Historical Events -  November 4

1918 : In World War I, Austria and Hungary surrendered to Italy.

1921 : Assassination of Japanese Prime Minister Hara Takashi in Tokyo.

1922 : Discovery of the main entrance to the famous pyramid of King Tutankhamen.

1948 : The incident committee headed by Babasaheb Ambedkar presented the draft constitution.

2001 : Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone premiered in London.

2008 : Barack Obama became the first black president of the United States.

Famous Birthdays   – November 4  

1845: Vasudev Balwant Phadke, Indian revolutionary.

1871: Sharad Chandra Roy, Indian anthropologist.

1884: Jamnalal Bajaj, a famous Gandhian activist, freedom fighter, and founder of Bajaj Industries.

1884: Harry Ferguson, Irish-born British mechanic, inventor of the tractor.

1897: Janaki Ammal, Indian botanist.

1916: Ruth Handler, maker of the Barbie doll.

1929: Jaikishan Dahyabhai Panchal, Indian music composer.

1929: Shakuntala Devi, an Indian mathematician, astronomer, and a fast arithmetic Indian woman.

1930: Ranjit Roy Chaudhary, Indian pharmacologist and academic.

1950: Nig Powell, co-founder of the Virgin Group.

1955: Alhaj Maulana Ghosi Shah, Indian writer, poet, and scholar.

1971: Tabu, Indian actress.

1986: Suhas Gopinath, an Indian entrepreneur.

Death Anniversaries  – November 4

1918: Wilfred Owen, an English poet, and soldier.

1970: Pt. Shambhu Maharaj, Indian-Kathak dancer of Lucknow family.

1992: George Klein, maker of a motor-wheelchair.

1995: Yitzhak Rabin, Israel’s fifth prime minister, defense minister, and Nobel laureate.

1998: Nagarjuna, Indian-Hindi poet.

1999: Malcolm Denzil Marshall, West Indies cricketer.

2008: John Michael Crichton, an American author, and filmmaker. 

2011: Norman Foster Ramsey Jr., an American physicist.