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Saturday, November 4, 2017

Today in History

644
Umar of Arabia is assassinated at Medina and is succeeded as caliph by Uthman.
1493
Christopher Columbus discovers Guadeloupe during his second expedition.
1677
William III and Mary of England wed on William’s birthday.
1760
Following the Russian capture of Berlin, Frederick II of Prussia defeats the Austrians at the Battle of Torgau.
1791
General Arthur St. Clair, governor of Northwest Territory, is badly defeated by a large Indian army near Fort Wayne.
1798
Congress agrees to pay a yearly tribute to Tripoli, considering it the only way to protect U.S. shipping.
1842
Abraham Lincoln marries Mary Todd in Springfield, Ill.
1854
Florence Nightingale and her nurses arrive in the Crimea.
1863
From the main Confederate Army at Chattanooga, Tennessee, Lt. Gen. James Longstreet‘s troops are sent northeast to besiege Knoxville.
1918
Austria signs an armistice with the Allies.
1922
The U.S. Postmaster General orders all homes to get mailboxes or relinquish delivery of mail.
1922
The entrance to King Tut’s tomb is discovered.
1924
Calvin Coolidge is elected the 30th president of the United States.
1924
Nellie Tayloe Ross and Miriam Ferguson are elected the first and second women governors (Wyoming and Texas).
1946
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is established.
1952
General Dwight D. Eisenhower is elected 34th president of the United States.
1956
Russian troops attack Budapest, Hungary.
1979
At the American Embassy in Teheran, Iran, 90 people, including 63 Americans, are taken hostage by militant student followers of Ayatollah Khomeini. The students demand the return of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who is undergoing medical treatment in New York City.
1980
Ronald Reagan is elected the 40th president of the United States.
1992
Carol Moseley Braun becomes the first African American woman to be elected to the U.S. Senate.
1995
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin is assassinated at a peace rally in Tel Aviv.
2008
Senator Barack Obama of Illinois is elected the 44th president of the United States, the first African-American to hold that position.

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