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, 1,762,214,400 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.

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

• 1576 –
  Eighty Years’ War: In Flanders, Spain captures Antwerp (after three days the city is nearly destroyed).
• 1737 –
  The Teatro di San Carlo is inaugurated.
• 1839 –
  The Newport Rising: the last large-scale armed rebellion against authority in mainland Britain.
• 1864 –
  American Civil War: Battle of Johnsonville – Confederate troops bombard a Union supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material.
• 1918 –
  World War I: Austria-Hungary surrenders to Italy.
• 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.
• 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.
• 1993 –
  A China Airlines Boeing 747 overruns Runway 13 at Hong Kong’s Kai Tak International Airport while landing during a typhoon, injuring 22 people.
• 2008 –
  Barack Obama becomes the first African-American to be elected President of the United States.

Who were born on November 4?

• 1929 –
  Anastasios, Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Tirana
• 1931 –
  Bernard Cardinal Law, Archbishop Emeritus of Boston,
• 1946 –
  Laura Bush, former First Lady of the United States
• 1956 –
  Tom Greenhalgh, multimedia artist and singer-songwriter known for his work with the Mekons
• 1960 –
  Frl. Menke, German pop singer of the Neue Deutsche Welle
• 1960 –
  Kathy Griffin, American comedian
• 1961 –
  Nigel Worthington, Northern Irish footballer
• 1963 –
  Rosario Flores, Spanish singer and actress
• 1976 –
  Daniel Bahr, German politician
• 1981 –
  Vince Wilfork, American football player

Who died on November 4?

• 1801 –
  William Shippen, American physician and delegate to the Continental Congress (b. 1712)
• 1847 –
  Thieu Tri, the third emperor of the Nguyễn Dynasty of Vietnam (b. 1807)
• 1924 –
  Gabriel Fauré, French composer (b. 1845)
• 1957 –
  Shoghi Effendi, Israeli religious figure (b. 1897)
• 1968 –
  Michel Kikoine, Belarusian painter (b. 1892)
• 1969 –
  Carlos Marighella, Brazilian politician (b. 1911)
• 1975 –
  Francis Dvornik, Czech historian (b. 1893)
• 1988 –
  Kleanthis Vikelidis, Greek footballer (b. 1916)
• 2002 –
  Nakis Avgerinos, Greek politician (b. 1911)
• 2005 –
  Nadia Anjuman, Afghan poet and journalist (b. 1980)