November 4th, 1956

Born on November 4th, 1956

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What happened on November 4th, 1956?

November 4th, 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.

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What else 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.

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

Born on November 4th, 1956

67

Barbara Howard

American film and television actress

*November 4th, 1956, Chicago

67

Jordan Rudess

American keyboardist

*November 4th, 1956, Great Neck

67

Andreas Schmidt

German politician

*November 4th, 1956, Mülheim an der Ruhr

67

Jørgen Lorentzen

Norwegian literary scholar

*November 4th, 1956, Stavern

67

Tom Greenhalgh

British singer

*November 4th, 1956, Stockholm

25

James Honeyman-Scott

British musician

*November 4th, 1956, Hereford †June 16th, 1982, London

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

53

Malena Ernman

Swedish opera singer

*November 4th, 1970, Uppsala Cathedral Assembly

62

Olaug Bollestad

Norwegian politician

*November 4th, 1961, Strand Municipality

66

Tony Abbott

Prime minister of Australia from 2013 to 2015

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

68

Matti Vanhanen

Finnish politician and the 40th prime minister of Finland

*November 4th, 1955, Jyväskylä

68

Lani Tupu

New Zealand actor

*November 4th, 1955, Auckland

71

Thomas Klestil

Austrian diplomat and politician (1932–2004)

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

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

27

Mercedes Müller

German actress and Kickboxer

*November 4th, 1996, Berlin

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

61

Ariane Carletti

French actress (1957-2019)

*November 4th, 1957, 16th arrondissement of Paris †September 3rd, 2019, 13th arrondissement of Paris

51

Luís Figo

Portuguese football player

*November 4th, 1972, Almada

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

72

Amadou Toumani Touré

Malian soldier and politician

*November 4th, 1948, Mopti †November 9th, 2020, Istanbul

63

Kathy Griffin

American actress and comedian

*November 4th, 1960, Chicago

68

David Julius

American physiologist and Nobel laureate 2021

*November 4th, 1955, Brighton Beach

84

Charles K. Kao

Hong Kong-British-American physicist

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

33

Matthias Büttner

German politician (born 1990)

*November 4th, 1990, Stendal

Same year
Born in 1956

68

Peter Hook

English musician

*February 13th, 1956, Salford

67

Charles M. Huber

German actor and politician

*December 3rd, 1956, Munich

68

Sheila McCarthy

Canadian actress

*January 1st, 1956, Toronto

67

Stephan Barratt-Due

Norwegian musician

*June 1st, 1956, Oslo

67

Tom Hanks

American actor and film producer (born 1956)

*July 9th, 1956, Concord

67

Theresa May

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2016 to 2019

*October 1st, 1956, Eastbourne

68

Liem Swie King

Indonesian badminton player

*February 28th, 1956, Kudus

60

Carrie Fisher

American actress, writer and screenwriter (1956–2016)

*October 21st, 1956, Burbank †December 27th, 2016, UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center

23

Ian Curtis

British musician (1956–1980)

*July 15th, 1956, Stretford †May 18th, 1980, Macclesfield

67

Valgerd Svarstad Haugland

Norwegian politician

*August 23rd, 1956, Kvam Municipality

67

Ulrike Meyfarth

German former high jumper

*May 4th, 1956, Frankfurt

67

Martyn Ware

English musician

*May 19th, 1956, Sheffield

68

Gunnar Brands

German classical archaeologist

*March 30th, 1956, Duisburg

67

Justus Carrière

German actor

*May 16th, 1956, Schwerin

68

Michel Houellebecq

French writer

*February 26th, 1956, Saint-Pierre

68

Bryan Cranston

American actor, director, and producer

*March 7th, 1956, Hollywood

62

Minken Fosheim

Norwegian actress (1956-2018)

*March 20th, 1956, Oslo †June 7th, 2018, Oslo

68

Imelda Staunton

English actress (born 1956)

*January 9th, 1956, London

67

Andreas Bornschein

German association football player

*November 29th, 1956, Leipzig

67

Han Jian

Chinese badminton player

*July 6th, 1956, Liaoning

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Yes: 1956 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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