On this day... November 4:

On this day...

November 4:  Day of Ashura (Islam, 2014); Unity Day in Russia 1847 – Scottish physician James Young Simpsondiscovered the anaesthetic qualities ofchloroform. 1864 – American Civil War: Nathan Bedford Forrest led a cavalry division in an attack on a Union Army supply base at Johnsonville, Tennessee, capturing 150 prisoners. 1921 – The remains of an unknown soldier were buried with aneternal flame at the Altare della Patria (pictured) in Rome. 1970 – Salvador Allende took office as President of Chile, the firstMarxist to become president of a Latin American country through open elections. 1991 – Former Philippine First Lady Imelda Marcos was granted a presidential pardon by Corazon Aquino and allowed to return from exile.