Nov. 4 in history
In 1791, a multitribal confederation of Native Americans, formed to resist colonial expansion, routs a large contingent of U.S. troops along the Wabash River in western Ohio. The one-sided clash would be the biggest victory ever won by Native Americans over the United States.
In 1842, struggling lawyer Abraham Lincoln marries Mary Anne Todd, a Kentucky native, at her sister’s home in Springfield, Illinois.
In 1922, the entrance to King Tut’s tomb discovered. Entrance to King Tut’s tomb discovered | November 4, 1922 | HISTORY
In 1948, T.S. Eliot wins the Nobel Prize in Literature, for his profound effect on the direction of modern poetry.
In 1960, in a groundbreaking discovery, primatologist Jane Goodall witnesses a chimpanzee in the act of making and using tools - an ability previously believed to be exclusive to humans. Goodall was conducting research at Gombe Stream National Park in Northern Tanzania. Jane Goodall observes a chimpanzee making and using tools | November 4, 1960 | HISTORY
In 1979, student followers of the Ayatollah Khomeini send shock waves across America when they storm the U.S. embassy in Tehran. The radical Islamic fundamentalists took 90 hostages.
In 1990, 'Dances with Wolves' film premieres.
In 1995, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin is fatally shot after attending a peace rally held in Tel Aviv’s Kings Square in Israel. Rabin later died in surgery at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv.
In 2008, with over 13 million votes cast, California voters approve Proposition 8 on November 4, 2008, amending the state’s constitution to ban same-sex marriage.
In 2008, Barack Obama elected as America's first Black president. (History.com 11/04/23)
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