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What happened in history on this day: November 4?
On November 4 in ...
- 1845 - First nationally-observed uniform election day in US.
- 1860 - Abraham Lincoln (Republican-Illinois-Representative) is elected 16th president of the USA.
- 1861 - University of Washington is founded in Seattle, Washington, USA.
- 1862 - Gatling gun is patented (to Richard J Gatling).
- 1873 - Dentist John Beers of San Francisco patents the gold crown.
- 1875 - Pacific collides with Orpheus off Cape Flattery, Washington, USA; 236 dies.
- 1879 - James and John Ritty patent first cash register, to combat stealing by bartenders in their Dayton, Ohio saloon.
- 1884 - Grover Cleveland (Democrat) beats James G Blaine (Republican) for President of the US.
- 1924 - California legalizes professional boxing (illegal since 1914).
- 1924 - Nellie Tayloe Ross elected governor of Wyoming.
- 1928 - Arnold Rothstein is shot and killed in the Park Central Hotel in New York City, owing US$333,000 on a poker game.
- 1939 - First air-conditioned automobile (Packard) exhibited, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
- 1939 - In the United States, Congress amends the 1937 Neutrality Act, allowing belligerent nations to buy American arms for cash if they provide the transport.
- 1952 - A 9.0-magnitude earthquake strikes Kamchatka off the east coast of Russia, causing 30-foot waves in Hawaii.
- 1952 - Dwight Eisenhower (Republican) elected 34th US President beating Adlai Stevenson (Democrat).
- 1977 - The US Senate confirms Stella B. Hackel as 29th US Mint director.
- 1978 - In the USA, Florida voters reject by 73 percent to 27 a proposal to legalize casinos along the state's Gold Coast.
- 1979 - 3000 militant Iranian students, outraged that the U.S. government had allowed the ousted Shah of Iran to travel to New York City for medical treatment, seize the U.S. embassy in Teheran, taking 90 hostages (53 Americans). They demand that the United States send the former Shah of Iran back to stand trial.
- 1980 - U.S. presidential election: Republican challenger and former California Governor Ronald Reagan defeats incumbent Democratic President Jimmy Carter in a landslide victory.
- 1982 - Compaq Computer introduces the Compaq Portable PC, compatible with the IBM PC, though not violating the IBM BIOS copyright.
- 1984 - PC's Limited computer company founded (later renamed Dell Computer).
- 1986 - Democrats regain control of the United States Senate for the first time in six years.
- 1986 - In California, Chief Justice Rose Bird and two colleagues are removed by voters from the Supreme Court of California for opposing capital punishment.
- 1990 - Secretary of State James Baker visits US troops in Saudi Arabia.
- 1994 - In San Francisco, California, the first conference devoted entirely to the subject of the commercial potential of the World Wide Web opens. Featured speakers include Marc Andreessen of Netscape, Mark Graham of Pandora Systems, and Ken McCarthy of E-Media.
- 2005 - The U.S. and Uruguay governments sign a Bilateral Investment Treaty.
- 2008 - In general elections in the USA, Democratic Party nominee Senator Barack Obama is elected first half-black president, with running mate Joe Biden as Vice President. The electoral college presidential vote is 364 to 174, with popular vote 52 to 46 percent. The Democratic party increases their number in Congress by about 20 seats, and in the Senate control 60 of 100 seats. This was the longest election in US history, and most expensive.
- 2008 - California votes to approve a constitutional ban on gay marriage.
- 2008 - Arkansas votes 63 percent in favor of a state lottery.
- 2019 - The United States formally begins process to pull out of the Paris Agreement on climate change.
- 2019 - Nine Americans are killed when Mexican gang members open fire on their vehicles while driving to a wedding about 110 kilometres (70 mi) south of the Mexico-United States border.
- 2020 - The United States formally exits the Paris Agreement on climate change.
Births on November 4
- 1879 - Birth of Will Rogers in Oologah Indian Territory (Oklahoma); humorist.
- 1886 - Birth of Ian Wolfe in Canton, Illinois, USA; actor (Diary of a Madman, Wizards and Warriors).
- 1913 - Birth of Gig Young in Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA; actor (They Shoot Horses Don't They, Gibbsville), host (Kings Row, Casablanca, Warner Brothers Presents).
- 1916 - Birth of Walter Cronkite in Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA; news anchor (CBS Evening News 1962-81).
- 1918 - Birth of Art Carney in Mount Vernon, New York, USA; actor (Ed Norton - The Honeymooners).
- 1918 - Birth of Cameron Mitchell in Dallastown, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Buck Cannon - High Chaparral, Black Beauty, Dream West, How the West Was Won).
- 1919 - Birth of Martin Balsam in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Murray - Archie Bunker's Place, Catch 22, Dr. Kildare).
- 1930 - Birth of Doris Roberts in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; actress (Everybody Loves Raymond, Remington Steele, Angie, Maggie, Emmy 1983).
- 1931 - Birth of Darla Hood in Leedey, Oklahoma, USA; singer/actress (Little Rascals).
- 1932 - Birth of Noam Pitlik in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actor/director (I'm Dickens He's Fenster, Ben Casey, Bob Newhart, Sanford and Son), producer (Barney Miller, 9 to 5).
- 1937 - Birth of Loretta Swit in Passaic, New Jersey, USA; actress (Margaret "Hotlips" Houlihan - M*A*S*H).
- 1949 - Birth of Berlinda Tolbert in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA; actor (Jenny - The Jeffersons).
- 1950 - Birth of Markie Post [Marjorie] in Palo Alto, California, USA; actress (Christine - Night Court, Odd Man Out).
- 1955 - Birth of Peter Boynton in Maine, USA; actor (Tonio - As the World Turns).
- 1962 - Birth of Ralph Macchio in Huntington, New York, USA; actor (Karate Kid, Eight is Enough).
- 1979 - Birth of Daisy Eagan in Brooklyn, New York; actress (Secret Garden).
Deaths on November 4
- 1928 - Arnold Rothstein is shot and killed in the Park Central Hotel in New York City, owing US$333,000 on a poker game.
- 1987 - Raphael Soyer, artist (Depression scenes in New York City), dies at age 87.
- 1991 - Death of Roger Broggie in Los Angeles, USA at age 91; mechanical engineer at Walt Disney Company (Santa Fe and Disneyland Railroad, Mark Twain Riverboat, Matterhorn Bobsleds, Monorail, more), named Disney Legend 1990.
- 2015 - Death of René Girard, French-American historian (born 1923).
- 2015 - Death of Melissa Mathison, American screenwriter (born 1950).
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