sourceToday is Saturday, Nov. 4, the 308th day of 2006. There are 57 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Nov. 4, 1979, the Iranian hostage crisis began as militants stormed the United States Embassy in Tehran, seizing its occupants. For some of the hostages, it was the start of 444 days of captivity.
On this date:
In 1879, humorist Will Rogers was born in Oologah, Okla.
In 1884, Democrat Grover Cleveland was elected to his first term as president, defeating Republican James G. Blaine.
In 1922, the entrance to King Tutankhamen's tomb was discovered in Egypt.
In 1924, Nellie T. Ross of Wyoming was elected the nation's first female governor to serve out the remaining term of her late husband, William B. Ross.
In 1942, during World War II, Axis forces retreated from El Alamein in North Africa in a major victory for British forces commanded by Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery.
In 1952, Dwight D. Eisenhower was elected president, defeating Democrat Adlai Stevenson.
In 1956, Soviet troops moved in to crush the Hungarian Revolution.
In 1980, Ronald Reagan won the White House as he defeated President Carter by a strong margin.
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