November 4 is the 308th day of the year (309th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 57 days remaining.
Events:
Births:
- 1602 - Otto von Guericke, inventor of a vacuum pump
- 1744 - Johann Bernoulli, III[?], Swiss mathematician
- 1765 - Pierre Girard[?], French mathematician
- 1874 - Aleksandr Vasilevich Kolchak, Russian military commander
- 1879 - Will Rogers, American humorist (+ 1935)
- 1914 - Martin Balsam[?], actor (+ 1996)
- 1916 - Walter Cronkite, news broadcaster
- 1918 - Art Carney, actor
- 1929 - Doris Roberts[?], actress
- 1923 - Freddy Heineken, Dutch businessman
- 1937 - Loretta Swit, American actress
- 1946 - Robert Mapplethorpe[?], American photographer
- 1946 - Laura Bush, First Lady of the United States
- 1955 - Matti Vanhanen, prime minister of Finland
- 1961 - Ralph Macchio[?], actor
- 1969 - Puff Daddy[?], American rap musician
- 1969 - Matthew McConaughey[?], American actor
Deaths:
- 1652 - Jean de La Faille[?], French mathematician
- 1698 - Erasmus Bartholin[?], Danish mathematician
- 1847 - Felix Mendelssohn, German composer
- 1870 - Comte de Lautreamont, poet, writer
- 1924 - Gabriel Fauré, French composer
- 1928 - Arnold Rothstein[?], gambler
- 1930 - Buddy Bolden, American jazz musician
- 1955 - Cy Young, American baseball player
- 1956 - Art Tatum, American jazz musician
- 1986 - Kurt Hirsch[?], German mathematician
- 1995 - Yitzhak Rabin, Prime Minister of Israel
- 2000 - Ian Sneddon[?], British mathematician
Holidays:
- Italy - celebration of the victory on WWI, the day of the Armed Forces
- Bahá'í Faith - Feast of Qudrat (Power) - First day of the 13th month of the Bahá'í Calendar
See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
November 3 - November 5 - October 4 - December 4 - more historical anniversaries