November 4: Constitution Day in the Dominican Republic (2024); National Unity and Armed Forces Day in Italy
Interior of a City and South London Railway carriage
- 1890 – The City and South London Railway (carriage pictured), the first deep-level underground railway in the world, officially opened, running 3.2 mi (5.1 km) between the City of London and Stockwell.
- 1912 – The keel of USS Nevada was laid down, beginning construction on the United States Navy's first "super-dreadnought".
- 1938 – The Hlinka Guard and Slovakian police began the deportation of several thousand Jews from the country.
- 1964 – Ruhollah Khomeini was arrested by SAVAK, the Iranian secret police, and exiled to Turkey.
- 2016 – The Paris Agreement, under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, came into effect.
- Hu Zongxian (b. 1512)
- John Paulet, 2nd Marquess of Winchester (d. 1576)
- Shakuntala Devi (b. 1929)
- Tabu (b. 1971)
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