This Day in History: November 04, 2024
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1842
Abraham Lincoln married Mary Todd in Springfield, Ill.
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1880
James and John Ritty of Dayton, Ohio, patented the first cash register.
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1922
Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen in Egypt.
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1924
Nellie T. Ross of Wyoming was elected the nation's first woman governor, to serve out the term of her husband who died in office.
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1956
Russian troops attacked Budapest and crushed the Hungarian revolt under Premier Imre Nagy.
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1979
The American embassy in Tehran, Iran, was seized by militants and 90 Americans were taken hostage.
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1995
Israeli Prime Minister, and Nobel Laureate, Yitzhak Rabin, was assassinated by a right-wing Israeli.
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2008
Democratic senator Barack Obama wins the presidential election against Sen. John McCain, taking 338 electoral votes to McCain's 161. Obama makes history as the first African American U.S. president.