November 4
November 4
Events
- 1798 – Beginning of the Russo-Ottoman siege of Corfu.
- 1922 – In Egypt, British archaeologist Howard Carter and his men find the entrance to Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings.
- 1960 – At the Kasakela Chimpanzee Community in Tanzania, Dr. Jane Goodall observes chimpanzees creating tools, the first-ever observation in non-human animals.
- 1979 – Iran hostage crisis: A group of Iranian college students overruns the U.S. embassy in Tehran and takes 90 hostages.
- 1995 – Israel-Palestinian conflict: Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin is assassinated by an extremist Israeli.
- 2008 – Barack Obama becomes the first person of biracial or African-American descent to be elected President of the United States.
- 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.
Births
- 1915 – Ismail Abdul Rahman, Malaysian politician (d. 1973)
- 1933 – C. Odumegwu Ojukwu, Nigerian colonel and politician, President of Biafra (d. 2011)
- 1947 – Ali Özgentürk, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1948 – Amadou Toumani Touré, Malian soldier and politician, President of Mali (d. 2020)
- 1955 – Alhaj Moulana Ghousavi Shah, Indian author, poet, and scholar
- 1967 – Yılmaz Erdoğan, Turkish actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1967 – Asif Mujtaba, Pakistani cricketer
- 1984 – Ayila Yussuf, Nigerian footballer
Deaths
- 1411 – Khalil Sultan of Timurid (b. 1384)
- 1957 – Shoghi Effendi, Guardian of the Baháʼí Faith (b. 1897)
- 1975 – Izzat Husrieh, Syrian journalist, historian, and academic (b. 1914)
- 1982 – Burhan Felek, Turkish lawyer and journalist (b. 1889)
- 1984 – Ümit Yaşar Oğuzcan, Turkish poet and author (b. 1926)
- 2005 – Nadia Anjuman, Afghan journalist and poet (b. 1980)
Holidays and Observances
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