November 4 in History

• 1783

  November 4, 1783:

  Wolfgang Mozart premieres his “Symphony No. 36” in Linz, Austria.

• 1876

  November 4, 1876:

  “Symphony No. 1” in C minor by composer Johannes Brahms is premiered.

• 1879

  November 4, 1879:

  African-American inventor Thomas Elkin receives a patent for his refrigerating apparatus.

• 1922

  November 4, 1922:

  Howard Carter, a British archaeologist, discovers King Tutankhamen’s tomb.

• 1946

  November 4, 1946:

  The establishment of UNESCO comes into force with the adoption of its constitution.

• 1979

  November 4, 1979:

  The Iran hostage crisis begins with militants seizing the US Embassy in Tehran.

• 1995

  November 4, 1995:

  Yitzhak Rabin, the Prime Minister of Israel is assassinated by a Jewish extremist.

• 2001

  November 4, 2001:

  The film, “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” is released in London.

• 2008

  November 4, 2008:

  Barack Obama is declared the winner of the US presidential elections, making him the country’s first African-American president.

• 2016

  November 4, 2016:

  The Paris Agreement, an international pledge to consciously reduce carbon emissions, is brought into effect.