November 4, 2014 Archives

Soviet Union Crushes Hungarian Revolution

This historic footage shows the tremendous damage caused by the Soviet Red Army when it crushed the anti-communist revolution in Budapest in 1956. Hungary wouldn't be free of Communism for another 33 years.

Iranians Storm U.S. Embassy in Tehran

On Nov. 4, 1979, a mob of Iranian students, with tacit approval of the new government of the Islamic Republic, stormed the U.S. embassy in Tehran and held American personnel hostage for 444 days.

Israeli PM Yitzhak Rabin Assassinated

On Nov. 4, 1995, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated by Yigal Amir, a radical right-wing Orthodox Jew who opposed the signing of the Oslo Accords. The shooting took place as Rabin was leaving a mass rally in Tel Aviv in support of the Oslo process. Rabin was rushed to the nearby Ichilov Hospital, where he died on the operating


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