1842
\nAbraham Lincoln married Mary Todd in Springfield, Ill.<\/p>\n
1880
\nJames and John Ritty of Dayton, Ohio, patented the first cash register.<\/p>\n
1922
\nHoward Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen in Egypt.<\/p>\n
1924
\nNellie T. Ross of Wyoming was elected the nation’s first woman governor, to serve out the term of her husband who died in office.<\/p>\n
1956
\nRussian troops attacked Budapest and crushed the Hungarian revolt under Premier Imre Nagy.<\/p>\n
1979
\nThe American embassy in Tehran, Iran, was seized by militants and 90 Americans were taken hostage.<\/p>\n
1995
\nIsraeli Prime Minister, and Nobel Laureate, Yitzhak Rabin, was assassinated by a right-wing Israeli.<\/p>\n
2008
\nDemocratic senator Barack Obama wins the presidential election against Sen. John McCain, taking 338 electoral votes to McCain’s 161. Obama becomes the first African American to be elected president of the United States.<\/p>\n
Laura Bush
\n1946-, First Lady<\/p>\n
Will Rogers
\nactor, humorist (1879)<\/p>\n
Harry George Ferguson
\ninventor (1884)<\/p>\n
Walter Cronkite
\nnews broadcaster (1916)<\/p>\n
Art Carney
\nactor (1918)<\/p>\n
Loretta Swit
\nactor (1937)<\/p>\n
Diddy
\nproducer, musician (1969)<\/p>\n
Luis Figo
\nsoccer player (1972)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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