A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.
November 4: Day of the Week
November 4, 2023 was the 308th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 57 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Saturday.
If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is sábado.
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Here’s the November calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Scorpio is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Topaz is the modern birthstone for this month. Pearl is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
November 4 Historical Event(s)
1576
Eighty Years’ War: In Flanders, Spain captures Antwerp (after three days the city is nearly destroyed).
1783
W.A. Mozart’s Symphony No. 36 is performed for the first time in Linz, Austria.
1852
Count Camillo Benso di Cavour becomes the prime minister of Piedmont-Sardinia, which soon expands to become Italy.
1861
The University of Washington opens in Seattle, Washington as the Territorial University.
1921
The Italian unknown soldier is buried in the Altare della Patria (Fatherland Altar) in Rome.
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.
1944
World War II: Bitola Liberation Day
1962
In a test of the Nike-Hercules air defense missile, Shot Dominic-Tightrope is successfully detonated 69,000 feet above Johnston Island. It would also be the last atmospheric nuclear test conducted by the United States.
2002
Chinese authorities arrest cyber-dissident He Depu for signing a pro-democracy letter to the 16th Communist Party Congress.
2008
Proposition 8 passes in California, revoking state recognition of LGBT marriages.
Who were born on November 4?
1896
Carlos P. Garcia, 8th President of the Philippines (1957–1960) (d. 1971)
1904
Tadeusz Żyliński, Polish technician and textilist (d. 1967)
1919
Martin Balsam, American actor (d. 1996)
1930
Doris Roberts, American actress
1931
Bernard Cardinal Law, Archbishop Emeritus of Boston,
1946
Robert Mapplethorpe, American photographer (d. 1989)
1953
Dr. Marvel Williamson, American educator
1970
Malena Ernman, Swedish opera singer
1975
Curtis Stone, Australian chef and television personality
1987
T.O.P, Korean rapper (Big Bang)
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