Today in History - History - November 4th

1856James Buchanan elected 15th US president

1922Howard Carter discovers tomb of Tutankhamen in Egypt

1933Hermann Goering & Georgi Dimitrov duel

1973Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lady Errol Golf Classic

1933Bradman scores 200 NSW v Queensland, 184 mins, 26 fours

1910Russian Tsar Nicholas II visits German Emperor Wilhelm II at Potsdam; they force tentative agreements on spheres of influence in the Middle East

1980Ronald Reagan (R) defeats incumbant US President Jimmy Carter (D) by a landslide

1924US President Calvin Coolidge re-elected

1884Grover Cleveland (D) beats James G Blaine (R) for his 1st presidential term. The only American president to serve 2 non-consecutive terms

19783rd annual reentry free-agent draft, Pete Rose, Tommy John, & Darrell Evans, available

1916Walter Cronkite, St Joseph Mo, news anchor (CBS Evening News 1962-81)

1930Doris Roberts, St Louis Mo, actress (Angie, Maggie, Emmy 1983)

1969Matthew McConaughey, Uvalde, Texas, American actor (Contact, A Time to Kill)

1879Will Rogers, Oologah Indian Territory (Okla), humorist and actor (Judge Priest), (d. 1935)

1842U.S. first lady Mary Todd Lincoln (23) weds US president Abraham Lincoln (33) in Springfield, Illinois

1939Actress and comedian Phyllis Diller (22) weds inspector Sherwood Diller in Covington, Kentucky

2008Michael Crichton, American author, dies at 66

2010Sparky Anderson, American baseball manager, dies at 76