What Happened Today in History on November 4

King Charles VI of France is crowned at Reims Cathedral on November 4, 1380 at the age of 11 following the death of his father, Charles V of France,

General George Washington learns of a conspiracy to discredit him with Congress and have him replaced by General Horatio Gates. The conspiracy to discredit him was led by Thomas Conway (The Conway Cabal). More

Democrat Grover Cleveland defeats Republican James G. Blaine Becoming the 22nd President of the United States and the first Democrat to occupy the White House after the Civil War. President Grover Cleveland was the only President to leave the White House and return for a second term four years later becoming also the 24th President. More

The entrance to the tomb of Tutankhamun (King Tut) is discovered in Egypt's Valley of the Kings by British archaeologist Howard Carter and his sponsor Lord Carnarvon. on November 4, 1922. After years of searching they found a step cut into the bedrock that led to a staircase and a sealed doorway. Expand +

UNESCO, The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is officially established on November 4, 1946, when its Constitution came into force after being ratified by 20 countries. Expand +

Dwight D. Eisenhower is elected president. A popular World War II general who ran on the slogan “I Like Ike,” Eisenhower easily defeated Democrat Adlai Stevenson becoming the the 34th president of the United States.

Soviet troops move against Budapest with great force to crush a nascent rebellion in the capital of the Soviet satellite state of Hungary. Over the course of the next several days, thousands of Hungarians were killed by Red Army troops. Hundreds of thousands more fled to the West, seeking asylum. More

Iranian students seized the American embassy and detained more than 50 Americans, ranging from the Chargé d’Affaires to the most junior members of the staff, as hostages. The Iranians held the American diplomats hostage for 444 days. More

Ronald Reagan is elected President of the United States, defeating incumbent Jimmy Carter.

Yitzhak Rabin, the fifth prime minister of Israel, is assassinated. The assassin, an Israeli ultra nationalist named Yigal Amir, radically opposed Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin's peace initiative, particularly the signing of the Oslo Accords. More

Barack Obama is elected President of the United States defeating Republican John McCain, thus becoming the first Black president of the United States,

The Paris Agreement, a legally binding international treaty on climate change enters into force. It was originally adopted by 196 Parties at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP21) in Paris, France. on December 12, 2015. Its overarching goal is to hold “the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels” and pursue efforts “to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.” More