Today in History...Nov 4th

[Prerunner1982]

Events:
1791 – The Western Confederacy of American Indians win a major victory over the United States in the Battle of the Wabash.
1825 – The Erie Canal is completed with Governor DeWitt Clinton performing the Wedding of The Waters ceremony in New York Harbour.
1861 – The University of Washington opens in Seattle, Washington as the Territorial University.
1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Johnsonville – Confederate troops bombard a Union supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material.
1918 – World War I: Austria-Hungary surrenders to Italy.
1921 – The Sturmabteilung or SA is formally formed by Adolf Hitler
1922 – In Egypt, British archaeologist Howard Carter and his men find the entrance to King Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings.
1924 – Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming is elected as the first female governor in the United States.
1939 – World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders the United States Customs Service to implement the Neutrality Act of 1939, allowing cash-and-carry purchases of weapons by belligerents.
1942 – World War II: Second Battle of El Alamein – Disobeying a direct order by Adolf Hitler, General Field Marshal Erwin Rommel leads his forces on a five-month retreat.
1944 – World War II: Bitola Liberation Day
1952 – The United States government establishes the National Security Agency.
1962 – In a test of the Nike-Hercules air defense missile, Shot Dominic-Tightrope is successfully detonated 69,000 feet above Johnston Island. It would also be the last atmospheric nuclear test conducted by the United States.
1970 – Vietnam War: Vietnamization – The United States turns control of the Binh Thuy Air Base in the Mekong Delta over to South Vietnam.
1970 – Genie, a 13-year-old feral child is found in Los Angeles, California having been locked in her bedroom for most of her life.
1973 – The Netherlands experiences the first Car Free Sunday caused by the 1973 oil crisis. Highways are deserted and are used only by cyclists and roller skaters.
1979 – Iran hostage crisis begins: a group of Iranians, mostly students, invades the United States embassy in Tehran and takes 90 hostages (53 of whom are American).
1984 – Dell Computers is founded as PC's Limited.
1993 – A China Airlines Boeing 747 overruns Runway 13 at Hong Kong's Kai Tak International Airport while landing during a typhoon, injuring 22 people.
1994 – San Francisco: First conference that focuses exclusively on the subject of the commercial potential of the World Wide Web.
2008 – Barack Obama becomes the first African-American to be elected President of the United States.


Birthdays:
1916 – Walter Cronkite, American news broadcaster (d. 2009)
1940 – Delbert McClinton, American musician
1944 – Scherrie Payne, American singer (The Supremes)
1946 – Laura Bush, First Lady of the United States
1950 – Markie Post, American actress
1956 – Jordan Rudess, American musician (Dream Theater)
1962 – Jeff Probst, American television host
1965 – Jeff Scott Soto, American musician (Yngwie Malmsteen, Journey)
1965 – Wayne Static, American musician (Static-X)
1969 – Sean "Diddy" Combs, American record producer and rapper
1969 – Matthew McConaughey, American actor
1974 – Cedric Bixler-Zavala, American musician (At the Drive-In, The Mars Volta)
1979 – Audrey Hollander, American pornographic actress

[Zembonez]

1984 – Dell Computers is founded as PC's Limited

BIG EVENT!

2008 – Barack Obama becomes the first somewhat partially African-American to be elected President of the United States.

CORRECTED!

[mcatald]

It is truly amazing to think where computers are now compared to 25 years ago. Remember the 8088? Has to be one of the fastest growing technologies ever. (except aviation of 40-60's)