Portal:United States/Anniversaries/November/November 4
- 1791 – Northwest Indian War: The Western Confederacy of American Indians wins a major victory over the United States in the Battle of the Wabash.
- 1864 – American Civil War: Confederate troops bombard a Union supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material at the Battle of Johnsonville.
- 1952 – The United States government establishes the National Security Agency, or NSA.
- 1962 – The United States concludes Operation Fishbowl, its final above-ground nuclear weapons testing series, in anticipation of the 1963 Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
- 1980 – Ronald Reagan is elected as the 40th President of the United States, defeating incumbent Jimmy Carter.
- 2008 – Barack Obama becomes the first person of biracial or African-American descent to be elected as President of the United States.