1 of 6 | On November 4, 1924, Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming is chosen the veryfirst female guv in the United States. File Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress
Nov. 4 (UPI) — On this date in history:
In 1879, James and John Ritty of Dayton, Ohio, trademarked the veryfirst money register, understood as “Ritty’s Incorruptible Cashier.”
In 1922, British archaeologist Howard Carter found the actions leading to the burialplace of Tutankhamen, ancient Egypt’s child-king. Unlike other burial locations in the Valley of the Kings, King Tut’s burialplace was mostly unblemished by looters.
In 1924, Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming is chosen the veryfirst female guv in the United States.
In 1924, citizens extremely re-elected Calvin Coolidge president of the United States over Charles Davis.
In 1952, Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower was chose president, ending 20 years of Democratic administrations.
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In 1956, Soviet forces wentinto Budapest to crush an anti-communist revolt in Hungary. UPI reporter Russell Jones explained the dispute as “the murder of a individuals.”
In 1979, Iranian militants took the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, taking about 90 individuals captive, 63 of them Americans.
In 1980, Republican Ronald Reagan was chose the 40th president of the United States in a landslide triumph over incumbent Jimmy Carter.
In 1991, Imelda Marcos, previous veryfirst woman of the Philippines, returned home, ending more than 5 years of exile in the United States.
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In 1995, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, 73, was assassinated by a Jewish extremist following a peace rally in Tel Aviv.
In 2002, Roman Catholic Cardinal Bernard Law of Boston saidsorry for appointing priests who might haveactually been sexually violent to parishes where they continued to have gainaccessto to kids.
In 2003, the elevation of a gay Episcopal priest to bishop triggered aroundtheworld opposition, a Kenyan cleric stated, “The devi