Michael Crichton 1942 - Author, director, physician ("Jurassic Park")
- 1929 - In the U.S., the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged starting the stock-market crash that began the Great Depression.
- 1944 - During World War II, the Battle of Leyte Gulf began.
- 1956 - Hungarian citizens began an uprising against Soviet occupation. On November 4, 1956 Soviet forces enter Hungary and eventually suppress the uprising.
- 1984 - "NBC Nightly News" aired footage of the severe drought in Ethiopia.
- 1989 - Hungary became an independent republic, after 33 years of Soviet rule.
- 1998 - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Chairman Yasser Arafat reach a breakthrough in a land-for-peace West Bank accord.
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