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November 4, 1998 Torrential rain caused landslide "Hurricane Mitch" to engulf nearly 10,000 people
On 4 November 1998, as Hurricane Mitch ravaged Central America, disasters such as heavy rains and landslides continued in the region for more than a week, resulting in a large number of deaths and material damage. Nearly 10,000 Central Americans died as a result of the hurricane, affecting more than 2.5 million residents.
Honduras is the Central American country with the highest officially declared death toll. Hurricane Mitch was declared to have killed more than 5,000 people in the country, while 11,000 more people were missing and nearly 2 million were affected.
According to the Nicaraguan Civil Protection Committee, Hurricane Mitch has killed 2,100 people in the country and affected about 500,000 people. At least 1,500 people and nearly 2,000 others were missing in a severe landslide and mudslide at noon on October 30 on the Casitas volcano, 130 kilometers northwest of the capital, Managua, due to prolonged rain washing.
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4 November 1995 Israeli Prime Minister Rabin is assassinated
Saturday, November 4, 1995, coincides with the Jewish Sabbath and is an official holiday in Israel. On normal days, most transportation in Israel is suspended, and many entertainment venues and shops are closed. However, Tel Aviv is brightly lit and lively after nightfall. Some 100,000 citizens, bathed in the sea breeze, flocked from all directions to the "King's Square" in the city center, where a grand rally in support of the peace process was held.
Facing the sea of people screaming with joy and thunder, colorful balls and banners like waves, Rabin stood on the rostrum, looking particularly excited. He saw so many people enthusiastically supporting the peace process, with a reassuring smile on his face and waving to the crowd from time to time.
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November 4, 1980 "Baseball King" - Wang Zhenji retired
Sadaharu Wang is the "King of World Baseball", winning 15 home runs, 13 scoring champions, and 5 first hitters during his career.
In 1940, Wang Zhenzhi was born in Dongzhao Sumida District, his father Wang Shifu, originally from Qingtian County, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China; Her mother, Ms. Noboru Mi, is from Toyama Prefecture, Japan. Both parents run restaurants as a business, which can be regarded as a "well-off home".
Wang Zhenji has been attending elementary school in Sumida Ward since he was 6 years old. In the fifth grade, while watching a baseball game, he received a handwritten inscription from a baseball celebrity. He was so excited that in his young mind, the idea of aspiring to play baseball was born.
In middle school, Wang Zhenzhi was burly in body, strong in arms, handsome and straight; In junior high school, his athletic figure was often active on the baseball field and developed a good ball skill. In high school, he participated in the famous Waseda Industrial School baseball team and became a regular baseball team.
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November 4, 1972 Tokyo holds a ceremony to welcome the giant pandas
On November 4, 1972, a ceremony to receive a pair of giant pandas presented by Chinese to Japanese nationals was held in Ueno Park, Tokyo.
More than 200 people from all walks of life, including Japanese Government Chief Cabinet Secretary Nikaido Susumori, Liberal Democratic Party Secretary Noboru Hashimoto, Japanese Parliamentary Secretary Masahisa Aoki, Tokyo Governor Minobe Ryokichi, Komeito Party Member of the National Assembly Nakagawa, Socialist Party Member Yuko Mochizuki, Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly Speaker Naoyuki Tomita, Ueno Zoo Director Mitsushi Asano, and people from all walks of life, including Nakajima Kenzo, Koichi Nishinoji, Teiji Ogiohara, Tadamichi Koga Koga Kogami, and Goro Kiyomiya, attended the ceremony. Xiao Qianqian, chief representative of the liaison office of the China-Japan Memorandum of Understanding Trade Office in Tokyo, Zhang Xiaoguang, head of the Beijing Municipal Public Utility Bureau, who escorted the giant pandas to Tokyo, and Du Hongzhang, head of breeding at the Beijing Zoo, attended the ceremony.
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4 November 1946 UNESCO founded
In November 1945, at a preparatory meeting attended by the 41 signatories of the United States, Britain, France and China to the United Nations Charter of the United Nations, the Constitution of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization was adopted, and the first General Conference of the Organization was held in Paris in November 1946 and officially established on 4 November, referred to as UNESCO.
Contributing to peace and security, justice and human progress by enhancing educational, scientific and cultural cooperation among nations is the noble mission set out in the Constitution by UNESCO's founders. To this end, it has carried out extensive international cooperation activities in the fields of education, natural sciences, social sciences, cultural press and publication.
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November 4, 1979 Iran takes American hostages
On November 4, 1979, with the support of Khomeini, Iranian students occupied the U.S. Embassy in Iran and detained 52 embassy personnel in order to force the U.S. government to extradite the former Iranian Shah Pahlavi who was exiled in the United States.
After a group of Iranian students occupied the US Embassy in Iran, others occupied the British Embassy in Iran on the 5th; It was not withdrawn until shortly before midnight.
In Shiraz and Tabriz, in northwestern Iran, students also occupied two U.S. consulates that were closed after a revolution led by Iran's religious leader Ayatollah Khomeini. Hours before students occupied LinkedIn embassies, Iranian state radio broadcast a conversation by Khomeini accusing Britain of shielding Bakhtiar, Iran's last prime minister when the Shah fell. The British embassy earlier issued a statement denying Bakhtiar was in Britain.