Daily Calendar – November 4

The 308th day of the year; 57 days remain until the New Year.

Church Calendar

St. Abercius, Equal-to-the-Apostles, Bishop of Hierapolis and Wonderworker (c. 167). The Seven Youths of Ephesus: Maximilian, Iamblichus, Martinian, Dionysius, Antoninus, Constantine (Exakustodianos), and John (c. 250; 408–450). The Martyrs: Bishop Alexander, the soldier Heraclius, and four women—Anna, Elizabeth, Theodotia, and Glyceria (2nd–3rd centuries). Feast of the Kazan Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos.

Born:

1575 – Guido Reni, Italian painter.

1658 – Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani, Georgian writer and public figure.

1812 – Nino Chavchavadze, daughter of the poet Alexander Chavchavadze and wife of the renowned Russian writer and diplomat Alexander Griboedov. 1874 – Ioseb Baratashvili, Georgian lawyer and public figure.

1904 – Akaki Andriashvili, Georgian composer.

1942 – Zsigmond Móricz, Hungarian writer.

Died:

1919 – Sophia Tolstaya, wife of the renowned Russian writer Leo Tolstoy.

1924 – Gabriel Fauré, French composer.

1934 – Vasil Barnovi, Georgian writer (b. 1857).

2001 – Ilia Antelava, prominent researcher of Georgian history.

Events:

1493 – Christopher Columbus's expedition discovered the island of Guadeloupe.

1838 – Stendhal began writing his famous novel The Charterhouse of Parma, which he completed in seven weeks.

1848 – The French Constituent Assembly adopted the Constitution of the Second French Republic.

1853 – Turkey declared war on Russia. 1879 – James Ritty patented the first cash register to put an end to theft by bartenders at his establishment in Dayton, a small town in the state of Ohio.

1890 – The world’s first underground transit system—the metro—opened in London.

1922 – English archaeologist Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun.

1946 – UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) was founded in Paris.

1956 – Soviet troops invaded Budapest. According to unconfirmed data, 25,000 Hungarians and 7,000 Soviet soldiers were killed.

1970 – The Human Rights Committee was established in the Soviet Union; its charter was signed by Academician Andrei Sakharov, Andrei Tverdokhlebov, and Valery Chalidze.

1980 – Republican Ronald Reagan won the U.S. presidential election by a wide margin.

Notable Days:

Tonga — Constitution Day. Panama — Flag Day.

USA — Will Rogers Day.