Today in History
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2008 Barack Obama is elected
The first African-American to be elected President of the United States, Obama is the 44th person to
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1995 Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin
He was the Prime Minister of Israel when he was killed in Tel Aviv by Yigal Amir, an Israel who oppo
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1979 Iran Hostage Crisis
The 444-day crisis began when a group of students took over the American Embassy in Tehran and took
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1952 US National Security Agency formed
The NSA as it is popularly known is an intelligence organization that is responsible for monitoring
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1925 First woman governor of a state in the US
Nellie Tayloe Ross became the first and only female governor of the state of Wyoming in the United S
Births On This Day,
November, 4
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1960 Kathy Griffin
American comedian, actress
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1957 Tony Abbott
Australian politician
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1951 Traian Băsescu
Romanian politician, 4th President of Romania
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1933 Charles K. Kao
Chinese physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
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1916 Walter Cronkite
American journalist
Deaths On This Day,
November, 4
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2015 René Girard
French historian, critic, philosopher
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2008 Michael Crichton
American author, screenwriter, director, producer
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1995 Yitzhak Rabin
Israeli politician, 5th Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel Prize laureate
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1924 Gabriel Fauré
French pianist, composer, educator
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1847 Felix Mendelssohn
German pianist, composer, conductor
