What happened on November 4 in other years, from the events Wikipedia's editors chose for its "On this day":
- 1780: Túpac Amaru II led a rebellion of Aymara, Quechua, and mestizo peasants in protest against the Bourbon Reforms in the Spanish Viceroyalty of Peru. → Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II
- 1912: The keel of USS Nevada was laid down, beginning construction on the United States Navy's first "super-dreadnought". → USS Nevada (BB-36)
- 1922: The tomb of Tutankhamun was discovered by a team led by British Egyptologist Howard Carter. → Discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun
- 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. → National Security Agency
- 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. → Yitzhak Rabin
- 2025: A UPS Airlines plane crashed in Louisville, Kentucky, killing at least twelve people. → UPS Airlines Flight 2976
Born on November 4
- 1946: Laura Bush, American educator and librarian, 45th First Lady of the United States
- 1951: Traian Băsescu, Romanian captain and politician, 4th President of Romania
- 1957: Tony Abbott, English-Australian scholar and politician, 28th Prime Minister of Australia
- 1969: Matthew McConaughey, American actor and producer
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