This Day in History November 4: Notable Historical Events on November 4

Domestic events taking place on November 4

November 4, 1831:Lang Son province was established.

November 4, 1831:Establishment of Tuyen Quang province.

November 4, 1979:The 79th Technical Reconnaissance Battalion was established under Decision No. 215 of the General Staff.

November 4, 1981:Opening of the Conference of Delegates of Unified Vietnamese Buddhism.

November 4, 1985:Handing over the first phase of the Song Cong diesel factory, built by the Soviet Union with Vietnam's help, is the largest engine manufacturing center in Vietnam, producing 2,000 55 horsepower engines and 255 tons of spare parts each year.

November 4, 1993:Our country's electricity industry has begun construction of the Ialy hydroelectric plant (in Kontum province - now part of Gia Lai province). This is the largest hydroelectric plant in the Central Highlands and the second largest in our country, after the Hoa Binh hydroelectric plant.

November 4, 1994:Military Commercial Joint Stock Bank (MB) was born.

International events taking place on November 4

November 4, 1946:Establishment of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in London (Capital of England).

November 4, 1952:The United States federal government established the National Security Agency, or NSA.

November 4, 1970:Salvador Allende takes office as President of Chile, the first Marxist to become president in a Latin American country

November 4, 1991:Vietnam Police Force officially became the 156th member of Interpol.

November 4, 1995:Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated while attending a rally in Tel Aviv.

November 4, 2002:In Phnom Penh, China and ASEAN member countries signed the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC).

November 4, 2008:Barack Obama defeated Senator John McCain in the 44th presidential election of the United States, becoming the first African-American President of the United States.

November 4, 2012:Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors of the Group of 20 (G20) leading developed and emerging economies began meeting in the Mexican capital to discuss the overall state of the world economy.

November 4, 2016:The Paris Agreement on Climate Change officially comes into force.

November 4, 2021:The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its partners (OPEC+) have agreed to continue increasing crude oil production by 400,000 barrels per day from December 2021.

November 4, 2021:The UK has become the first country in the world to grant conditional approval to Molnupiravir, a drug developed by Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics to treat symptomatic Covid-19. Molnupiravir is the first dedicated oral antiviral drug for Covid-19 patients.