Right this moment is Tuesday, Nov. 4, the 308th day of 2025. There are 57 days left within the yr.
Right this moment in historical past:
On Nov. 4, 2008, Democratic Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois was elected the primary Black president of the USA, defeating the Republican candidate, Sen. John McCain of Arizona.
Additionally on this date:
In 1922, the doorway to King Tutankhamen’s tomb was found in Egypt.
In 1979, the Iran hostage disaster started as militant college students stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, seizing its occupants; 52 of the hostages have been held for 444 days and have been launched on Jan. 20, 1981.
In 1980, Republican Ronald Reagan gained election to the White Home for the primary time as he trounced Democratic President Jimmy Carter.
In 1991, Ronald Reagan opened his presidential library in Simi Valley, California; attending have been President George H.W. Bush and former Presidents Jimmy Carter, Gerald R. Ford and Richard Nixon — the first-ever gathering of 5 previous and current U.S. chief executives.
In 1995, Yitzhak Rabin, prime minister of Israel, was assassinated by a right-wing Israeli minutes after attending a peace rally.
In 2007, King Tutankhamen’s face was unveiled for the primary time to the general public greater than 3,000 years after the pharaoh was buried in his Egyptian tomb.
In 2016, the Paris local weather accord, reached the earlier yr, took impact; the primary world pact to struggle local weather change known as on the world to collectively minimize after which remove greenhouse fuel air pollution however imposed no sanctions on nations that didn’t.
Right this moment’s Birthdays:
- Blues musician Delbert McClinton is 86.
- Former first woman Laura Bush is 79.
- Creator Charles Frazier is 75.
- Actor Ralph Macchio is 64.
- “Survivor” host Jeff Probst is 64.
- Actor Matthew McConaughey is 56.
- TV character and entrepreneur Bethenny Frankel is 55.
- Jazz musician Gregory Porter is 54.
- Soccer Corridor of Famer Orlando Tempo is 50.
- Soccer Corridor of Hamer Devin Hester is 43.
