Today in History: Haydarpaşa Train Station, which was built within the scope of Baghdad Railways, was opened with a ceremony

November 4 is the 308th day of the year (309th in leap years) according to the Gregorian calendar. The number of days left until the end of the year is 57.

Railways

• 4 November 1910 Russia and Germany decided not to give each other difficulties on the railway privileges they obtained in the Ottoman Empire in Postdam. The two states also agreed to build a line between Tehran and Hanikan to connect with the Baghdad Railway.
• 4 November 1955 Eskişehir new station was put into service.
• 1909 – Haydarpaşa Train Station, built as part of the Baghdad Railways, was opened with a ceremony.

Events

• 1515 – Diyarbekir Province was created in the Ottoman Empire, and Bıyıklı Mehmet Pasha was appointed as the first governor.
• 1737 – The San Carlo Theater opens in Naples, Italy.
• 1757 – On October 30, III. Mustafa's sword-wielding ceremony was held. The sword wielded belonged to Omar bin Khattab.
• 1875 – Ayine Magazine for Women began publication in Thessaloniki.
• 1879 - American James J. Ritty develops the cash register.
• 1918 – The Socialist Labor Party of Greece was founded. The party changed its name to the Communist Party of Greece at its 1924rd extraordinary congress in November 3.
• 1922 – The last Ottoman government (Tevfik Pasha cabinet) resigned.
• 1922 – The Official Gazette of the Ottoman Empire, Calendar-i Vekayi, stopped its publication.
• 1922 - British archaeologist Howard Carter and his team discover Tutankhamun's tomb.
• 1933 – The Greek Government placed a memorial plaque in the house where Mustafa Kemal Pasha was born. On the plate, "Gazi Mustafa Kemal, the great mujaddid of the Turkish nation and the promoter of the Balkan union, was born in this house." written.
• 1937 – The Mark Twain Society awarded Atatürk a medal.
• 1940 – The United Kingdom occupied Crete.
• 1947 - The People's Republic of Bulgaria was proclaimed.
• 1950 – The European Convention on Human Rights and the European Charter for Regional and Minority Languages ​​are adopted.
• 1951 – Religion lesson was included in the curriculum in primary schools.
• 1952 - Dwight D. Eisenhower wins the US Presidential election.
• 1956 – Soviet forces enter Hungary.
• 1969 – The Senate of the Republic restored the rights of the Democrat Party members who were deprived of their political rights on May 27, 1960.
• 1970 – Salvador Allende became the head of state with 36,3% of the votes as a result of the elections held in Chile.
• 1972 – İsmet İnönü resigned from CHP membership.
• 1977 - The United Nations bans arms sales to the Republic of South Africa.
• 1979 – Khomeini supporters occupied the US Embassy in Tehran and took the Embassy officials hostage.
• 1979 - The Green Party of Germany was founded.
• 1980 – Republican candidate Ronald Reagan wins the Presidential election in the USA.
• 1981 – MGK approved the Higher Education Law. YÖK was established on 6 November 1981 according to this law.
• 1982 – President General Kenan Evren addressed the public in Istanbul three days before the referendum: “Don't vote for me, don't vote for us. Take your vote by considering the constitution.”
• 1982 – President General Kenan Evren addressed the people in Eskişehir: “We will raise our youth with a positive understanding of science. We know and recognize Atatürk's principles and we will train them to be able to apply them.”
• 1993 – Retired Major Ahmet Cem Ersever's body was found.
• 1995 – Flood in Izmir: 65 dead, more than a hundred injured.
• 2002 – AKP came to power for the first time in Turkey.
• 2007 – In its session dated October 13, 2006, the Turkish Grand National Assembly decided to hold general elections on Sunday, November 4, 2007.
• 2008 – In the USA, Democratic candidate Barack Obama wins the Presidential election and becomes the first black President of the USA.
• 2009 – 109 people died in a fire at a nightclub in Perm, Russia, caused by celebrations with fireworks. [1] Archived December 7, 2009 at the Wayback Machine.

Births 

• 1575 – Guido Reni, Italian painter (d. 1642)
• 1618 – Alemgir Shah I, 6th Shah of the Mughal Empire (d. 1707)
• 1631 – Mary, Princess of the Crown, Princess of England (d. 1660)
• 1650 – William III, wife of William II from 1689 to 1694. King of England, Ireland and Scotland with Mary (d. 1702)
• 1787 – Edmund Kean, English actor (d. 1833)
• 1816 – Stephen Johnson Field, American lawyer (d. 1899)
• 1873 George Edward Moore, English philosopher (d. 1958)
• 1874 – Charles Despiau, French sculptor (d. 1946)
• 1879 - Will Rogers, American vaudeville performer (d. 1935)
• 1883 – Nikolaos Plastiras, Greek general and politician (d. 1953)
• 1908 – Joseph Rotblat, English physicist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate (d. 2005)
• 1909 – Bert Patenaude, American football player (d. 1974)
• 1914 – Carlos Castillo Armas, President of Guatemala (d. 1957)
• 1916 Walter Cronkite, American television journalist (d. 2009)
• 1916 – Ruth Handler, businesswoman, president of American toy maker Mattel (d. 2002)
• 1918 – Art Carney, American actor who acted in film, stage, television and radio (d. 2003)
• 1923 – Mücap Ofluoğlu, Turkish theater actor, voice actor, director and writer (d. 2012)
• 1925 – Doris Roberts, American actress (d. 2016)
• 1931 – Richard Rorty, American philosopher (d. 2007)
• 1932 – Ali Alatas, Indonesian politician (d. 2008)
• 1932 – Thomas Klestil, Austrian diplomat (d. 2004)
• 1933 – Charles K. Kao, Chinese-American, British physicist and Nobel Prize laureate in Physics (d. 2018)
• 1936 – CK Williams, American poet
• 1938 – Erkan Özerman, Turkish producer, organizer and artist manager
• 1942 – Patricia Bath, American ophthalmologist (ophthalmologist), inventor, philanthropist, and academic (d. 2019)
• 1945 – Ali Özgentürk, Turkish cinema director
• 1946 – Laura Bush, wife of the 43rd former President of the USA, George W. Bush, and First Lady of the USA from 2001 to 2009
• 1946 – Robert Mapplethorpe, American photographer (d. 1989)
• 1947 – Alexei Ulanov, Soviet figure skater
• 1948 – Alexis Hunter, New Zealand painter and photographer (d. 2014)
• 1948 – Amadou Toumani Touré, former President of Mali (d. 2020)
• 1950 – Markie Post, American actress (d. 2021)
• 1951 – Traian Băsescu has been President of Romania since 2004
• 1952 – II. Tevadrus, 118th and current Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria
• 1953 – Gülden Karaböcek, Turkish fantasy-arabesque music singer and composer
• 1955 - Matti Vanhanen, Prime Minister of Finland
• 1956 – Jordan Rudess, progressive rock keyboardist, composer, pianist who belonged to the American progressive rock-metal band Dream Theater
• 1957 – Tony Abbott, Australian politician
• 1957 – Zerrin Özer, Turkish pop singer
• 1957 – Anne Sweeney is an American businesswoman.
• 1959 Ken Kirzinger, Canadian actor and stuntman
• 1960 – Kathy Griffin, American actress, comedian, screenwriter, producer, and presenter
• 1961 - Ralph Macchio is an American actor.
• 1964 – Sinan Engin, Turkish football commentator, manager, coach and former football player
• 1964 – Yūko Mizutani, Japanese actress, voice actor, and singer (d. 2016)
• 1965 – Wayne Static, American musician (d. 2014)
• 1967 – Fikret Orman, Turkish civil engineer and 34th President of Beşiktaş Gymnastics Club
• 1967 – Yılmaz Erdoğan, Turkish cinema and theater actor, poet, writer and director
• 1969 – Puff Daddy, American record producer, rapper, record label executive, and entrepreneur
• 1969 – Matthew McConaughey, American actor and Oscar winner
• 1970 – Malena Ernman, Swedish mezzo-soprano opera singer
• 1972 – Luis Figo, Portuguese football player
• 1976 – Mario Melchiot is a former Dutch national football player.
• 1978 – İlke Hatipoğlu, Turkish musician, composer and keyboardist of Redd group
• 1979 - Audrey Hollander, American porn actress
• 1982 – Kamila Skolimowska, Polish former Olympic athlete (d. 2009)
• 1984 – Ayila Yussuf is a Nigerian football player.
• 1985 – Marcell Jansen, German football player
• 1986 – Alexz Johnson, Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer, actress, and philanthropist
• 1990 – Jean-Luc Bilodeau, Canadian television and film actor
• 1992 – Emrah Karaduman, Turkish composer and arranger
• 1992 - Hiroki Nakada, Japanese football player

Deaths 

• 1411 – Halil Sultan, son of Timur's eldest son Miranşah (b. 1384)
• 1581 – Mathurin Romegas, member of the Knights of Malta (b. 1525)
• 1847 – Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, German composer (b. 1809)
• 1890 – Helene Demuth, steward of Karl Marx (b. 1820)
• 1893 – Pierre Tirard, French politician (b. 1827)
• 1918 – Andrew Dickson White, American diplomat, author, and educator (b. 1832)
• 1921 – Hara Takashi, Prime Minister of Japan (killed) (b. 1856)
• 1924 – Gabriel Fauré, French composer (b. 1845)
• 1931 – Buddy Bolden, African-American jazz musician (b. 1877)
• 1938 – Ahmet Remzi Akgöztürk, Turkish clergyman and Kayseri deputy for the 1st term of the Turkish Grand National Assembly (b. 1871)
• 1940 – Arthur Rostron, British sailor (b. 1869)
• 1957 – Shoghi Effendi, Baha'i cleric (b. 1897)
• 1959 – Friedrich Waismann, Austrian philosopher, mathematician, and linguist (b. 1896)
• 1968 – Refi' Cevad Ulunay, Turkish journalist (b. 1890)
• 1969 – Carlos Marighella, Brazilian Marxist activist, author, guerrilla, theorist of urban guerrilla warfare (b. 1911)
• 1974 – Bert Patenaude, American football player (b. 1909)
• 1982 – Burhan Felek, Turkish journalist and writer (b. 1889)
• 1982 – Jacques Tati, French director and actor (b. 1907)
• 1983 – Doğan Avcıoğlu, Turkish journalist, writer and politician (b. 1926)
• 1984 – Ümit Yaşar Oğuzcan, Turkish poet (b. 1926)
• 1993 – Ahmet Cem Ersever, Turkish Gendarmerie officer (retired Major) (b. 1950)
• 1995 – Gilles Deleuze, French writer and thinker (b. 1925)
• 1995 – Paul Eddington, English actor (b. 1927)
• 1995 – Yitzhak Rabin, Israeli politician and Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1922)
• 2005 – Sheree North, American actress, dancer, and singer (b. 1932)
• 2008 – Michael Crichton, American writer, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1942)
• 2011 – Norman Ramsey, American physicist (b. 1915)
• 2015 – Gülten Akın, Turkish poet and writer (b. 1933)
• 2015 – René Girard, French literary critic, anthropologist, philosopher (b. 1923)
• 2016 – Mansur Purhaydari, Iranian national football player and manager (b. 1946)
• 2017 – Isabel Granada, Filipina female singer and actress (b. 1976)
• 2018 – Karl-Heinz Adler, German painter, sculptor and graphic artist (b. 1927)
• 2018 – Donna Axum, former American Beauty Queen, philanthropist, and model (b. 1942)
• 2019 – Jacques Dupont, Former professional French male racing cyclist (b. 1928)
• 2019 – Yılmaz Gökdel, Turkish former national football player and coach (b. 1940)
• 2019 – Virginia Leith, American film and television actress (b. 1925)
• 2020 – Moncef Ouannes was a Tunisian sociologist (b. 1956)
• 2020 – Matthew Tees, Scottish professional football player (b. 1939)