November 4th, 1893

Born on November 4th, 1893

Age in days, weeks and months
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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

Born on November 4th, 1893

48

Kazys Binkis

Lithuanian poet, journalist, playwright (1893-1942)

*November 4th, 1893, Biržai District Municipality †April 27th, 1942, Kaunas

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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

89

Wee Kim Wee

4th President of Singapore (1915–2005)

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

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

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

27

Mercedes Müller

German actress and Kickboxer

*November 4th, 1996, Berlin

94

Hermann Conring

German politician (1894-1989)

*November 4th, 1894, Aurich †February 9th, 1989, Weener

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

86

Nicolas Frantz

Luxembourgian racing cyclist (1899–1985)

*November 4th, 1899, Mamer †November 8th, 1985, Luxembourg

95

Ian Wolfe

American actor (1896-1992)

*November 4th, 1896, Fulton County †January 23rd, 1992, Los Angeles

66

Tony Abbott

Prime minister of Australia from 2013 to 2015

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

84

Charles K. Kao

Hong Kong-British-American physicist

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

59

Ralph Spence

American screenwriter (1890–1949)

*November 4th, 1890, Key West †December 21st, 1949, Woodland Hills

51

Luís Figo

Portuguese football player

*November 4th, 1972, Almada

68

Matti Vanhanen

Finnish politician and the 40th prime minister of Finland

*November 4th, 1955, Jyväskylä

86

Uri Zohar

Israeli film director

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

75

Cameron Mitchell

American actor (1918–1994)

*November 4th, 1918, Dallastown †July 7th, 1994, Pacific Palisades

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Born in 1893

82

Mao Zedong

1st Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)

*December 26th, 1893, Shaoshan †September 9th, 1976, Zhongnanhai

93

Albert Szent-Györgyi

Hungarian biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine in 1937 (1896-1986)

*September 16th, 1893, Budapest †October 22nd, 1986, Woods Hole

67

Cedric Gibbons

American art director (1890–1960)

*March 23rd, 1893, Dublin †July 26th, 1960, Hollywood

84

Elisabeth Voigt

German lab technician and painter (1893-1977)

*August 5th, 1893, Leipzig †November 8th, 1977, Leipzig

53

Hermann Göring

German Nazi politician, military leader, and convicted war criminal

*January 12th, 1893, Rosenheim †October 15th, 1946, Nuremberg Court Prison

99

Lillian Gish

American actress (1893–1993)

*October 14th, 1893, Springfield †February 27th, 1993, New York City

89

Herbert Meinhard Mühlpfordt

German historian (1893-1982)

*March 31st, 1893, Königsberg †October 9th, 1982, Lübeck

53

Joachim von Ribbentrop

German Foreign Minister of Nazi Germany (1893–1946)

*April 30th, 1893, Wesel †October 16th, 1946, Nuremberg

97

Ernst Theodor Eichelbaum

German politician and educationist (1893-1991)

*June 23rd, 1893, Berlin †April 16th, 1991, Schleswig-Holstein

77

Harold Lloyd

American actor and comedian (1893–1971)

*April 20th, 1893, Burchard †March 8th, 1971, Beverly Hills

79

Hans Scharoun

German architect (1893-1972)

*September 20th, 1893, Bremen †November 25th, 1972, West Berlin

87

Harold Urey

American physical chemist

*April 29th, 1893, Walkerton †January 5th, 1981, La Jolla

82

Hans Siburg

German general

*June 24th, 1893, Saarburg †February 27th, 1976, Lüneburg

84

Jomo Kenyatta

First Prime Minister (1963 to 1964) and President (1964 to 1978) of self-governing Kenya

*October 20th, 1893, Gatundu †August 22nd, 1978, Mombasa

74

Herbert Edward Read

English anarchist, poet, and critic of literature and art (1893-1968)

*December 4th, 1893, Muscoates †June 12th, 1968, Stonegrave

87

Cicely Courtneidge

English actress and comedian (1893–1980)

*April 1st, 1893, Sydney †April 26th, 1980, Putney

82

Wout Buitenweg

Dutch footballer (1893-1976)

*December 24th, 1893, Utrecht †November 10th, 1976, Utrecht

73

Dorothy Parker

American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist (1893-1967)

*August 22nd, 1893, West End †June 7th, 1967, New York City

50

Leslie Howard

British actor (1893–1943)

*April 3rd, 1893, London †June 1st, 1943, Cedeira

36

Vladimir Mayakovsky

Russian and Soviet poet (1893–1930)

*July 7th, 1893, Baghdati †April 14th, 1930, Moscow

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1893 is a normal year and no leap year.

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November 1893