Summary of the Day ✨ 4 November (04/11)
On this day, multiple disasters struck globally as a UPS cargo plane crashed in Louisville killing 15 people, while a cargo plane in South Sudan crashed killing at least 37, and a building collapse in Pakistan resulted in 45 deaths. Simultaneously, the Tigray War began with rebel attacks in Ethiopia, and Iranian security forces violently suppressed protesters in the Khash massacre, resulting in 18 deaths and numerous injuries.
Historical Events 📜
- 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.
- 2022: The Khash massacre, which refers to the repression of protesters by Iranian security forces, resulting in 18 deaths and more than 20 injuries.
- 2020: The Tigray War begins with Tigrayan rebels launching attacks on Ethiopian command centers.
- 2015: A cargo plane crashes shortly after takeoff from Juba International Airport in Juba, South Sudan, killing at least 37 people.
- 2015: A building collapses in the Pakistani city of Lahore resulting in at least 45 deaths and at least 100 injuries.
- 2010: Aero Caribbean Flight 883 crashes into Guasimal, Sancti Spíritus; all 68 passengers and crew are killed.
- 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.
- 2008: Barack Obama becomes the first person of biracial or African-American descent to be elected as President of the United States.
- 2002: Chinese authorities arrest cyber-dissident He Depu for signing a pro-democracy letter to the 16th Communist Party Congress.
- 1995: Israel-Palestinian conflict: Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin is assassinated by an extremist Israeli.
- 1993: China Airlines Flight 605, a brand-new 747-400, overruns the runway at Hong Kong Kai Tak Airport.
- 1980: Ronald Reagan is elected as the 40th President of the United States, defeating incumbent Jimmy Carter.
- 1979: Iran hostage crisis: A group of Iranian college students overruns the U.S. embassy in Tehran and takes 90 hostages.
- 1973: The Netherlands experiences the first car-free Sunday caused by the 1973 oil crisis. Highways are used only by cyclists and roller skaters.
- 1970: Vietnam War: The United States turns over control of the air base at Bình Thủy in the Mekong Delta to South Vietnam.
Famous Births 👶
- 2006: Darja Varfolomeev, Russian-German rhythmic gymnast
- 2000: Tyrese Maxey, American basketball player
- 2000: Sun Yingsha, Chinese table tennis player
- 1998: Achraf Hakimi, Moroccan footballer
- 1996: Kaitlin Hawayek, American ice dancer
- 1996: Michael Christian Martinez, Filipino figure skater
- 1996: John Olive, Australian rugby league player
- 1996: Eric Paschall, American basketball player
- 1994: Billy Stanlake, Australian cricketer
- 1993: Ce’Aira Brown, American middle-distance runner
- 1993: Elisabeth Seitz, German gymnast
- 1993: Taylor Tomlinson, American stand-up comedian
- 1992: Yurii Bieliaiev, Belarusian ice dancer
- 1992: Hiroki Nakada, Japanese footballer
- 1992: Julian Wießmeier, German footballer
Notable Deaths 🕊️
- 2024: Bernard Marcus, American billionaire businessman and philanthropist (born 1929)
- 2024: Murray Sinclair, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1951)
- 2023: Akbar Golpayegani, Iranian vocalist (born 1934)
- 2020: Ken Hensley, English rock singer-songwriter and musician (born 1945)
- 2019: Gay Byrne, Irish broadcaster (born 1934)
- 2017: Isabel Granada, Filipino-Spanish actress and singer (born 1976)
- 2017: Ned Romero, American actor and opera singer (born 1926)
- 2016: Catherine Davani, first female Papua New Guinean judge (born 1960)
- 2016: Mansour Pourheidari, Iranian football player and coach (born 1946)
- 2015: Piotr Domaradzki, Polish-American historian and journalist (born 1946)
- 2015: René Girard, French-American historian, philosopher, and critic (born 1923)
- 2015: Károly Horváth, Romanian-Hungarian cellist, flute player, and composer (born 1950)
- 2015: Lee Robinson, American lawyer and politician (born 1943)
- 2014: Enrique Olivera, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 2nd Chief of Government of the City of Buenos Aires (born 1940)
- 2014: George Edgar Slusser, American author and academic (born 1939)
Holidays & Observances 🎉
- Christian feast day:
Charles Borromeo (Roman Catholic Church) - Christian feast day:
Emeric of Hungary - Christian feast day:
Felix of Valois - Christian feast day:
Joannicius the Great - Christian feast day:
Modesta - Christian feast day:
Our Lady of Kazan (Russian Orthodox Church) - Christian feast day:
Pierius - Christian feast day:
Blessed Teresa Manganiello - Christian feast day:
Vitalis and Agricola - Christian feast day:
November 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) - Community Service Day (Dominica)
- Flag Day (Panama)
- National Tonga Day (Tonga)
- National Unity and Armed Forces Day or Giorno dell’Unità Nazionale e Festa delle Forze Armate (Italy)
- Unity Day (Russia)