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TODAY IN HISTORY

November 4

Wednesday, November 4, 2026

Day 308 of 2026 | Week 45 | 51 days until Christmas 🎅

HISTORIC EVENTS

1
2025

UPS Airlines Flight 2976, a McDonnell Douglas MD-11F crashes into multiple buildings during takeoff at Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport in Louisville, Kentucky, killing 15 people, including the 3 crew members.

2
2022

The Khash massacre, which refers to the repression of protesters by Iranian security forces, resulting in 18 deaths and more than 20 injuries.

3
2020

The Tigray War begins with Tigrayan rebels launching attacks on Ethiopian command centers.

4
2015

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

5
2015

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

6
2010

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

7
2010

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.

8
2008

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

9
2002

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

10
1995

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

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

1968 Carlos Baerga

Puerto Rican infielder (Cleveland Indians)

1968 Domingo Cedeno

Dominican infielder (Toronto Blue Jays)

1967 Asif Mujtaba

Pakistani cricketer (Pakistani lefty batsman)

1967 Eric Karros

American infielder (LA Dodgers)

1967 Mino Raiola

Italian soccer agent (Pavel Nedvěd

1966 Petra Verkaik

American Playboy playmate (Dec

1966 Sam Rosenthal

American electronic musician and composer (Black Tape for a Blue Girl)

1965 Erik Norgard

American NFL center and guard (Houston/Tennessee Oilers)

1965 Malandra Burrows

British actress (Kathy Glover in "Emmerdale")

1963 David Williams

West Indian cricket wicket-keeper (11 Tests; 42 dismissals)

1963 Marc Déry

Canadian rock singer and guitarist (Zébulon)

1963 Michel Therrien

Canadian ice hockey coach (Philadelphia Flyers)

1963 Rosario Flores

Spanish Latin pop singer ("Muchas Flores"). and actress (Chatarra)

1963 Wang Shu

Chinese architect (Pritzker Prize

1961 Daron Hagen

American composer (Prayer for Peace; Shining Brow)

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