History Events on November 04

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.

#World_War_II

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 (76 in).

#Arno

Eighty Years' War: In Flanders, Spain captures Antwerp (after three days the city is nearly destroyed).

#Eighty_Years'_War

Sir James Young Simpson, a Scottish physician, discovers the anaesthetic properties of chloroform.

#James_Young_Simpson

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.

#Qantas_Flight_32

Beginning of the Russo-Ottoman siege of Corfu.

#Siege_of_Corfu_(1798-99)

Armagnac-Burgundian Civil War: Joan of Arc liberates Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier.

#Armagnac-Burgundian_Civil_War

Newport Rising: The last large-scale armed rebellion against authority in mainland Britain.

#Newport_Rising

Ronald Reagan is elected the 40th President of The United States, defeating incumbent Jimmy Carter.

#Ronald_Reagan

American Civil War: Confederate troops bombard a Union supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material at the Battle of Johnsonville.

#American_Civil_War

City and South London Railway: London's first deep-level tube railway opens between King William Street and Stockwell.

#City_and_South_London_Railway

Vietnam War: The United States turns over control of the air base at Bình Th?y in the Mekong Delta to South Vietnam.

#Vietnam_War

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.

#Soviet_Union

Aero Caribbean Flight 883 crashes into Guasimal, Sancti Spíritus. All 68 passengers and crew are killed.

#Aero_Caribbean_Flight_883

The Western Confederacy of American Indians wins a major victory over the United States in the Battle of the Wabash.

#Western_Confederacy

Japanese Prime Minister Hara Takashi is assassinated in Tokyo.

#Prime_Minister_of_Japan

The Saalschutz Abteilung (hall defense detachment) of the Nazi Party is renamed the Sturmabteilung (storm detachment) after a large riot in Munich.

#Nazi_Party

Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female elected as governor in the United States.

#Nellie_Tayloe_Ross

The Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II against Spanish rule in the Viceroyalty of Peru begins.

#Rebellion_of_Túpac_Amaru_II

World War I: The Armistice of Villa Giusti between Italy and Austria-Hungary is implemented.

#World_War_I

Catherine of Aragon (later Henry VIII's first wife) meets Arthur Tudor, Henry VIII's older brother – they would later marry.

#Catherine_of_Aragon

Iran hostage crisis: A group of Iranian college students overruns the U.S. embassy in Tehran and takes 90 hostages.

#Iran_hostage_crisis

World War II: The 7th Macedonian Liberation Brigade liberates Bitola for the Allies.

#Bitola

The Teatro di San Carlo, the oldest working opera house in Europe, is inaugurated in Naples, Italy.

#Teatro_di_San_Carlo

Israel-Palestinian conflict: Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin is assassinated by an extremist Israeli.

#Israeli-Palestinian_conflict

In Egypt, British archaeologist Howard Carter and his men find the entrance to Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings.

#Howard_Carter

Salvador Allende takes office as President of Chile, the first Marxist to become president of a Latin American country through open elections.

#Salvador_Allende

Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, becomes the prime minister of Piedmont-Sardinia, which soon expands to become Italy.

#Camillo_Benso,_Count_of_Cavour

The United States government establishes the National Security Agency, or NSA.

#Federal_government_of_the_United_States

The future Mary II of England marries William, Prince of Orange; they later jointly reign as William and Mary.

#Mary_II_of_England

World War II: Disobeying a direct order by Adolf Hitler, General Field Marshal Erwin Rommel begins a retreat of his forces after a costly defeat during the Second Battle of El Alamein. The retreat would ultimately last five months.

#Adolf_Hitler

Camagüey, Cuba, revolts against Spain during the Ten Years' War.

#Camagüey

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Symphony No. 36 is performed for the first time in Linz, Austria.

#Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart

A building collapses in the Pakistani city of Lahore resulting in at least 45 deaths, and at least 100 injured.

#2015_Lahore_factory_disaster

A cargo plane crashes shortly after takeoff from Juba International Airport in Juba, South Sudan, killing 37 people.

#2015_Juba_An-12_crash

Barack Obama becomes the first person of biracial or African-American descent to be elected President of the United States.

#Barack_Obama

China Airlines Flight 605, a brand-new 747-400, overruns the runway at Kai Tak Airport.

#China_Airlines_Flight_605

The United States concludes Operation Fishbowl, its final above-ground nuclear weapons testing series, in anticipation of the 1963 Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.

#Operation_Fishbowl

Chinese authorities arrest cyber-dissident He Depu for signing a pro-democracy letter to the 16th Communist Party Congress.

The Netherlands experiences the first Car-Free Sunday caused by the 1973 oil crisis. Highways are used only by cyclists and roller skaters.

At the Kasakela Chimpanzee Community in Tanzania, Dr Jane Goodall observes chimpanzees creating tools, the first-ever observation in non-human animals.