November 4
1842 - Abraham Lincoln married Mary Todd in Springfield, Illinois.

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 female governor, to serve out the term of her husband who had 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, which would last for 444 days.

1980 - Republican Ronald Reagan defeated incumbent President Jimmy Carter (489-49) to become the 40th president of the United States.

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 M. Nixon -- the first-ever gathering of five past and present U.S. chief executives.

1995 - Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated by a right-win Israeli.

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 and on the 85th anniversary of the discovery of that tomb.

2008 - Democrat Barack Obama defeated Republican John McCain (338-161) to be elected the 44th president of the United States, and the nation's first African American president.

Birthdays
28 - Fivel Stewart (actress)
31 - Drew Starkey (actor)
31 - Taylor Tomlinson (comedian)
32 - Kiana Madeira (actress)
33 - Adriana Chechik (model)
34 - Raquel Santiago (reality star)
36 - Dez Bryant (football player)
37 - Jessica Rabbit (model)
42 - Devin Hester (football player)
49 - Orlando Pace (football player)
54 - Bethenny Frankel (reality star)
55 - Matthew McConaughey (actor)
55 - Diddy (rapper)
63 - Jeff Probst (TV host)
63 - Ralph Macchio (actor)
64 - Kathy Griffin (actress/comedian)
74 - Charles Frazier (author)
78 - Laura Bush (wife of President George W. Bush)
84 - Delbert McClinton (musician)
87 - Loretta Swit (actress)

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Today in Sports History - November 4
1954 - The Philadelphia Athletics moved to Kansas City.

1960 - Wilt Chamberlain set an NBA record when he missed all 10 of his free throw attempts in a game.

1972 - The Los Angeles Kings set an NHL scoring record with three goals in 45 seconds against the New York Islanders.

1973 - The Chicago Bears set an NFL record by holding the Green Bay Packers to minus-12 yards passing.

1976 - MLB held its first free agent draft with 24 players available from 13 teams.

1987 - The NBA announces the addition of four new franchises: the Charlotte Hornets and Miami Heat for the 1988 season and the Minnesota Timberwolves and Orlando Magic for 1989.

2001 - Quarterback Randall Cunningham of the Baltimore Ravens surpassed 30,000 career passing yards.

2001 - The Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the New York Yankees in seven games to win their first World Series.

2003 - Mark Messier (New York Rangers) scored two goals and moved into second place in career points. The goals were points 1850 and 1851 of his career.

2009 - The New York Yankees defeat the Philadelphia Phillies in six games to win the franchise's record 27th World Series championship.