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Events on the 4th of November in history

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04 Nov 0922 Richarius becomes Bishop of Luik
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04 Nov 1429 Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War: Joan of Arc liberates Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier.
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04 Nov 1501 Philip de Blank and Juana "la Loca" depart to Spain
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04 Nov 1501 Catherine of Aragon (later Henry VIII's first wife) meets Arthur Tudor, Henry VIII's older brother – they would later marry.
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04 Nov 1519 Flood ravages Dutch / Friese coast
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04 Nov 1520 Danish / Norwegian King Christian II crowned King of Sweden
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04 Nov 1529 English Cardinal Thomas Wolsey arrested
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04 Nov 1576 Spanish defeat Walloons and take Antwerp Belgium
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04 Nov 1576 Eighty Years' War: In Flanders, Spain captures Antwerp (after three days the city is nearly destroyed).
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04 Nov 1619 Frederik V crowned King of Bohemia
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04 Nov 1631 Ferdinand of Austria installed as land guardian of S Netherlands
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04 Nov 1645 Prince Frederik Henry conquerors Holly
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04 Nov 1677 The future Mary II of England marries William, Prince of Orange. They would later jointly reign as William and Mary.
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04 Nov 1737 The Teatro di San Carlo is inaugurated.
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04 Nov 1780 Jose Gabriel Condorcanqui aka Tupac Amaru starts his Rebellion on Peru against Spain-
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04 Nov 1783 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Symphony No. 36 is performed for the first time in Linz, Austria.
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04 Nov 1791 The Western Confederacy of American Indians wins a major victory over the United States in the Battle of the Wabash.
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04 Nov 1798 Beginning of the Russo-Ottoman siege of Corfu.
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04 Nov 1839 Newport Rising: The last large-scale armed rebellion against authority in mainland Britain.
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04 Nov 1841 1st wagon train arrives in California
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04 Nov 1842 Abraham Lincoln marries Mary Todd in Springfield, Illinois
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04 Nov 1845 1st nationally observed uniform election day in US
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04 Nov 1846 Benjamin Palmer patents artificial leg
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04 Nov 1847 Sir James Young Simpson, a British physician, discovers the anaesthetic properties of chloroform.
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04 Nov 1852 Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour becomes the prime minister of Piedmont-Sardinia, which soon expands to become Italy.
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04 Nov 1854 Lighthouse forms on Alcatraz Island
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04 Nov 1856 James Buchanan elected US President
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04 Nov 1861 University of Washington founded in Seattle
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04 Nov 1861 The University of Washington opens in Seattle as the Territorial University.
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04 Nov 1862 Richard Gatling patents Gatling gun
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04 Nov 1864 Confederate assault on Johnsonville, Tennessee
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04 Nov 1864 Naval Engagement at Reynoldsburg Island
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04 Nov 1864 American Civil War: Battle of Johnsonville: Confederate troops bombard a Union supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material.
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04 Nov 1866 Kingdom of Italy annexes Venetia
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04 Nov 1867 90 kegs of powder used to get rock from Telegraph Hill for seawall
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04 Nov 1868 Camagüey, Cuba revolts against Spain during the Ten Years' War.
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04 Nov 1873 Dentist John Beers of SF patents gold crown
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04 Nov 1874 Samuel J Tilden elected Governor of New York
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04 Nov 1875 "Pacific" collides with "Orpheus" off Cape Flattery Washington, 236 dies
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04 Nov 1875 Tonga adopts constitution
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04 Nov 1879 Elkins patents refrigerating apparatus
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04 Nov 1879 James Ritty patents 1st cash register, to combat stealing by bartenders in his Dayton, Ohio saloon
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04 Nov 1880 1st cash register patented by James and John Ritty of Dayton Ohio
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04 Nov 1884 Grover Cleveland (D) beats James G Blaine (R) for 1st Presidential term
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04 Nov 1890 Great Britain proclaims Zanzibar as a protectorate
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04 Nov 1890 Prince of Wales opens 1st underground (Station Stockwell, London)
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04 Nov 1890 St. Aleksandr Borodons opera "Prins Igor, " premieres in Petersburg
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04 Nov 1890 City and South London Railway: London's first deep-level tube railway opens between King William Street and Stockwell.
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04 Nov 1893 Dr Jamesons Legertje occupies Bulawayo Matabeleland
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04 Nov 1904 1st stadium built specifically for football (Harvard Stadium)
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04 Nov 1905 Harbor strike against importing grain elevators in Rotterdam
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04 Nov 1908 Brooklyn Academy of Music, opens in New York City
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04 Nov 1909 Opera "Il Segreto di Susanna" is produced (Munich)
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04 Nov 1911 Charles I of Austria marries Princess Zita of Bourbon-Parma
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04 Nov 1911 France and Germany signs treaty about Morocco and Congo
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04 Nov 1914 Russia declares Turkey the war
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04 Nov 1914 Vogue holds 1st model show ("Fashion Fete, " NYC)
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04 Nov 1918 Kiel in hands of revolutionary sailors
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04 Nov 1918 World War I: Austria-Hungary surrenders to Italy.
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04 Nov 1921 The Sturmabteilung or SA, whose members were known as "brownshirts", physically assault Adolf Hitler's opposition after his speech in Munich.
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04 Nov 1921 Japanese Prime Minister Hara Takashi is assassinated in Tokyo.
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04 Nov 1921 The Italian unknown soldier is buried in the Altare della Patria (Fatherland Altar) in Rome.
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04 Nov 1922 Howard Carter discovers tomb of Tutankhamen in Egypt
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04 Nov 1922 In Egypt, British archaeologist Howard Carter and his men find the entrance to Pharaoh Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings.
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04 Nov 1924 British Labour government of MacDonald, resigns
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04 Nov 1924 California legalizes pro boxing (illegal since 1914)
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04 Nov 1924 Nellie Tayloe Ross elected 1st US female gov (Wyoming)
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04 Nov 1924 US President Calvin Coolidge re-elected
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04 Nov 1924 Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming is elected the first female governor in the United States.
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04 Nov 1928 Jose Moncada elected President of Nicaragua
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04 Nov 1933 Bradman scores 200 NSW vs. Queensland, 184 mins, 26 fours
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04 Nov 1933 Young Park (1) in the Bronx named in honor of James Young
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04 Nov 1939 1940 Olympics awarded to Helsinki, Finland
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04 Nov 1939 1st air conditioned automobile (Packard) exhibited, Chicago, Illinois
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04 Nov 1939 US allows "cash & carry" arms sales during WWII
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04 Nov 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.
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04 Nov 1940 Eggs and cake rationed in the Netherlands
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04 Nov 1942 13th day of battle at El Alamein: Afr corps draws back out Fuka-posing
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04 Nov 1942 World War II: Second Battle of El Alamein: Disobeying a direct order by Adolf Hitler, General Field Marshal Erwin Rommel leads his forces on a five-month retreat.
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04 Nov 1943 France arrests government of Lebanon
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04 Nov 1944 RAF bombs Dinteloord, 54 killed
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04 Nov 1944 World War II: Bitola Liberation Day
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04 Nov 1946 "Park Avenue" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 72 performances
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04 Nov 1946 UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization formed
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04 Nov 1948 TS Eliot wins Nobel Prize for literature
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04 Nov 1950 "Barrier" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 4 performances
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04 Nov 1950 Indonesian troops reconquer Ambonese capital Ambon
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04 Nov 1950 US troops vacate Pyongyang North Korea
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04 Nov 1951 New York Giants and New York Yanks score back-to-back TDs on kickoff returns
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04 Nov 1952 Earthquake and flood strike Kamshatka-South America
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04 Nov 1952 Eisenhower (R) elected 34th President beating Adlai Stevenson (D)
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04 Nov 1952 The United States government establishes the National Security Agency, or NSA.
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04 Nov 1953 Eddie Joost succeeds Jimmy Dykes as the manager of Philadelphia Athletics
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04 Nov 1953 New balk rule gives the batter option; of accepting the outcome of the pitch or the balk
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04 Nov 1954 "Fanny" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 888 performances
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04 Nov 1954 Philadelphia Athletics move to Kansas City
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04 Nov 1956 200,000 Russian troops attack anti-Stalinist revolt in Budapest
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04 Nov 1956 Israel captures Straits of Tiran and reach Suez Canal Egypt
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04 Nov 1956 USSR sends tanks into Hungary and threatens to bomb Budapest
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04 Nov 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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04 Nov 1957 2nd Soviet Earth-satellite launched
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04 Nov 1958 Angelo G Roncalli crowned as Pope John XXIII
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04 Nov 1958 Belgian government of Eyskens, resigns
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04 Nov 1958 Democrats win US congressional election
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04 Nov 1959 Ernie Banks, Cubs shortstop, wins 2nd consecutive NL MVP
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04 Nov 1960 "Misfits" premieres, final movie for Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe
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04 Nov 1960 At the Kasakela Chimpanzee Community in Tanzania, Dr. Jane Goodall observes chimpanzees creating tools, the first-ever observation in non-human animals.
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04 Nov 1961 Karamanlis becomes Premier of Greece
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04 Nov 1962 Murle Lindstrom wins LPGA San Antonio Civitan Golf Tournament
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04 Nov 1962 In a test of the Nike Hercules air defense missile, Shot Dominic-Tightrope is successfully detonated 69,000 feet above Johnston Atoll. It would also be the last atmospheric nuclear test conducted by the United States.
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04 Nov 1963 John Lennon utters his infamous "Rattle your jewelry" line
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04 Nov 1965 Lee Breedlove sets female land speed record (308.56 mph) in Utah
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04 Nov 1966 Flooding of Arno River (Italy) destroys countless art works, kills 113
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04 Nov 1966 The Arno River floods Florence, Italy, to a maximum depth of 6.7 m (22 ft), leaving thousands homeless and destroying millions of masterpieces of art and rare books. Also Venice was submerged on the same day at its record all-time acqua alta of 194 cm.
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04 Nov 1968 Battles between Jordan army and Al Fatah-arm forces
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04 Nov 1968 WRDU (now WPTF) TV chan 28 in Raleigh-Durham, NC (NBC) 1st broadcast
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04 Nov 1968 WTOG TV channel 44 in St. Petersburg-Tampa, Florida (IND) 1st broadcast
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04 Nov 1970 Russian nuclear physicist Sacharov forms Human Rights Comittee
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04 Nov 1970 Vietnam War: Vietnamization: The United States turns control of the Binh Thuy Air Base in the Mekong Delta over to South Vietnam.
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04 Nov 1970 Genie, a 13-year-old feral child is found in Los Angeles having been locked in her bedroom for most of her life.
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04 Nov 1970 Salvador Allende takes office as President of Chile, the first Marxist to become president of a Latin American country through open elections.
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04 Nov 1972 Bangladesh adopts constitution
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04 Nov 1972 Kings score 3 goals within 45 seconds against Islanders
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04 Nov 1973 1000s commemorates former Premier Georgios Papandreou
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04 Nov 1973 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lady Errol Golf Classic
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04 Nov 1973 New Orleans Saints 1st shutout victory, 13-0 vs. Buffalo Bills
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04 Nov 1973 The Netherlands experiences the first Car-Free Sunday caused by the 1973 oil crisis. Highways are deserted and are used only by cyclists and roller skaters.
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04 Nov 1975 Orioles Jim Palmer wins his 2nd Cy Young Award
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04 Nov 1976 1st mass-market free-agent reentry draft, Reggie Jackson, Joe Rudi, Gullett, Tenace, Fingers, Baylor, Grich and McCovey, available
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04 Nov 1977 UN Security council proclaims weapon embargo against South Africa
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04 Nov 1978 3rd annual reentry free-agent draft, Pete Rose, Tommy John, and Darrell Evans, available
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04 Nov 1978 Iranian troops fire on anti-Shah student protesters by Tehran University
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04 Nov 1979 500 Iranian "students" seize US embassy, take 90 hostages (444 days)
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04 Nov 1979 Iran hostage crisis: A mob of Iranians, mostly students, overruns the US embassy in Tehran and takes 90 hostages (53 of whom are American).
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04 Nov 1980 Islanders start 15 game undefeated streak (13-0-2)
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04 Nov 1980 Libyan invasion in Chad
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04 Nov 1980 Ronald Reagan (R) defeats President Jimmy Carter (D) by a landslide
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04 Nov 1980 Steve Carlton wins 3rd NL Cy Young Awards
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04 Nov 1981 Columbia shuttle launch scrubbed with 31 seconds remaining
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04 Nov 1981 Dr George Nichopoulas is acquitted of overprescribing addictive drugs for Elvis Presley
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04 Nov 1982 Ruud Lubbers becomes Dutch Premier
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04 Nov 1983 Bomb attack on Israeli headquarter in Tyrus Lebanon, 60 killed
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04 Nov 1983 Washington Capitals 1st NHL overtime victory beating Vancouver 5-4
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04 Nov 1984 Nayoko Yoshikawa wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic
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04 Nov 1984 Nicaragua holds 1st free elections in 56 years; Sandinistas win 63%
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04 Nov 1987 Benito Santiago, Padres catcher, wins NL Rookie of Year
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04 Nov 1987 Lisa Steinberg, battered into coma by her adoptive father Joel
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04 Nov 1987 NBA announces 4 new franchises; Charlotte and Miami for 1988 and Minneapolis and Orlando for 1989
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04 Nov 1988 1st NBA game at Charlotte Coliseum - Hornets lose to Cavs, 133-93
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04 Nov 1989 1st NBA game at Orlando Arena, Orlando Magic loses to New Jersey Nets, 111-106
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04 Nov 1989 Rene Muawad elected President of Lebanon
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04 Nov 1990 "Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story" opens at Shubert NYC for 225 performances
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04 Nov 1990 21st NYC Marathon won by Douglas Wakiihuri in 2:12:39
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04 Nov 1990 Debbie Massey wins LPGA Mazda Japan 133 Golf Classic
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04 Nov 1990 Iraq says it is preparing for a "dangerous war"
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04 Nov 1990 Sec of State James Baker visits US troops in Saudi Arabia
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04 Nov 1991 Mid East peace conference ends in Madrid Spain
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04 Nov 1992 New York Giants announce they will quit WNEW Radio after 32 years for WOR
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04 Nov 1992 New York Jets announce they are moving from WABC to WFAN radio
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04 Nov 1993 "Timon of Athens" opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 37 performances
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04 Nov 1993 Elton John awarded $518,700 from Sunday Mirror false report his diet
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04 Nov 1993 Nia Peeples files for divorce from Howard Hewett
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04 Nov 1993 Sunday Mirror ordered to pay Elton John $518,700 for false report
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04 Nov 1993 The China Airlines Flight 605, a Boeing 747, overruns Runway 13 at Hong Kong's Kai Tak International Airport while landing during a typhoon, injuring 22 people.
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04 Nov 1994 Soyuz TM-20 lands in Kazahkstan
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04 Nov 1994 United Center in Chicago opens - Bulls beat Charlotte Hornets, 89-83
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04 Nov 1995 "Indiscretions" closes at Ethel Barrymore Theater NYC after 221 performances
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04 Nov 1995 Key Arena opens, Seattle Supersonics beat LA Lakers 103-89
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04 Nov 1995 Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin is assassinated by an extremist Israeli.
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04 Nov 2002 Chinese authorities arrest cyber-dissident He Depu for signing a pro-democracy letter to the 16th Communist Party Congress.
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04 Nov 2008 Barack Obama becomes the first person of African-American descent to be elected President of the United States.
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04 Nov 2010 Aero Caribbean Flight 883 crashes into Guasimal, Sancti Spíritus. All 68 passengers and crew were killed.
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04 Nov 2010 Qantas Flight 32, an Airbus A380, suffers an uncontained engine failure over Indonesia shortly after taking off from Singapore, crippling the jet. The crew manage to safely return to Singapore, saving all 469 passengers and crew.
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