THE DAY IN HISTORY · NOVEMBER 4
November 4 in history
What happened on November 4: 2 moments from the Maps of History atlases, in 1839 and 1956, each linked to the map that shows it.
— Newport Rising
4 Nov 1839 — Several thousand Chartists from the valleys march on the Westgate Hotel; soldiers inside open fire, killing about 22. Their leaders’ death sentences are commuted to transportation. Remember them.
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— Hungarian Revolution
4 Nov 1956 — Soviet tanks return to Budapest to crush the revolution; about 2,500 Hungarians are killed in the fighting and the repression that follows. Some 200,000 people, about one Hungarian in fifty, leave before the border is sealed again.
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