November 4 - This day in History

November 4: General Interest
1956: Soviets put brutal end to Hungarian revolution

A spontaneous national uprising that began 12 days before in Hungary is viciously crushed by Soviet tanks and troops on this day in 1956. Thousands were killed and wounded and nearly a quarter-million Hungarians fled the country... read more


American Revolution
1801 : Patriot, politician and physician William Shippen dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/patriot-politician-and-physician-william-shippen-dies


Automotive
1979 : Iranian students storm U.S. embassy in Tehran, leading to oil embargo
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/iranian-students-storm-us-embassy-in-tehran-leading-to-oil-embargo


Civil War
1864 : Rebels attack Yankee supply base at the Battle of Johnsonville
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-johnsonville-tennessee


Cold War
1956 : Soviets crush Hungarian revolt
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/soviets-crush-hungarian-revolt


Crime
1928 : One of New York's most notorious gamblers is shot to death
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/one-of-new-yorks-most-notorious-gamblers-is-shot-to-death


Disaster
1927 : Heavy rain leads to flooding in New England
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/heavy-rain-leads-to-flooding-in-new-england


General Interest
1922 : Entrance to King Tut's tomb discovered
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/entrance-to-king-tuts-tomb-discovered

1979 : Iranians storm U.S. embassy
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/iranians-storm-us-embassy

1995 : Yitzhak Rabin assassinated
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/yitzhak-rabin-assassinated

2008 : Barack Obama elected as America's first black president
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/barack-obama-elected-as-americas-first-black-president


Hollywood
1990 : Dances with Wolves debuts
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/dances-with-wolves-debuts


Literary
1948 : T.S. Eliot wins Nobel Prize in literature
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ts-eliot-wins-nobel-prize-in-literature


Music
1978 : Anne Murray earns a #1 pop hit with "You Needed Me"
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/anne-murray-earns-a-1-pop-hit-with-quotyou-needed-mequot


Old West
1879 : Will Rogers is born in Oklahoma
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/will-rogers-is-born-in-oklahoma


Presidential
1842 : Abraham Lincoln marries Mary Todd
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/abraham-lincoln-marries-mary-todd


Sports
2001 : End of an era for the Yankees
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/end-of-an-era-for-the-yankees


Vietnam War
1969 : South Vietnamese battle communists along the Cambodian border
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/south-vietnamese-battle-communists-along-the-cambodian-border

1970 : U.S. hands over air base to the Vietnamese Air Force
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-hands-over-air-base-to-the-vietnamese-air-force


World War I
1918 : Poet Wilfred Owen killed in action
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/poet-wilfred-owen-killed-in-action


World War II
1944 : Gen. Sir John Dill dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/gen-sir-john-dill-dies