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Historical Events on November 4

  • American Civil War

    1864

    American Civil War: Battle of Johnsonville: Confederate troops bombard a Union supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material.

  • World War I

    1918

    World War I: The Armistice of Villa Giusti between Italy and Austria-Hungary is implemented.

  • Egypt

    1922

    In Egypt, British archaeologist Howard Carter and his men find the entrance to Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings.

  • World War II

    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.

  • Soviet Union

    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.

  • Vietnam War

    1970

    Vietnam War: Vietnamization: The United States turns control of the air base at Bình Thủy in the Mekong Delta over to South Vietnam.

  • Ronald Reagan

    1980

    Ronald Reagan is elected the 40th President of The United States, defeating incumbent Jimmy Carter.

  • Israel

    1995

    Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin is assassinated by an extremist Israeli.

  • Barack Obama

    2008

    Barack Obama becomes the first person of biracial or African-American descent to be elected President of the United States.

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