TODAY IN HISTORY
TODAY IS MONDAY, NOV. 4, the 308th day of 2019. There are 57 days left in the year.
ON THIS DATE IN 1980, Republican Ronald Reagan won the White House as he defeated President Jimmy Carter by a large margin.
In 1862, inventor Richard J. Gatling received a U.S. patent for his rapid-fire Gatling gun.
In 1879, humorist Will Rogers was born in Oologah, Oklahoma.
In 1916, CBS newsman Walter Cronkite was born in Saint Joseph, Missouri.
In 1922, the entrance to King Tutankhamen’s tomb was discovered in Egypt.
In 1955, Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Cy Young died in Newcomers town, Ohio, at age 88.
In 1956, Soviet troops moved in to crush the Hungarian Revolution.
In 1979, the Iran hostage crisis began as militants stormed the United States Embassy in Tehran, seizing its occupants; for some of them, it was the start of 444 days of captivity.
In 1991, Ronald Reagan opened his presidential library in Simi Valley, California; attending were President George H.W. Bush, and former Presidents Jimmy Carter, Gerald R. Ford and Richard Nixon — the first gathering of five past and present U.S. chief executives.
In 1995, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated by a right-wing Israeli minutes after attending a festive peace rally.
In 2001, Hurricane Michelle roared across Cuba, forcing the government to shut down power for much of the communist island and evacuate 750,000 people. The Arizona Diamondbacks won their first World Series, beating the New York Yankees 3-2 in Game 7.
In 2007, King Tutankhamen’s face was unveiled for the first time to the public more than 3,000 years after the pharaoh was buried in his Egyptian tomb. In 2008, Democrat Barack Obama was elected the first black president of the United States, defeating Republican John McCain. California voters approved Proposition 8, a constitutional amendment outlawing same-sex marriage, overturning a state Supreme Court decision that gave gay couples the right to wed just months earlier.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Actress Loretta Swit is 82. Rhythm-andblues singer Harry Elston (Friends of Distinction) is 81. Blues singer Delbert McClinton is 79. Former first lady Laura Bush is 73. Actress Ivonne Coll is 72. Actress Markie Post is 69. Rock singermusician Chris Difford (Squeeze) is 65. Country singer Kim Forester (The Forester Sisters) and actresscomedian Kathy Griffin are 59. Actor Ralph Macchio and “Survivor” host Jeff Probst are 58. Saxophonist Tim Burton is 56. Actor Matthew McConaughey is 50. Talk show host Bethenny Frankel and actor Anthony Ruivivar are 49. Soul/jazz singer Gregory Porter and rhythm-and-blues singer Shawn Rivera (Az Yet) are 48. Celebrity chef Curtis Stone and actress Heather Tom are 44. Rhythm-and-blues/gospel singer George Huff and actress Emme Rylan are 39. Actor Chris Greene (Film: “Loving”) is 37.