Hankering For History: Events that happened today in history, Nov 4th!

Some of the great historical events that happened today in history, on November 4th!

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.
1879	Humorist Will Rogers was born in Oologah, Okla.
1880	The first cash register was patented by James and John Ritty of Dayton, Ohio.
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 Tutankhamen’s tomb was discovered in Egypt.
1924	Calvin Coolidge is elected 30th president of the United States.
1924	Nellie Tayloe Ross and Miriam Ferguson are elected first and second women governors (Wyoming and Texas).
1939	The United States modified its neutrality stance in World War II to allow “cash and carry” purchases of arms by belligerents, a policy favoring Britain and France.
1942	During World War II, Axis forces retreated from El Alamein in North Africa in a major victory for British forces commanded by Lt. Gen. Bernard Montgomery.
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.
1955	Baseball Hall of Famer Cy Young died at age 88.
1956	Russian troops attack Budapest, Hungary.
1979	The harry potbegan as militants stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran.
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 was assassinated by a Jewish extremist after speaking at a peace rally in Tel Aviv.
2001	The first movie based on the best-selling “Harry Potter” books by J.K. Rowling has its world premiere in London.
2008	Senator Barack Obama of Illinois elected 44th president of the United States, the first African American to hold that position.
2008	California voters approved Proposition 8, a constitutional amendment outlawing same-sex marriage.
2010	Hall of Fame baseball manager Sparky Anderson died at age 76.

Today’s historical facts are from various sites including, but not limited too: the History Channel, The New York Times, WHG Historynet.com, HistoryOrb.com, and On This Day blogs from my blogroll.