November 4
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
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Art and culture
- 1899 - Sigmund Freud's The Interpretation of Dreams is published.
- 1922 - In Egypt, British archaeologist Howard Carter and his men find the entrance to King Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings.
Births
- 1946 - Robert Mapplethorpe, American photographer (d. 1989)
- 1950 - Charles Frazier, American author
- 1950 - Markie Post, American actress
- 1951 - Traian Băsescu, President of Romania
- 1951 - Cosey Fanni Tutti, English performance artist (Throbbing Gristle, Chris and Cosey)
- 1953 - Carlos Gutierrez, American politician
- 1953 - Jacques Villeneuve (elder), Canadian racing driver
- 1953 - Dr. Marvel Williamson, American educator
- 1954 - Chris Difford, English musician and songwriter
- 1955 - Matti Vanhanen, Prime Minister of Finland
- 1956 - Jordan Rudess, American musician (Dream Theater)
- 1956 - James Honeyman-Scott, English guitarist (The Pretenders) (d. 1982)
- 1960 - Marc Awodey, American artist and writer
- 1960 - Frl. Menke, German pop singer of the Neue Deutsche Welle
- 1961 - Kathy Griffin, American comedian
- 1961 - Daron Hagen, American composer
- 1961 - Edward Knight, American composer
- 1961 - Ralph Macchio, American actor
- 1961 - Les Sampou, American musician
- 1961 - Nigel Worthington, Northern Irish footballer
- 1962 - Jeff Probst, American television host
- 1963 - Marc Déry, Québécois singer and guitarist (Zébulon)
- 1963 - Michel Therrien, Canadian ice hockey coach
- 1965 - Wayne Static, American musician (Static-X)
- 1965 - Jeff Scott Soto, American musician (Yngwie Malmsteen Band, Journey)
- 1965 - Malandra Burrows, English actress and singer
- 1967 - Eric Karros, American baseball player
- 1968 - Carlos Baerga, Puerto Rican baseball player
- 1969 - Matthew McConaughey, American actor
- 1969 - Sean "Diddy" Combs, American rapper
- 1972 - Luís Figo, Portuguese footballer
- 1972 - Tabassum Hashmi, Indian actress
- 1974 - Cedric Bixler-Zavala, American musician (At the Drive-In, The Mars Volta)
- 1975 - Eric Fichaud, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1975 - Eduard Kokcharov, Russian handball player
- 1975 - Curtis Stone, Australian chef and television personality
- 1976 - Bruno Junqueira, Brazilian racing driver
- 1976 - Mario Melchiot, Dutch footballer
- 1977 - Larry Bigbie, American baseball player
- 1977 - So Ji-sub, South Korean swimmer, model and actor
- 1978 - Carmen Cali, American baseball player
- 1978 - John Grabow, American baseball player
- 1979 - Audrey Hollander, American pornographic actress
- 1979 - Jesse Camp, former MTV veejay
- 1980 - Marcy Rylan, American actress
- 1980 - Jerry Collins, New Zealand rugby union footballer
- 1980 - Richard Owens, American football player
- 1980 - Sabrina Colie, Jamaican Actress
- 1982 - Devin Hester, American football player
- 1985 - Marcell Jansen, German footballer
- 1986 - Alexz Johnson, Canadian singer and actress
- 1986 - Adrian Zaugg, South African racing driver
- 1990 - Jean-Luc Bilodeau, Canadian actor
Deaths
- 1254 - John III Ducas Vatatzes, Emperor of the Empire of Nicaea (b. circa 1192).
- 1411 - Khalil Sultan, ruler of Transoxonia (b. 1384)
- 1652 - Jean-Charles de la Faille, Flemish mathematician (b. 1597)
- 1669 - Johannes Cocceius, Dutch theologian (b. 1603)
- 1698 - Rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician and mathematician (b. 1625)
- 1702 - John Benbow, English admiral (b. 1653)
- 1704 - Andreas Acoluthus, German orientalist (b. 1654)
- 1781 - Johann Nikolaus Götz, German poet (b. 1721)
- 1801 - William Shippen, American physician and delegate to the Continental Congress (b. 1712)
- 1847 - Felix Mendelssohn, German composer (b. 1809)
- 1856 - Hippolyte Delaroche, French painter (b. 1797)
- 1893 - Pierre Tirard, French politician (b. 1827)
- 1906 - John H. Ketcham, American politician (b. 1832)
- 1918 - Wilfred Owen, English poet (b. 1893)
- 1924 - Gabriel Fauré, French composer (b. 1845)
- 1924 - Richard Conner, American Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient (b. 1843)
- 1928 - Arnold Rothstein, American gambler (b. 1882)
- 1930 - Buddy Bolden, American musician (b. 1877)
- 1950 - Grover Cleveland Alexander, American baseball player (b. 1887)
- 1955 - Cy Young, American baseball player (b. 1867)
- 1957 - Shoghi Effendi, Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith (b. 1897)
- 1968 - Michel Kikoine, Belarusian painter (b. 1892)
- 1974 - Bert Patenaude, American soccer player (b. 1909)
- 1980 - Elsie MacGill, Canadian aeronautical engineer (b. 1905)
- 1982 - Dominique Dunne, American actress (b. 1959)
- 1986 - Kurt Hirsch, German mathematician (b. 1906)
- 1987 - Shaike Ofir, Israeli actor (b. 1929)
- 1994 - Fred Sonic Smith, American guitar player MC5 (b. 1949)
- 1995 - Yitzhak Rabin, assassinated Prime Minister of Israel, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1922)
- 1995 - Gilles Deleuze, French philosopher (suicide) (b. 1925)
- 1997 - H. Richard Hornberger, American writer (b. 1924)
- 1999 - Malcolm Marshall, Barbadian West Indies cricketer (b. 1958)
- 2003 - Richard Wollheim, British philosopher (b. 1923)
- 2005 - Nadia Anjuman, Afghan poet & journalist (b. 1980)
- 2005 - Sheree North, American actress and singer (b. 1932)
- 2006 - Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, American memoirist (Cheaper by the Dozen) (b. 1908)
- 2006 - Frank Arthur Calder, Canadian politician (b. 1915)