What happened on November 4 ?

1448 - King Alphonso II of Naples (d. 1495)

1470 - King Edward V of England, one of the two princes in the Tower

1575 - Guido Reni, Italian painter (d. 1642)

1631 - Mary of Orange, eldest daughter of Charles I of England and mother of William III of England (d. 1660)

1661 - Karl III Philip, Elector Palatine (d. 1742)

1740 - Augustus Montague Toplady, author of hymn, "Rock of Ages"

1765 - Pierre Girard, French mathematician (d. 1836)

1836 - Henry J. Lutcher, Business leader (d. 1912)

1845 - Vasudeo Balwant Phadke, Indian revolutionary

1874 - Aleksandr Vasilevich Kolchak, Russian military commander (d. 1920)

1879 - Will Rogers, American humorist and entertainer (d. 1935)

1883 - Nikolaos Plastiras, Greek general and politician (d. 1953)

1901 - Princess Bang-ja of Korea (d. 1989)

1908 - Józef Rotblat, Polish physicist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 2005)

1909 - Skeeter Webb, baseball player (d. 1986)

1912 - Vadim Salmanov, Russian composer (d. 1978)

1913 - Gig Young, American actor (d. 1978)

1914 - Martin Balsam, American actor (d. 1996)

1916 - Walter Cronkite, American news broadcaster

1918 - Art Carney, American actor (d. 2003)

1922 - Benno Besson, Swiss actor and film director (d. 2006)

1923 - Freddy Heineken, Dutch businessman (d. 2002)

1929 - Doris Roberts, American actress

1930 - Dick Groat, baseball player

1932 - Thomas Klestil, President of Austria (d. 2004)

1937 - Loretta Swit, American actress

1937 - Michael Wilson, Canadian politician and diplomat

1944 - Scherrie Payne, American singer (The Supremes)

1946 - Laura Bush, First Lady of the United States

1946 - Robert Mapplethorpe, American photographer (d. 1989)

1951 - Traian B?sescu, President of Romania

1953 - Carlos Gutierrez, American politician

1955 - Matti Vanhanen, Prime Minister of Finland

1956 - Jordan Rudess, Keyboard player (Dream Theater)

1961 - Kathy Griffin, American comedienne and actress

1961 - Edward Knight, American composer

1961 - Daron Hagen, American composer, conductor, and collaborative pianist

1961 - Ralph Macchio, American actor

1961 - Les Sampou, American musician

1961 - Nigel Worthington, Northern Irish footballer and football manager

1965 - Wayne Static, American singer and guitarist (Static-X)

1969 - Matthew McConaughey, American actor

1969 - Sean Jean "Diddy" Combs, American rapper

1972 - Luís Figo, Portuguese footballer

1972 - Tabassum Hashmi, Indian actress

1974 - Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Vocalist of At the Drive-in and The Mars Volta

1975 - Eduard Kokcharov, Russian handball player

1976 - Mario Melchiot, Dutch footballer

1979 - Audrey Hollander, American pornographic actress

1986 - Alexz Johnson, Canadian singer