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 309^th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 57 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 22, 2024 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 28,844,640 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 ‘trihectaenneagon’ 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 86 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 4,336 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

November 4 Historical Events

• 1429 –
  Joan of Arc liberates Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier.
• 1847 –
  Sir James Young Simpson, a British physician, discovers the anaesthetic properties of chloroform.
• 1861 –
  The University of Washington opens in Seattle, Washington 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.
• 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.
• 1944 –
  World War II: Bitola Liberation Day
• 1970 –
  Genie, a 13-year-old feral child is found in Los Angeles, California having been locked in her bedroom for most of her life.
• 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).
• 1994 –
  San Francisco: First conference that focuses exclusively on the subject of the commercial potential of the World Wide Web.

Who were born on November 4?

• 1868 –
  Carolina Otero, a.k.a La Belle Otero, Spanish actress, singer and courtesan (d. 1965)
• 1884 –
  Harry Ferguson, British aviator and inventor (d. 1960)
• 1932 –
  Tommy Makem Irish folk singer-songwriter (d. 2007)
• 1936 –
  C. K. Williams, American poet
• 1961 –
  Edward Knight, American composer
• 1969 –
  Matthew McConaughey, American actor
• 1974 –
  Louise Redknapp, English singer, television presenter
• 1976 –
  Bruno Junqueira, Brazilian racing driver
• 1977 –
  So Ji-sub, South Korean swimmer, model and actor
• 1982 –
  Devin Hester, American football player

Who died on November 4?

• 1411 –
  Khalil Sultan, ruler of Transoxonia (b. 1384)
• 1669 –
  Johannes Cocceius, Dutch theologian (b. 1603)
• 1856 –
  Hippolyte Delaroche, French painter (b. 1797)
• 1924 –
  Richard Conner, American Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient (b. 1843)
• 1968 –
  Michel Kikoine, Belarusian painter (b. 1892)
• 1988 –
  Kleanthis Vikelidis, Greek footballer (b. 1916)
• 1994 –
  Fred “Sonic” Smith, American guitar player MC5 (b. 1949)
• 1995 –
  Morrie Schwartz, Sociology professor at Brandeis University and an author (b. 1916)
• 1999 –
  Malcolm Marshall, Barbadian West Indies cricketer (b. 1958)
• 2010 –
  Eugénie Blanchard, French supercentenarian (b. 1896)