Martin Balsam, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1996)
• 1919 – Shirley Mitchell, American actress (d. 2013)
• 1919 – Eric Thompson, English race car driver and businessman (d. 2015)
• 1921 – Mary Sherman Morgan, American scientist and engineer (d. 2004)
• 1922 – Benno Besson, Swiss-German actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2006)
• 1923 – Freddy Heineken, Dutch businessman (d. 2002)
• 1923 – Howie Meeker, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and politician
• 1923 – Eugene Sledge, American soldier, author, and academic (d. 2001)
• 1925 – Gamani Corea, Sri Lankan economist and diplomat (d. 2013)
• 1925 – Ritwik Ghatak, Bangladeshi-Indian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1976)
• 1925 – Sakae Menda, Japanese murderer
• 1925 – Doris Roberts, American actress (d. 2016)
• 1926 – Carlos "Patato" Valdes, Cuban-American conga player and composer (d. 2007)
• 1928 – Larry Bunker, American drummer and vibraphone player (d. 2005)
• 1928 – Hannah Weiner, American poet and author (d. 1997)
• 1929 – Anastasios of Albania, Greek-Albanian archbishop
• 1929 – Emilio Aragón Bermúdez, Spanish clown, singer, and accordion player (d. 2012)
• 1929 – Shakuntala Devi, Indian mathematician and astrologer (d. 2013)
• 1929 – Shaike Ophir, Israeli actor and screenwriter (d. 1987)
• 1929 – Dickie Valentine, English singer, guitarist, and actor (d. 1971)
• 1930 – James E. Brewton, American painter (d. 1967)
• 1930 – Ranjit Roy Chaudhury, Indian pharmacologist and academic (d. 2015)
• 1930 – Dick Groat, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1930 – John Hahn-Petersen, Danish actor (d. 2006)
• 1930 – Frank J. Prial, American journalist and author (d. 2012)
• 1931 – Bernard Francis Law, Mexican-American cardinal
• 1932 – Thomas Klestil, Austrian politician and diplomat, 10th President of Austria (d. 2004)
• 1932 – Tommy Makem, Irish-American singer-songwriter (The Clancy Brothers) (d. 2007)
• 1933 – Tito Francona, American baseball player
• 1933 – Charles K. Kao, Chinese physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1933 – C. Odumegwu Ojukwu, Nigerian colonel and politician, President of Biafra (d. 2011)
• 1935 – Elgar Howarth, English conductor and composer
• 1936 – C. K. Williams, American poet, critic, and translator (d. 2015)
• 1937 – Loretta Swit, American actress and singer
• 1937 – Michael Wilson, Canadian academic and politician, 31st Canadian Minister of Finance
• 1939 – Gail E. Haley, American author and illustrator
• 1939 – Michael Meacher, English academic and politician, Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (d. 2015)
• 1940 – Delbert McClinton, American singer-songwriter
• 1940 – Marlène Jobert, French actress, singer, and author
• 1941 – Lyndall Gordon, South African-English author and academic
• 1942 – Patricia Bath, American ophthalmologist and academic
• 1943 – Clark Graebner, American tennis player
• 1943 – Bob Wollek, French race car driver and skier (d. 2001)
• 1944 – Linda Gary, American voice actress (d. 1995)
• 1944 – Scherrie Payne, American singer (The Supremes)
• 1946 – Laura Bush, American educator, 45th First Lady of the United States
• 1946 – Frederick Elmes, American cinematographer
• 1946 – Robert Mapplethorpe, American photographer (d. 1989)
• 1947 – Jerry Fleck, American actor, director, and production manager (d. 2003)
• 1947 – Rod Marsh, Australian cricketer and coach
• 1947 – Toshiyuki Nishida, Japanese actor
• 1947 – Ludmila Velikova, Russian figure skater and coach
• 1947 – Ali Özgentürk, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1948 – Alexis Hunter, New Zealand-English painter and photographer (d. 2014)
• 1948 – Amadou Toumani Touré, Malian soldier and politician, President of Mali
• 1949 – Garo Aida, Japanese photographer and author
• 1950 – Charles Frazier, American author
• 1950 – Markie Post, American actress and producer
• 1950 – Nik Powell, English businessman, co-founded Virgin Group
• 1951 – Traian Băsescu, Romanian captain and politician, 4th President of Romania
• 1951 – Cosey Fanni Tutti, English singer-songwriter (Throbbing Gristle and Chris & Cosey)
• 1952 – Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria
• 1953 – Mick Buckley, English footballer (d. 2013)
• 1953 – P. J. Carey, American baseball player and manager (d. 2012)
• 1953 – Rick Green, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1953 – Carlos Gutierrez, Cuban-American businessman and politician, 35th United States Secretary of Commerce
• 1953 – Peter Lord, English animator, director, and producer, co-founded Aardman Animations
• 1953 – Jacques Villeneuve, Canadian race car driver
• 1953 – Marvel Williamson, American nurse and academic
• 1954 – Chris Difford, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Squeeze and Difford & Tilbrook)
• 1955 – Alhaj Moulana Ghousavi Shah, Indian author, poet, and scholar
• 1955 – Matti Vanhanen, Finnish journalist and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Finland
• 1956 – Tom Greenhalgh, Swedish singer-songwriter (The Mekons)
• 1956 – James Honeyman-Scott, English guitarist and songwriter (The Pretenders) (d. 1982)
• 1956 – Jordan Rudess, American keyboard player and songwriter (Dream Theater, Liquid Tension Experiment, and Dixie Dregs)
• 1957 – Tony Abbott, English-Australian scholar and politician, 28th Prime Minister of Australia
• 1957 – Richard Harrington, English businessman and politician
• 1957 – Alexander Vasilyevich Tkachyov, Russian gymnast and coach
• 1958 – Lee Jasper, English activist and politician
• 1958 – Anne Sweeney, American businesswoman
• 1959 – Ken Kirzinger, Canadian actor and stuntman
• 1960 – Marc Awodey, American painter and poet
• 1960 – Kathy Griffin, American comedian and actress
• 1961 – Daron Hagen, American pianist, composer, and conductor
• 1961 – Edward Knight, American composer and academic
• 1961 – Ralph Macchio, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1961 – Jeff Probst, American television host and producer
• 1961 – Steve Rotheram, English politician, Lord Mayor of Liverpool
• 1961 – Nigel Worthington, Northern Irish footballer and manager
• 1962 – Arvo Volmer, Estonian conductor
• 1963 – Nokko, Japanese singer-songwriter and producer (Rebecca)
• 1963 – Marc Déry, Canadian singer and guitarist (Zébulon)
• 1963 – Rosario Flores, Spanish singer and actress
• 1963 – Michel Therrien, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1963 – Lena Zavaroni, Scottish singer and television host (d. 1999)
• 1964 – Kurt Krakowian, American actor
• 1964 – Yūko Mizutani, Japanese voice actress and singer
• 1965 – Pata, Japanese guitarist (X Japan and Rain)
• 1965 – Jeff Scott Soto, American singer-songwriter (Talisman and Soul SirkUS)
• 1965 – Wayne Static, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Static-X) (d. 2014)
• 1967 – Daisuke Asakura, Japanese songwriter and producer
• 1967 – Yılmaz Erdoğan, Turkish actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1967 – Eric Karros, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1968 – Matthew Tobin Anderson, American author, critic, and educator
• 1968 – Carlos Baerga, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach
• 1969 – Sean Combs, American rapper, producer, and actor (Diddy – Dirty Money)
• 1969 – Matthew McConaughey, American actor and producer
• 1970 – Lauri Aus, Estonian cyclist (d. 2003)
• 1970 – Tim DeBoom, American triathlete
• 1970 – Malena Ernman, Swedish soprano
• 1970 – Bethenny Frankel, American talk show host, author and businesswoman
• 1970 – Tony Sly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (No Use for a Name and Scorpios) (d. 2012)
• 1971 – Tabu, Indian actress and singer
• 1972 – Luís Figo, Portuguese footballer and sportscaster
• 1974 – Cedric Bixler-Zavala, American singer-songwriter and drummer (At the Drive-In, The Mars Volta, Anywhere, De Facto, and The Fall on Deaf Ears)
• 1974 – Louise Redknapp, English singer and actress (Eternal)
• 1974 – Mirai Yamamoto, Japanese actress and producer
• 1975 – Éric Fichaud, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1975 – Eduard Koksharov, Russian handball player
• 1975 – Mikki Moore, American basketball player
• 1975 – Orlando Pace, American football player
• 1975 – Curtis Stone, Australian chef and author
• 1975 – Heather Tom, American actress
• 1975 – Lorenzen Wright, American basketball player (d. 2010)
• 1976 – Daniel Bahr, German banker and politician, German Federal Minister of Health
• 1976 – Bruno Junqueira, Brazilian race car driver
• 1976 – Mario Melchiot, Dutch footballer
• 1976 – Kenji Osawa, Japanese mixed martial artist and educator
• 1976 – Makoto Tamada, Japanese motorcycle racer
• 1976 – Peter Van Houdt, Belgian footballer
• 1977 – Larry Bigbie, American baseball player
• 1977 – Hannelore Knuts, Belgian model and actress
• 1978 – John Grabow, American baseball player
• 1978 – Danny Salomon, American actor
• 1979 – Jesse Camp, American television host, singer, and actor
• 1979 – Trishelle Cannatella, American model and actress
• 1979 – Audrey Hollander, American porn actress and director
• 1980 – Jerry Collins, Samoan-New Zealand rugby player (d. 2015)
• 1980 – Richard Owens, American football player and coach
• 1980 – Emme Rylan, American actress
• 1981 – Guy Martin, English motorcycle racer
• 1981 – Machiko Ono, Japanese actress
• 1981 – Vince Wilfork, American football player
• 1982 – Devin Hester, American football player
• 1982 – Travis Van Winkle, American actor
• 1983 – Anton Buslov, Russian astrophysicist and journalist (d. 2014)
• 1984 – Dustin Brown, American ice hockey player
• 1984 – Ayila Yussuf, Nigerian footballer
• 1985 – Marcell Jansen, German footballer
• 1985 – Miki Miyamura, Japanese tennis player
• 1985 – Ryan Nemeth, American wrestler
• 1985 – Victoria Leigh Soto, American educator (d. 2012)
• 1985 – Sammy thrashLife, American singer, painter, and blogger
• 1986 – Suhas Gopinath, Indian businessman
• 1986 – Alexz Johnson, Canadian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1986 – Szymon Pawłowski, Polish footballer
• 1986 – Adrian Zaugg, South African race car driver
• 1987 – T.O.P, South Korean singer-songwriter and actor (Big Bang)
• 1987 – Tim Breukers, Dutch footballer
• 1987 – Laura Geitz, Australian netball player
• 1987 – Artur Jędrzejczyk, Polish footballer
• 1987 – Michelle Madrigal, Filipino actress
• 1990 – Jean-Luc Bilodeau, American actor
• 1991 – Lesley Kerkhove, Dutch tennis player
• 1992 – Julian Wießmeier, German footballer
• 1993 – Elisabeth Seitz, German gymnast
• 1994 – Billy Stanlake, Australian cricketer
• 1996 – Kaitlin Hawayek, American ice dancer
• 1996 – Michael Christian Martinez, Filipino figure skater
• 1997 – Bea Binene, Filipino actress, singer, and dancer
• 1997 – Sandra Samir, Egyptian tennis player

Deaths

• 604 – Yohl Ik'nal, Mayan queen
• 1411 – Khalil Sultan of Timurid (b. 1384)
• 1428 – Sophia of Bavaria (b. 1376)
• 1652 – Jean-Charles della Faille, Flemish priest and mathematician (b. 1597)
• 1658 – Antoine Le Maistre, French lawyer and author (b. 1608)
• 1669 – Johannes Cocceius, Dutch theologian and academic (b. 1603)
• 1698 – Rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician and mathematician (b. 1625)
• 1702 – John Benbow, English admiral (b. 1653)
• 1704 – Andreas Acoluthus, German orientalist and scholar (b. 1654)
• 1781 – Johann Nikolaus Götz, German poet and songwriter (b. 1721)
• 1801 – William Shippen, American physician and anatomist (b. 1712)
• 1847 – Felix Mendelssohn, German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1809)
• 1847 – Thiệu Trị, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1807)
• 1856 – Paul Delaroche, French painter and educator (b. 1797)
• 1893 – Pierre Tirard, Swiss-French engineer and politician, 54th Prime Minister of France (b. 1827)
• 1895 – Eugene Field, American journalist, author, and poet (b. 1850)
• 1906 – John H. Ketcham, American general and politician (b. 1832)
• 1918 – Wilfred Owen, English lieutenant and poet (b. 1893)
• 1924 – Richard Conner, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1843)
• 1924 – Gabriel Fauré, French pianist, composer, and educator (b. 1845)
• 1930 – Akiyama Yoshifuru, Japanese general (b. 1859)
• 1930 – Buddy Bolden, American cornet player and bandleader (b. 1877)
• 1931 – Luigi Galleani, Italian theorist and activist (b. 1861)
• 1940 – Arthur Rostron, English captain (b. 1869)
• 1946 – Rüdiger von der Goltz, German general (b. 1865)
• 1948 – Albert Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (b. 1874)
• 1950 – Grover Cleveland Alexander, American baseball player and coach (b. 1887)
• 1955 – Robert E. Sherwood, American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1896)
• 1955 – Cy Young, American baseball player and manager (b. 1867)
• 1956 – Freddie Dixon, English motorcycle racer and race car driver (b. 1892)
• 1957 – Shoghi Effendi, Israeli religious leader (b. 1897)
• 1968 – Horace Gould, English race car driver (b. 1918)
• 1968 – Michel Kikoine, Belarusian-French painter and soldier (b. 1892)
• 1969 – Carlos Marighella, Brazilian author and activist (b. 1911)
• 1974 – Bert Patenaude, American soccer player (b. 1909)
• 1975 – Francis Dvornik, Czech priest and academic (b. 1893)
• 1975 – Izzat Husrieh, Syrian journalist, historian, and academic (b. 1914)
• 1976 – Toni Ulmen, German race car driver and motorcycle racer (b. 1906)
• 1977 – Tom Reamy, American author and illustrator (b. 1935)
• 1980 – Elsie MacGill, Canadian-American engineer and author (b. 1905)
• 1982 – Dominique Dunne, American actress (b. 1959)
• 1982 – Burhan Felek, Turkish lawyer and journalist (b. 1889)
• 1982 – Gil Whitney, American journalist (b. 1940)
• 1984 – Ümit Yaşar Oğuzcan, Turkish poet and author (b. 1926)
• 1986 – Kurt Hirsch, German-English mathematician and academic (b. 1906)
• 1988 – Kleanthis Vikelidis, Greek footballer and manager (b. 1916)
• 1989 – Trevor Kent, Australian actor (b. 1940)
• 1992 – George Klein, Canadian engineer, invented the motorized wheelchair (b. 1904)
• 1994 – Sam Francis, American soldier and painter (b. 1923)
• 1994 – Fred "Sonic" Smith, American guitarist and songwriter (MC5 and Sonic's Rendezvous Band) (b. 1949)
• 1995 – Gilles Deleuze, French philosopher and scholar (b. 1925)
• 1995 – Paul Eddington, English actor (b. 1927)
• 1995 – Eddie Egan, American actor and police officer (b. 1930)
• 1995 – Yitzhak Rabin, Israeli general and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1922)
• 1995 – Morrie Schwartz, American sociologist, author, and academic (b. 1916)
• 1997 – Richard Hooker, American novelist (b. 1924)
• 1998 – Nagarjun, Indian poet and author (b. 1911)
• 1999 – Malcolm Marshall, Barbadian cricketer and coach (b. 1958)
• 2003 – Charles Causley, Cornish author and poet (b. 1917)
• 2003 – Ken Gampu, South African actor (b. 1929)
• 2003 – Richard Wollheim, English philosopher, author, and academic (b. 1923)
• 2005 – Nadia Anjuman, Afghan journalist and poet (b. 1980)
• 2005 – Sheree North, American actress and singer (b. 1932)
• 2005 – Graham Payn, South African-born English actor and singer (b. 1918)
• 2005 – Hiro Takahashi, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1964)
• 2006 – Frank Arthur Calder, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1915)
• 2006 – Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, American author (b. 1908)
• 2007 – Karl Rebane, Estonian physicist and academic (b. 1926)
• 2007 – Peter Viertel, German-American author and screenwriter (b. 1920)
• 2008 – Michael Crichton, American physician, author, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1942)
• 2008 – Rosella Hightower, American ballerina (b. 1920)
• 2008 – Juan Camilo Mouriño, French-Mexican economist and politician, Mexican Secretary of the Interior (b. 1971)
• 2009 – Hubertus Brandenburg, German bishop (b. 1923)
• 2010 – Sparky Anderson, American baseball player and manager (b. 1934)
• 2010 – Eugénie Blanchard, French super-centenarian (b. 1896)
• 2010 – Michelle Nicastro, American actress and singer (b. 1960)
• 2011 – Arnold Green, Latvian-Estonian soldier and politician (b. 1920)
• 2011 – Andy Rooney, American journalist and author (b. 1919)
• 2012 – Jacob Sahaya Kumar Aruni, Indian chef and television host (b. 1974)
• 2012 – Mike L. Fry, American television host, producer, and author (b. 1960)
• 2012 – Frances Hashimoto, American businesswoman (b. 1943)
• 2012 – David Resnick, Brazilian-Israeli architect, designed Yad Kennedy (b. 1924)
• 2013 – Viktor Dolnik, Russian ornithologist and author (b. 1938)
• 2013 – John D. Hawk, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1924)
• 2013 – Leonid Stolovich, Russian-Estonian philosopher and academic (b. 1929)
• 2013 – Georg Wahl, German horse rider and coach (b. 1920)
• 2013 – Ray Willsey, Canadian-American football player and coach (b. 1928)
• 2014 – Enrique Olivera, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 2nd Chief of Government of the City of Buenos Aires (b. 1940)
• 2014 – Richard Schaal, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1928)
• 2014 – George Edgar Slusser, American author and academic (b. 1939)
• 2014 – S. Donald Stookey, American physicist and chemist, invented CorningWare (b. 1915)
• 2014 – Eddie Stuart, South African-Welsh footballer and manager (b. 1931)
• 2015 – Piotr Domaradzki, Polish-American historian and journalist (b. 1946)
• 2015 – René Girard, French-American historian, philosopher, and critic (b. 1923)
• 2015 – Károly Horváth, Romanian-Hungarian cellist, flute player, and composer (b. 1950)
• 2015 – Melissa Mathison, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1950)
• 2015 – Lee Robinson, American lawyer and politician (b. 1943)

Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day:
  • Blessed Teresa Manganiello
  • Charles Borromeo (Roman Catholic Church)
  • Emeric of Hungary
  • Our Lady of Kazan (Russian Orthodox Church)
  • Vitalis and Agricola (Roman Catholic Church)
  • November 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Community Service Day (Dominica)
• Feast of Qudrat (Power), first day of the month of Qudrat of the Bahá'í calendar (Bahá'í Faith)
• Flag Day (Panama)
• National Tonga Day (Tonga)
• National Unity and Armed Forces Day or Giorno dell'Unità Nazionale e Festa delle Forze Armate (Italy)
• Unity Day (Russia)
• Yitzhak Rabin Memorial (unofficial, but widely commemorated)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada