4 November 1989

A UPS Airlines plane crashed in Louisville, Kentucky, killing at least twelve people.

The Paris Agreement, under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, came into effect.

In the first aviation incident involving an Airbus A380, Qantas Flight 32 suffered an uncontained engine failure and made an emergency landing at Changi Airport in Singapore with no casualties.

Barack Obama (pictured) became the first person of biracial or African-American descent to be elected President of the United States.

Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin (pictured) was assassinated by Yigal Amir, a right-wing extremist, at a peace rally at Kings of Israel Square in Tel Aviv.

Authorities in California discovered a 13-year-old feral child, pseudonymously known as Genie, who had spent nearly her entire life in social isolation.

Ruhollah Khomeini was arrested by SAVAK, the Iranian secret police, and exiled to Turkey.

Robert A. Lovett, United States Secretary of Defense, issued a memorandum establishing the National Security Agency, with responsibility for all communications intelligence for the government.

Second World War: Allied forces completed Operation Pheasant, a major operation to clear German troops from the province of North Brabant in the Netherlands.

The Hlinka Guard and Slovakian police began the deportation of several thousand Jews from the country.

In a special election in Wyoming, Nellie Tayloe Ross became the first woman to be elected as a governor in the United States.

The tomb of Tutankhamun (pictured) was discovered by a team led by British Egyptologist Howard Carter.

The remains of an unknown soldier were buried with an eternal flame at the Altare della Patria in Rome.

The keel of USS Nevada was laid down, beginning construction on the United States Navy's first "super-dreadnought".

The City and South London Railway (carriage pictured), the first deep-level underground railway in the world, officially opened, running 3.2 mi (5.1 km) between the City of London and Stockwell.

American Civil War: Nathan Bedford Forrest led a cavalry division in an attack on a Union Army supply base at Johnsonville, Tennessee, resulting in the capture of 150 prisoners.

Túpac Amaru II led a rebellion of Aymara, Quechua, and mestizo peasants in protest against the Bourbon Reforms in the Spanish Viceroyalty of Peru.

UPS Airlines Flight 2976, a McDonnell Douglas MD-11F crashes into multiple buildings during takeoff at Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport in Louisville, Kentucky, killing 15 people, including the 3 crew members.

The Khash massacre, which refers to the repression of protesters by Iranian security forces, resulting in 18 deaths and more than 20 injuries.

The Tigray War begins with Tigrayan rebels launching attacks on Ethiopian command centers.

A cargo plane crashes shortly after takeoff from Juba International Airport in Juba, South Sudan, killing at least 37 people.

Aero Caribbean Flight 883 crashes into Guasimal, Sancti Spíritus; all 68 passengers and crew are killed.

Qantas Flight 32, an Airbus A380, suffers an uncontained engine failure over Indonesia shortly after taking off from Singapore, crippling the jet. The crew manage to safely return to Singapore, saving all 469 passengers and crew.

Barack Obama becomes the first person of biracial or African-American descent to be elected as President of the United States.