444 Days: The Morning Students Seized America's Embassy in Tehran
On November 4, 1979, Iranian students stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and seized 52 Americans, beginning a 444-day hostage crisis that defined a presidency.
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'Whirlwind': The Dawn Soviet Tanks Returned to Budapest
On November 4, 1956, the Soviet Union launched Operation Whirlwind against Budapest, crushing Hungary's revolution and sending some 200,000 refugees fleeing west.
The Doctor's Terrible Marvel: The Gatling Gun Is Patented
On November 4, 1862, Richard Gatling received U.S. Patent No. 36,836 for his hand-cranked 'revolving battery gun' — the ancestor of the modern machine gun.