November 4th, 1848

Born on November 4th, 1848

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What happened on November 4th?

November 4th, 2016

The Paris Agreement, under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, came into effect.

November 4th, 2010

In the first aviation incident involving an Airbus A380, Qantas Flight 32 suffered an uncontained engine failure and made an emergency landing at Changi Airport in Singapore with no casualties.

November 4th, 2008

Barack Obama (pictured) became the first African American to be elected President of the United States.

November 4th, 1995

Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated by Yigal Amir, a right-wing extremist, at a peace rally at Kings of Israel Square in Tel Aviv.

November 4th, 1970

Authorities in California discovered a 13-year-old feral child, pseudonymously known as Genie, who had spent nearly her entire life in social isolation.

November 4th, 1964

Ayatollah Khomeini was arrested by SAVAK and secretly exiled to Turkey.

November 4th, 1952

Robert A. Lovett, United States Secretary of Defense, issued a memorandum establishing the National Security Agency, with responsibility for all communications intelligence for the government.

November 4th, 1944

Second World War: Allied forces completed Operation Pheasant, a major operation to clear German troops from the province of North Brabant in the Netherlands.

November 4th, 1938

The Hlinka Guard and Slovakian police began the deportation of several thousand Jews from the country.

November 4th, 1922

The tomb of Tutankhamun (pictured) was discovered by a team led by British Egyptologist Howard Carter.

November 4th, 1921

The remains of an unknown soldier were buried with an eternal flame at the Altare della Patria (pictured) in Rome.

November 4th, 1912

The keel of USS Nevada was laid down, beginning construction on the United States Navy's first "super-dreadnought".

November 4th, 1890

London's City and South London Railway, the first deep-level underground railway in the world, officially opened, running a distance of 3.2 mi (5.1 km) between the City of London and Stockwell.

November 4th, 1864

American Civil War: Nathan Bedford Forrest led a cavalry division in an attack on a Union Army supply base at Johnsonville, Tennessee, resulting in the capture of 150 prisoners.

November 4th, 2020

The Tigray War begins with Tigrayan rebels launching attacks on Ethiopian command centers.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on November 4th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on November 4th?

53

Malena Ernman

Swedish opera singer

*November 4th, 1970, Uppsala Cathedral Assembly

85

Henry Heerup

Danish sculptor, painter and composer (1907-1993)

*November 4th, 1907, Copenhagen †May 30th, 1993, Copenhagen

71

Thomas Klestil

Austrian diplomat and politician (1932–2004)

*November 4th, 1932, Vienna †July 6th, 2004, Vienna

62

Olaug Bollestad

Norwegian politician

*November 4th, 1961, Strand Municipality

89

Wee Kim Wee

4th President of Singapore (1915–2005)

*November 4th, 1915, Singapore †May 2nd, 2005, Siglap

27

Mercedes Müller

German actress and Kickboxer

*November 4th, 1996, Berlin

85

Art Carney

American actor and comedian (1918-2003)

*November 4th, 1918, Mount Vernon †November 9th, 2003, Chester

76

Martin Balsam

American actor (1919–1996)

*November 4th, 1919, The Bronx †February 13th, 1996, Rome

54

Matthew McConaughey

American actor

*November 4th, 1969, Uvalde

77

Laura Bush

First Lady of the United States from 2001 to 2009

*November 4th, 1946, Midland

66

Tony Abbott

Prime minister of Australia from 2013 to 2015

*November 4th, 1957, General Lying-In Hospital

51

Luís Figo

Portuguese football player

*November 4th, 1972, Almada

69

Romain Bussine

French opera singer

*November 4th, 1830, Paris †December 20th, 1899, Paris

84

Charles K. Kao

Hong Kong-British-American physicist

*November 4th, 1933, People's Republic of China †September 23rd, 2018, Bradbury Hospice

47

Gustav Hirschfeld

German classical archaeologist (1847-1895)

*November 4th, 1847, Pyrzyce †April 20th, 1895, Wiesbaden

71

Charles Despiau

French sculptor (1874-1946)

*November 4th, 1874, Mont-de-Marsan †October 28th, 1946, 13th arrondissement of Paris

68

Matti Vanhanen

Finnish politician and the 40th prime minister of Finland

*November 4th, 1955, Jyväskylä

33

Matthias Büttner

German politician (born 1990)

*November 4th, 1990, Stendal

82

James Montgomery

British poet and writer (1771–1854)

*November 4th, 1771, Irvine †April 30th, 1854, Sheffield

86

Uri Zohar

Israeli film director

*November 4th, 1935, Tel Aviv †June 2nd, 2022, Jerusalem

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Born in 1848

69

Octave Mirbeau

French writer, art critic and journalist

*February 16th, 1848, Trévières †February 16th, 1917, Paris

82

Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff

German classical philologist (1848-1931)

*December 22nd, 1848, Markowice, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship †September 25th, 1931, Berlin

74

Hermann Diels

German classical scholar (1848–1922)

*May 18th, 1848, Biebrich †June 4th, 1922, Dahlem

59

Joris-Karl Huysmans

French novelist and art critic

*February 5th, 1848, Paris †May 12th, 1907, Paris

62

Fritz von Uhde

German artist (1848–1911)

*May 22nd, 1848, Limbach-Oberfrohna †February 25th, 1911, Munich

75

Raphael von Koeber

Russian-German philosopher

*January 15th, 1848, Nizhny Novgorod †June 14th, 1923, Yokohama

86

Benjamin Baillaud

French astronomer (1848-1934)

*February 14th, 1848, Chalon-sur-Saône †July 8th, 1934, Paris

76

Wilhelm von Finck

German entrepreneur and banker

*February 6th, 1848, Bad Vilbel †April 8th, 1924, Munich

76

Gottlob Frege

German philosopher, logician, and mathematician (1848–1925)

*November 8th, 1848, Wismar †July 26th, 1925, Bad Kleinen

71

Johann Desch

German entrepreneur

*April 27th, 1848, Glattbach †January 29th, 1920, Aschaffenburg

66

Hubertine Auclert

French feminist and suffragist

*April 10th, 1848, Saint-Priest-en-Murat †August 4th, 1914, 11th arrondissement of Paris

75

Vilfredo Pareto

Italian economist and sociologist (1848-1923)

*July 15th, 1848, Paris †August 19th, 1923, Céligny

81

Arthur Balfour

British Prime Minister, Conservative politician, and statesman (1848-1930)

*July 25th, 1848, Whittingehame †March 19th, 1930, Woking

54

Paul Gauguin

French painter and printmaker (1848 — 1903)

*June 7th, 1848, Paris †May 9th, 1903, Atuona

87

Hugo de Vries

Dutch botanist (1848-1935)

*February 16th, 1848, Haarlem †May 21st, 1935, Ede

48

Otto Lilienthal

German aviation pioneer (1848-1896)

*May 23rd, 1848, Anklam †August 10th, 1896, Berlin

73

Jean Aicard

French poet, dramatist and novelist (1848-1921)

*February 4th, 1848, Toulon †May 13th, 1921, 7th arrondissement of Paris

48

Édouard Joseph Dantan

French painter (1848–1897)

*August 26th, 1848, Paris †July 7th, 1897, Villerville

83

Pierre De Geyter

Belgian composer

*October 8th, 1848, Ghent †September 26th, 1932, Saint-Denis

76

Johann Palisa

Austrian astronomist

*December 6th, 1848, Opava †May 2nd, 1925, Vienna

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Leap year

Yes: 1848 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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