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Historical anniversaries of November 3 and 4

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Historical records note various significant events occurring on November 3. 3 and 4. In 1918, the Austro-Hungarian Empire signed an armistice and capitulated during World War I following the arrival of Salonika Front units. In space exploration, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 2 in 1957, which carried the dog Laika, the first living being to orbit the Earth. Other milestones include Christopher Columbus discovering the island of Dominica in 1493, and Panama declaring independence from Colombia in 1903 with US support. In 1943, the Holocaust saw the execution of 18,400 Jews at the Majdanek concentration camp in Poland. ~~Other notable~~ Notable occurrences include the 1906 International Radiotelegraph Conference establishing the SOS Morse signal, Alois Alzheimer reporting on a cerebral cortex disease in 1906, and the 1964 election of Lyndon B. Johnson as US ~~President, and various German milestones such as~~ President. Recent historical additions for November 4 include the ~~1961 introduction~~ 1979 seizure of ~~four-digit postal codes and~~ the ~~1956 debut~~ US Embassy in Tehran by Iranian students, resulting in 63 Americans being held hostage for 444 days. In 1922, Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in Egypt. In 1956, Soviet troops launched an offensive to suppress the ~~first television advertisement.~~ Hungarian uprising. In Greece, November 4 marks the 1828 signing of the London Protocol. German history for November 4 includes the 2011 discovery of the National Socialist Underground (NSU) terrorists and a 2006 power outage affecting millions in West Europe.

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