10-24-2013, 03:45 PM
November 4
- 1429 – Joan of Arc liberates Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier.
- 1783 – W.A. Mozart's Symphony No. 36 is performed for the first time in Linz, Austria.
- 1847 – Sir James Young Simpson, a British physician, discovers the anaesthetic properties of chloroform.
- 1918 – World War I: Austria-Hungary surrenders to Italy.
- 1921 – The Sturmabteilung or SA, whose members were known as "brownshirts", physically assault Adolf Hitler's opposition after his speech in Munich.
- 1922 – In Egypt, British archaeologist Howard Carter and his men find the entrance to Pharaoh Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings.
- 1942 – World War II: Second Battle of El Alamein – Disobeying a direct order by Adolf Hitler, General Field Marshal Erwin Rommel leads his forces on a five-month retreat.
- 1952 – The United States government establishes the National Security Agency.
- 1960 – At the Kasakela Chimpanzee Community in Tanzania, Dr. Jane Goodall observes chimpanzees creating tools, the first-ever observation in non-human animals.
- 1962 -- The last atmospheric nuclear test conducted by the United States.
- 1970 – Genie, a 13-year-old feral child is found in Los Angeles, California having been locked in her bedroom for most of her life.
- 2008 – Barack Obama becomes the first African-American to be elected President of the United States.