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November 03, 2009
This Day in History: Nov. 4:
1842: Abraham Lincoln married Mary Todd in Springfield, Ill. 1880:
James and John Ritty of Dayton, Ohio, patented the first cash register. 1922: Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen in Egypt. 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. 1956: Russian troops attacked Budapest and crushed the Hungarian revolt under Premier Imre Nagy. 1979: The American embassy in Tehran, Iran, was seized by militants and 90 Americans were taken hostage. 1995: Israeli Prime Minister, and Nobel Laureate, Yitzhak Rabin, was assassinated by a right-wing Israeli. -- from Infoplease website
Famous birthdays today (besides yours): Humorist Will Rogers, 1879; Broadcaster Walter Cronkite, 1916; Actor Art Carney, 1918; Actress Doris Roberts ("Everybody Loves Raymond", 1930; Actress Loretta Swit ("MASH"), 1937; Former First Lady Laura Bush, 1946; Singer-guitarist Chris Difford of Squeeze, 1954; Country singer Kim Forester of the Forester Sisters, 1960; Actress Kathy Griffin, 1960; "Survivor" host Jeff Probst, 1961; Actor Matthew McConaughey, 1969; Rapper-producer Diddy (Sean Combs), 1969; Singer Shawn Rivera of Az Yet, 1971; Actress Heather Tom ("Bold and the Beautiful," "One Life To Live"), 1975. -- from Infoplease and Yahoo!News websites
Posted by Lynn at November 3, 2009 01:13 PM