This Day in History

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY October 11 2002 Jimmy Carter wins Nobel Peace Prize On October 11, 2002, former President Jimmy Carter wins the Nobel Peace Prize "for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development." Carter, a peanut farmer from Georgia, serve... read more Africa 1899 Boer War begins in South Africa American Revolution 1776 Benedict Arnold fights valiantly at Valcour Island Art, Literature, and Film History 1971 John Lennon's "Imagine" is released 1975 Bruce Springsteen scores his first pop hit with "Born to Run" 1975 "Saturday Night Live" debuts Cold War 1986 Soviet-U.S. arms control talks break down over President Reagan's "Star Wars" initiative Early U.S. 1793 Yellow fever breaks out in Philadelphia Religion 1962 Pope John XXIII opens Vatican II Space Exploration 1968 Apollo 7 launched U.S. Presidents 1975 Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham marry Vietnam War 1954 Viet Minh take control in the north Westward Expansion 1809 Meriwether Lewis dies along the Natchez Trace, Tennessee World War I 1915 Bulgaria enters World War I

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY October 12 1492 Columbus reaches the "New World" After sailing across the Atlantic Ocean, Italian explorer Christopher Columbus sights a Bahamian island, believing he has reached East Asia. His expedition went ashore the same day and claimed the land for Isabella and Ferdinand of Spain, who sponsored his attempt to find a western ocean route to Ch... read more 21st Century 2002 Terrorists kill 202 in Bali Art, Literature, and Film History 1940 Silent-film star Tom Mix dies in Arizona car wreck 1997 John Denver dies in an aircraft accident 2007 Al Gore wins Nobel Prize in the wake of "An Inconvenient Truth" Civil War 1870 Robert E. Lee dies Cold War 1960 Nikita Khrushchev allegedly brandishes his shoe at the United Nations Crime 1998 Matthew Shepard, victim of anti-gay hate crime, dies 2000 USS Cole attacked by terrorists Germany 1810 The origin of Oktoberfest Natural Disasters & Environment 1918 Fire rages in Minnesota Space Exploration 1964 USSR leads the space race U.S. Presidents 1786 Thomas Jefferson composes romantic letter Vietnam War 1972 Racial violence breaks out aboard U.S. Navy ships World War I 1915 British nurse Edith Cavell executed World War II 1945 Conscientious objector awarded Medal of Honor

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY October 13 1792 White House cornerstone laid The cornerstone is laid for a presidential residence in the newly designated capital city of Washington, D.C. In 1800, President John Adams became the first president to reside in the executive mansion, which soon became known as the "White House" because its white-gray Virginia freestone contrasted... read more 21st CENTURY 2021 William Shatner goes to space American Revolution 1775 Continental Congress authorizes first naval force Art, Literature, and Film History 1975 Singer Charlie Rich protests John Denver's big win at the CMA Awards Crime 1999 Grand jury dismissed in JonBenét Ramsey murder case Germany 1977 Palestinians hijack German airliner Latin America 1972 Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashes in the Andes 2010 Chilean miners are rescued after 69 days underground Sports 1967 American Basketball Association debuts War of 1812 1812 Sir Isaac Brock saves Canada from U.S. invasion World War II 1943 Italy declares war on Germany

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY October 14 1947 Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier U.S. Air Force Captain Chuck Yeager becomes the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound. Yeager, born in Myra, West Virginia, in 1923, was a combat fighter during World War II and flew 64 missions over Europe. He shot down 13 German planes and was himself shot down over France, but he esc... read more Art, Literature, and Film History 1892 "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" published 1957 "Wake Up Little Susie" becomes the Everly Brothers' first #1 hit 1994 "Pulp Fiction" opens in theaters Black History 1964 Martin Luther King Jr. wins Nobel Peace Prize Cold War 1962 Soviet missiles photographed in Cuba 1964 Nikita Khrushchev ousted as premier of Soviet Union Crime 1975 Trial begins in Amityville murders Great Britain 1066 The Battle of Hastings U.S. Presidents 1890 Dwight D. Eisenhower is born 1912 Theodore Roosevelt shot in Milwaukee Vietnam War 1968 U.S. servicemen sent to Vietnam for second tours World War I 1918 Adolf Hitler wounded in British gas attack World War II 1944 German General Erwin Rommel—aka "The Desert Fox"—dies by suicide

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY October 15 1917 Dancer and spy Mata Hari is executed Dancer, courtesan and alleged spy Mata Hari is executed for espionage by a French firing squad at Vincennes outside of Paris. She first came to Paris in 1905 and found fame as a performer of Asian-inspired dances. She soon began touring all over Europe, telling the story of how she was bor... read more ART, LITERATURE AND FILM HISTORY 1973 Dolly Parton releases hit single “Jolene” Civil War 1863 H.L. Hunley sinks during tests Crime 1948 A murderous husband is executed Inventions & Science 2004 "Funeral coaches" exempted from car-seat law Native American History 1880 Chiricahua Apache leader Victorio is killed south of El Paso, Texas SOVIET UNION 1990 Mikhail Gorbachev wins Nobel Peace Prize Sports 1989 Wayne Gretzky breaks NHL points record U.S. Presidents 1948 Gerald Ford marries Elizabeth Bloomer U.S. Government 1991 Clarence Thomas confirmed to the Supreme Court Vietnam War 1965 Draft card burning demonstrations staged across the country World War II 1945 Vichy leader executed for treason 1946 High-ranking Nazi leader Hermann Göring dies

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY October 16 1934 The Long March The embattled Chinese Communists break through Nationalist enemy lines and begin an epic flight from their encircled headquarters in southwest China. Known as Ch'ang Cheng — the "Long March" — the retreat lasted 368 days and covered 6,000 miles, more than twice the distance from New York to San Francisc... read more   Watch a Video About Mao Zedong Historian Yohuru Williams gives a crash course on the Cultural Revolution led by Communist leader Mao Zedong in China in the 1960s. Watch Now 1980s 1987 Baby Jessica rescued from a well as the world watches Abolitionist Movement 1859 John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry Art, Literature, and Film History 1847 Charlotte Brontë's "Jane Eyre" is published in London 1854 Celebrated writer Oscar Wilde is born 1923 Walt Disney Company is founded BLACK HISTORY 1995 Million Man March China 1964 China joins A-bomb club Crime 1991 Twenty-three diners massacred at Texas restaurant France 1793 Marie Antoinette is beheaded Inventions & Science 1958 Chevrolet introduces the El Camino Sports 1968 Tommie Smith and John Carlos raise their fists at the 1968 Olympics 1996 Stampede kills 84 at World Cup match U.S. Presidents 1854 Abraham Lincoln speaks out against slavery Vietnam War 1973 Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho awarded Nobel Peace Prize World War II 1946 Nazi war criminals executed

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY October 17 1931 Al Capone goes to prison On October 17, 1931, gangster Al Capone is convicted of tax evasion, signaling the downfall of one of the most notorious criminals of the 1920s and 1930s. He was later sentenced to eleven years in federal prison and fined $50,000... read more 1980s 1986 U.S. aid to Contras signed into law American Revolution 1777 Americans win more than a battle at Saratoga Art, Literature, and Film History 1974 "Benji" opens in theaters Crime 1906 A shoemaker leads German soldiers in a robbery SPORTS 1989 Oakland-San Francisco World Series game postponed because of earthquake Middle East 1973 OPEC enacts oil embargo Natural Disasters & Environment 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake strikes near San Francisco U.S. Presidents 1974 President Ford explains his pardon of Nixon to Congress Westward Expansion 1835 The first resolution formally creating the Texas Rangers is approved World War I 1912 Serbia and Greece declare war on Ottoman Empire in First Balkan War

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY October 18 1867 U.S. takes possession of Alaska The U.S. formally takes possession of Alaska after purchasing the territory from Russia for $7.2 million. The Alaska purchase was championed by William Henry Seward, the secretary of state under President Andrew Johnson. read more American Revolution 1767 Mason and Dixon draw a line, dividing the colonies Art, Literature, and Film History 1974 Soul singer Al Green is attacked in his own bathtub 1988 "Roseanne" debuts China 1860 Peking's Summer Palace destroyed Crime 1968 John Lennon and Yoko Ono arrested for drug possession EUROPEAN HISTORY 1469 Ferdinand of Aragon marries Isabella of Castile Inventions & Science 1931 Thomas Edison dies 1933 R. Buckminster Fuller tries to patent his Dymaxion Car Sports 1977 Reggie Jackson—aka "Mr. October"—hits three homers in three swings U.S. GOVERNMENT 1972 Clean Water Act becomes law United States 1898 U.S. takes control of Puerto Rico World War I 1916 British soldier Harry Farr executed for cowardice

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY October 19 1781 Americans defeat the British at Yorktown Hopelessly trapped at Yorktown, Virginia, British General Lord Cornwallis surrenders 8,000 British soldiers and seamen to a larger Franco-American force, effectively bringing an end to the American Revolution. Lord Cornwallis was one of the most capable British generals of the American Revolution. I... read more 1980s 1987 Stock markets have the largest-ever one-day crash on "Black Monday" Art, Literature, and Film History 1985 "Take on Me" music video helps Norway's A-ha reach the top the U.S. pop charts 1985 First Blockbuster store opens Civil War 1864 Battle of Cedar Creek Crime 1982 John Z. DeLorean is arrested in $24 million cocaine deal France 1812 Napoleon retreats from Moscow Great Britain 1989 Guildford Four are cleared of IRA bombings Natural Disasters & Environment 1991 Fire sweeps through Oakland hills U.S. Presidents 1796 Editorial accuses Thomas Jefferson of affair with enslaved woman World War I 1914 First Battle of Ypres

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY October 20 1947 Congress investigates Communists in Hollywood On October 20, 1947, the notorious Red Scare kicks into high gear in Washington, as a Congressional committee begins investigating Communist influence in one of the world's richest and most glamorous communities: Hollywood. After World War II, the Cold War began to heat up between the world's two su... read more Africa 2011 Libyan dictator Muammar al-Qaddafi is killed American Revolution 1774 Congress creates the Continental Association Art, Literature, and Film History 1854 French poet Arthur Rimbaud is born 1973 Sydney Opera House opens 1977 Three members of the southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd die in a Mississippi plane crash 1994 Actor Burt Lancaster dies China 1935 Mao's Long March concludes Sports 1968 Dick Fosbury flops to an Olympic high jump record U.S. Presidents 1962 President Kennedy secretly plans blockade of Cuba U.S. GOVERNMENT 1973 Watergate special prosecutor dismissed, starting "Saturday Night Massacre" Westward Expansion 1803 U.S. Senate ratifies the Louisiana Purchase World War II 1944 General MacArthur returns to the Philippines

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY October 21 1966 Aberfan disaster kills 144 people and levels a Welsh mining village On the morning of October 21, 1966, a landslide of coal waste crashes into a small Welsh mining village, killing 116 children and 28 adults. The accident left just five survivors and wiped out half the town’s youth. The Aberfan disaster became one of the UK’s worst coal mining accidents. The landslide... read more 19th Century 1805 Battle of Trafalgar ART, LITERATURE, AND FILM HISTORY 1959 Guggenheim Museum opens in New York City CIVIL WAR 1861 Battle of Ball’s Bluff Vietnam War 1967 Thousands protest the war in Vietnam World War II 1941 Germans massacre men, women and children in Yugoslavia

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY October 22 1962 JFK's address on Cuban Missile Crisis shocks the nation In a televised speech of extraordinary gravity, President John F. Kennedy announces on October 22, 1962 that U.S. spy planes have discovered Soviet missile bases in Cuba. These missile sites—under construction but nearing completion—housed medium-range missiles capable of striking a number of major ... read more Art, Literature, and Film History 1964 Jean-Paul Sartre wins and declines Nobel Prize in Literature Crime 1934 FBI agents kill fugitive "Pretty Boy" Floyd France 1797 First parachute jump is made over Paris Gay Rights 1975 Gay sergeant challenges the Air Force Inventions & Science 1965 President Lyndon Johnson signs the Highway Beautification Act Sports 2012 Cyclist Lance Armstrong is stripped of his seven Tour de France titles Vietnam War 1957 American forces suffer first casualties in Vietnam 1965 173rd Airborne trooper dives onto live grenade, saving comrades 1972 South Vietnamese President Thieu turns down peace proposal World War I 1914 Germans capture Langemarck during First Battle of Ypres

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY October 23 2002 Hostage crisis in Moscow theater On October 23, 2002, about 50 Chechen rebels storm a Moscow theater, taking up to 800 people hostage during a sold-out performance of a popular musical. The second act of the musical "Nord Ost" was just beginning at the Moscow Ball-Bearing Plant's Palace of Culture when an armed man walked onstage a... read more 1980s 1989 Gas leak kills 23 at plastics factory Ancient Rome 42 B.C. Brutus dies by suicide Crime 1998 Doctor is killed by anti-abortion radical Middle East 1983 Beirut barracks blown up SPORTS 1993 Toronto Blue Jay Joe Carter wins World Series with ninth-inning home run WOMEN'S HISTORY 1850 The first National Women’s Rights Convention begins

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY October 24 1901 First barrel ride down Niagara Falls On October 24, 1901, a 63-year-old schoolteacher named Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to successfully take the plunge over Niagara Falls in a barrel. After her husband died in the Civil War, the New York-born Taylor moved all over the U. S. before settling in Bay City, Michigan, around ... read more 21st Century 2003 The Concorde makes its final commercial flight Art, Literature, and Film History 1962 James Brown records breakthrough "Live at the Apollo" album 1969 Richard Burton buys Elizabeth Taylor a diamond 1969 "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" opens in wide release Crime 1997 Marv Albert faces sentencing in sexual assault case Germany 1648 Thirty Years' War ends Inventions & Science 1931 George Washington Bridge is dedicated U.S. Presidents 1951 President Truman declares war with Germany is officially over Vietnam War 1954 President Eisenhower pledges support to South Vietnam 1973 President Nixon vetoes War Powers Resolution Westward Expansion 1861 Western Union completes the first transcontinental telegraph line World War I 1916 French troops celebrate recapture of Fort Douaumont at Verdun 1917 Battle of Caporetto 1921 Unknown Soldier is selected World War II 1945 The United Nations is born

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY October 25 1929 Cabinet member found guilty in Teapot Dome scandal During the Teapot Dome scandal, Albert B. Fall, who served as secretary of the interior in President Warren G. Harding's cabinet, is found guilty of accepting a bribe while in office. Fall was the first individual to be convicted of a crime committed while a presidential cabinet member. As a member ... read more 19th Century 1881 Pablo Picasso born American Revolution 1774 Congress petitions English king to address grievances Art, Literature, and Film History 1957 Atomic Age sci-fi thriller “The Amazing Colossal Man” premieres in New York 1980 Australian rock gods AC/DC earn their first Top 40 hit with "You Shook Me All Night Long" China 1971 The U.N. seats the People's Republic of China and expels Taiwan Cold War 1983 United States invades Grenada Crime 1994 Susan Smith reports a false carjacking to cover her murder France 1415 Battle of Agincourt Great Britain 1854 Charge of the Light Brigade U.S. Presidents 1764 John Adams marries Abigail Smith Westward Expansion 1853 Native Americans attack transcontinental railroad survey crew in Utah World War II 1944 First kamikaze attack of the war begins

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY October 26 1881 Shootout at the O.K. Corral On October 26, 1881, the Earp brothers face off against the Clanton-McLaury gang in a legendary shootout at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona. After silver was discovered nearby in 1877, Tombstone quickly grew into one of the richest mining towns in the Southwest. Wyatt Earp, a former Kansas pol... read more 19th Century 1825 Erie Canal opens American Revolution 1775 King George III speaks to Parliament of American rebellion 1776 Benjamin Franklin sets sail for France Art, Literature, and Film History 1946 "Wheel of Fortune" host Pat Sajak is born 1985 Whitney Houston earns her first #1 hit with "Saving All My Love For You" Civil War 1864 "Bloody Bill" Anderson killed Crime 1984 An Ozzy Osbourne fan dies by suicide Inventions & Science 1984 Infant receives baboon heart Sports 1986 Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner lets ground ball roll through his legs U.S. Presidents 1921 President Harding publicly condemns lynching 2001 George W. Bush signs the Patriot Act World War I 1917 Brazil declares war on Germany World War II 1942 Japanese planes destroy the U.S.S Hornet

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY October 27 1904 New York City subway opens At 2:35 on the afternoon of October 27, 1904, New York City Mayor George McClellan takes the controls on the inaugural run of the city's innovative new rapid transit system: the subway. While London boasts the world's oldest underground train network (opened in 1863) and Boston built the first subwa... read more 1990s 1994 U.S. prison population exceeds one million Art, Literature, and Film History 1932 Poet Sylvia Plath is born 1970 Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber release "Jesus Christ Superstar" concept album Cold War 1962 The United States and Soviet Union step back from brink of nuclear war Crime 1940 Mafia boss John Gotti is born Inventions & Science 1873 Joseph Glidden applies for a patent on his barbed wire design 2006 Chick-fil-A founder takes last Ford Taurus Religion 1659 Quakers executed for religious beliefs Sports 2004 Red Sox win first championship since 1918 U.S. Presidents 1858 Theodore Roosevelt is born

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY October 28 1965 St. Louis's Gateway Arch is completed On October 28, 1965, construction is completed on the Gateway Arch, a spectacular 630-foot-high parabola of stainless steel marking the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial on the waterfront of St. Louis, Missouri. The Gateway Arch, designed by Finnish-born, American-educated architect Eero Saarine... read more 19th Century 1886 Statue of Liberty dedicated Art, Literature, and Film History 1998 President Bill Clinton signs the Digital Millennium Copyright Act into law Cold War 1962 Nikita Khrushchev orders withdrawal of missiles from Cuba Crime 1961 Chuck Berry goes on trial for the second time Inventions & Science 1992 Leif Erickson Tunnel completes 1,593-mile I-35 U.S. Government 1919 Congress enforces Prohibition World War I 1918 German sailors begin to mutiny World War II 1940 Italy invades Greece

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY October 29 1998 John Glenn returns to space Nearly four decades after he became the first American to orbit the Earth, Senator John Hershel Glenn Jr. is launched into space again as a payload specialist aboard the space shuttle Discovery. At 77 years of age, Glenn was the oldest human ever to travel in space. During the nine-day mission, he... read more Art, Literature, and Film History 1971 Guitarist Duane Allman dies in motorcycle accident Cold War 1956 Israel invades Egypt; Suez Crisis begins Great Britain 1618 Sir Walter Raleigh executed Great Depression 1929 Stock market crashes on Black Tuesday Natural Disasters & Environment 1948 Killer smog claims elderly victims U.S. Presidents 1901 President William McKinley's assassin is executed Vietnam War 1969 "Chicago Eight" defendant Bobby Seale gagged during his trial Westward Expansion 1858 The first store opens in the frontier town of Denver, Colorado

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY October 30 1938 Orson Welles's "War of the Worlds" radio play is broadcast "The War of the Worlds"—Orson Welles's realistic radio dramatization of a Martian invasion of Earth—is broadcast on the radio on October 30, 1938. Welles was only 23 years old when his Mercury Theater company decided to update H.G. Wells's 19th-century science fiction novel The...read more 1990s 1995 Quebec separatists narrowly defeated Art, Literature, and Film History 1811 "Sense and Sensibility" is published 1905 George Bernard Shaw’s “Mrs. Warren’s Profession” premieres in New York, causing a scandal Early 20th Century U.S. 1908 Queen of American high society dies Natural Disasters & Environment 1991 "Perfect storm" intensifies over the North Atlantic Sports 1974 Muhammad Ali wins the Rumble in the Jungle U.S. Presidents 1735 John Adams is born Westward Expansion 1864 The city of Helena, Montana, is founded after miners discover gold World War I 1918 Ottoman Empire signs treaty with Allies

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY October 31 1517 Martin Luther posts 95 theses On October 31, 1517, legend has it that the priest and scholar Martin Luther approaches the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany, and nails a piece of paper to it containing the 95 revolutionary opinions that would begin the Protestant Reformation. In his theses, Luther condemned the exc... read more 1960s 1963 Freak explosion at Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum kills nearly 100 American Revolution 1776 King George III speaks for first time since American independence declared Art, Literature, and Film History 1963 Ed Sullivan witnesses Beatlemania firsthand, paving the way for the British Invasion 1993 Actor River Phoenix dies Crime 1984 Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi is assassinated Roaring Twenties 1926 Celebrated magician Harry Houdini dies Russia 1961 Stalin's body removed from Lenin's tomb Sports 1950 Earl Lloyd becomes first Black player in the NBA 1997 Violet Palmer becomes first woman to officiate an NBA game Westward Expansion 1864 The U.S. Congress admits Nevada as the 36th state

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY November 1 1512 Sistine Chapel ceiling opens to public The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome, one of Italian artist Michelangelo's finest works, is exhibited to the public for the first time. Michelangelo Buonarroti, the greatest of the Italian Renaissance artists, was born in the small village of Caprese in 1475. The son of a government administrat... read more   Give the gift of HISTORY Find the best gifts for your favorite history buffs! Use code EARLYDEALS to save 20% off storewide, valid through 11/5 Midnight PT. Shop the Sale EUROPE 1993 European Union officially established American Revolution 1765 Stamp Act goes into effect in the American colonies Black History 1945 The first issue of “Ebony” magazine is published Civil War 1861 George McClellan replaces Winfield Scott Cold War 1952 United States tests first hydrogen bomb Crime 1950 An assassination attempt threatens President Harry S. Truman MIDDLE EASTERN HISTORY 1935 Palestinian-American public intellectual Edward Said is born Natural Disasters & Environment 1755 Earthquake takes heavy toll on Lisbon Sports 1946 First NBA game played WESTWARD EXPANSION 1924 Legendary western lawman is murdered U.S. Presidents 1800 John Adams moves into White House

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY November 2 1947 Howard Hughes's "Spruce Goose" flies The Hughes Flying Boat—at one time the largest aircraft ever built—is piloted by designer Howard Hughes on its first and only flight. Built with laminated birch and spruce (hence the nickname Spruce Goose), the massive wooden aircraft had a wingspan longer than a football field and was designed t... read more 1980s 1982 Massive truck explosion in Afghanistan's Salang Tunnel American Revolution 1777 John Paul Jones sets sail Art, Literature, and Film History 1960 "Lady Chatterley's Lover" obscenity trial ends Crime 1989 A nurse's aide gets life imprisonment for murder Holidays 1983 MLK federal holiday declared Space Exploration 2000 First residential crew arrives aboard the International Space Station Sports 1986 Grete Waitz wins her eighth New York City Marathon 2016 Chicago Cubs win first World Series title since 1908, snapping "curse" U.S. Presidents 1795 James Polk is born 1865 Warren G. Harding is born US Politics 1948 Truman defeats Dewey Vietnam War 1963 Ngo Dinh Diem assassinated in South Vietnam World War I 1917 Balfour Declaration letter written

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY November 3 2014 One World Trade Center officially opens in New York City, on the site of the Twin Towers One World Trade Center officially opens in Manhattan on November 3, 2014. The new tower, along with the rest of the World Trade Center complex, replaced the Twin Towers and surrounding complex, which were destroyed by terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. As the city and the nation reele... read more 1970s 1979 Communists and Klansmen clash in Greensboro Art, Literature, and Film History 1844 William Makepeace Thackeray completes his novel "Barry Lyndon" 1962 The Crystals earn a #1 hit with "He's A Rebel" Crime 1883 Black Bart makes his last stagecoach robbery Latin America 1903 Panama declares independence from Colombia Space Exploration 1957 Soviet Union launches a dog into space Sports 1998 Former wrestler Jesse "The Body" Ventura is elected governor of Minnesota AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1777 George Washington learns of effort to discredit him known as Conway Cabal U.S. Politics 1948 Newspaper mistakenly declares "Dewey Defeats Truman" 1964 D.C. residents cast first presidential votes 1964 Lyndon B. Johnson defeats Barry Goldwater for presidency Vietnam War 1969 Nixon calls on the "silent majority" World War I 1918 Central Powers face rebellion on the home front

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY November 4 1922 Entrance to King Tut's tomb discovered British archaeologist Howard Carter and his workmen discover a step leading to the tomb of King Tutankhamen in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt. When Carter first arrived in Egypt in 1891, most of the ancient Egyptian tombs had been discovered, though the little-known King Tutankhamen, who had died ... read more 21st CENTURY 2016 Paris Agreement comes into effect Art, Literature, and Film History 1948 T.S. Eliot wins Nobel Prize in Literature 1990 "Dances with Wolves" premieres in theaters Crime 1928 One of New York's most notorious gamblers is shot to death 1995 Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin assassinated EARLY U.S. 1791 Native Americans deliver crushing defeat at the Battle of the Wabash Gay Rights 2008 Proposition 8 is passed in California, banning same-sex marriage INVENTIONS & SCIENCE 1960 Jane Goodall observes a chimpanzee making and using tools Middle East 1979 Iran hostage crisis begins after U.S. embassy in Tehran is stormed SOVIET UNION 1956 Soviets put a brutal end to Hungarian revolution Sports 1924 California legalizes boxing after 10-year ban U.S. POLITICS 1992 Dianne Feinstein elected California Senator in the “Year of the Woman” U.S. Presidents 1842 Abraham Lincoln marries Mary Todd 2008 Barack Obama elected as America's first Black president World War I 1918 Poet Wilfred Owen killed in action