This Day in History

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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 Egypt’s Valley of the Kings. Read More Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT American Revolution 1777 George Washington learns of effort to discredit him Arts & Entertainment 1990 ‘Dances with Wolves’ premieres in Los Angeles 1948 T.S. Eliot wins Nobel Prize in Literature 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 European History 1956 Soviets put a brutal end to Hungarian revolution Inventions & Science 1960 Jane Goodall observes a chimpanzee making and using tools LGBTQ+ History 2008 Proposition 8 is passed in California, banning same-sex marriage Middle Eastern History 1979 Iran hostage crisis begins after U.S. embassy in Tehran is stormed Natural Disasters & Environment 2016 Paris Agreement comes into effect Sports 1924 California legalizes professional boxing after 10-year ban U.S. Government & Politics 1924 The first female governors are elected in the United States U.S. Presidents 2008 Barack Obama elected as America’s first Black president 1842 Abraham Lincoln marries Mary Todd Vietnam War 1963 General Minh takes over leadership of South Vietnam World War I 1918 Poet Wilfred Owen killed in action

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY November 5 1941 The order is given: Bomb Pearl Harbor The Combined Japanese Fleet receive Top-Secret Order No. 1, instructing them to bomb Pearl Harbor, Malaya (now known as Malaysia), the Dutch East Indies and the Philippines in just over a month’s time. Read More Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT Arts & Entertainment 2007 Writers strike stalls production of TV shows, movies Asian History 1556 Mughal victory assures Akbar’s ascension Civil War 1862 Lincoln removes General McClellan from Army of the Potomac Crime 2009 Army major kills 13 people in Fort Hood mass shooting European History 1605 King James learns of Gunpowder Plot LGBTQ+ History 2024 First openly transgender member of Congress elected Native American History 1862 Dakota Indian trials conclude, with more than 300 sentenced to hang Sports 1994 George Foreman becomes oldest heavyweight champ U.S. Presidents 1912 Woodrow Wilson wins landslide victory 1940 FDR reelected for a third term 1968 Richard Nixon elected president 1994 Ronald Reagan announces Alzheimer’s diagnosis 2024 Donald Trump becomes second president elected to a nonconsecutive term 1977 George W. Bush marries Laura Welch in Midland, Texas Women’s History 1872 Susan B. Anthony casts a vote, prompting arrest

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY November 6 1917 Bolsheviks revolt in Russia Led by Vladimir Lenin, leftist revolutionaries launch a nearly bloodless coup d’état against Russia’s ineffectual Provisional Government. Bolshevik Russia, later renamed the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), was the world’s first Marxist state. Read More Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT African History 1962 UN condemns apartheid in South Africa Civil War 1861 Jefferson Davis elected Confederate president Cold War 1988 Renowned Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov visits United States Exploration 1528 Spanish explorer Cabeza de Vaca lands in Texas Natural Disasters & Environment 1977 Dam gives way in Georgia, killing 39 Sports 1869 Rutgers beats Princeton in first college football game U.S. Presidents 1860 Abraham Lincoln elected president World War I 1917 British victory at Passchendaele

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY November 7 1944 FDR wins unprecedented fourth term President Franklin Delano Roosevelt rose above personal and political challenges to emerge as one of the nation’s most revered and influential presidents. FDR remains the only president to have served more than two terms. Read More Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 19th Century 1885 Canada’s transcontinental railway completed Arts & Entertainment 1943 Singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell is born 1966 John Lennon and Yoko Ono meet 1980 “King of Cool” Steve McQueen dies Black History 1989 Two African American firsts in politics Civil War 1861 Battle of Belmont, Missouri Crime 1932 Supreme Court overturns Scottsboro convictions Natural Disasters & Environment 1940 Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses Sports 1991 Magic Johnson announces he is HIV-positive U.S. Government and Politics 1972 Nixon reelected president 2000 Hillary Clinton is elected to the U.S. Senate 2000 Election results between Al Gore and George Bush too close to call Women’s History 1916 Jeannette Rankin becomes first woman elected to Congress World War I 1914 First issue of “The New Republic” published World War II 1944 Soviet master spy is hanged by the Japanese

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY November 8 1974 Ted Bundy botches an abduction attempt Salt Lake City, Utah, resident Carol DaRonch narrowly escapes being abducted by serial killer Ted Bundy. DaRonch’s attempted abduction was of special interest to the Utah authorities at the time, who were trying to figure out what had happened to several young women who disappeared earlier in the fall of 1974. Read More Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 19th Century 1887 Doc Holliday dies of tuberculosis Arts & Entertainment 1900 Margaret Mitchell, author of “Gone with the Wind,” is born 1994 Salvatore “Sonny” Bono is elected to the U.S. Congress Civil War 1864 Abraham Lincoln reelected Crime 1974 Ted Bundy victim Debra Kent disappears in Utah 1983 Hendricks family is found brutally murdered European History 1923 Beer Hall Putsch begins Hispanic History 1973 Maurice Ferré becomes first Puerto Rican to lead a major U.S. mainland city Inventions & Science 1895 German scientist discovers X-rays 1962 Sun sets on the Ford Rotunda Sports 1951 Yogi Berra is voted American League MVP U.S. Government and Politics 1994 The Republican Revolution 1994 Proposition 187 is approved in California U.S. Presidents 1906 Teddy Roosevelt travels to Panama 1960 John F. Kennedy elected president Vietnam War 1965 Medic Lawrence Joel earns Medal of Honor World War II 1939 Hitler survives assassination attempt