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Today In History - November 4 |
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1922 Howard Carter discovers the tomb of Tutankhamen in Egypt… During King Tut's rule, he really did not accomplish anything genuinely significant – certainly nothing to merit the level of attention he gets in the modern world. But his tomb was discovered in amazingly good condition, and had not been vandalized, robbed, or otherwise damaged. This made it an exceptionally important find in the world of early archaeology. The tomb, which was located in the famous Valley of Kings, has been the center of much scholarly attention, and controversy. King Tut's tomb was discovered by one Howard Carter and his team. Tomb finder Mr. Carter was much more intent on recovering the riches of the tomb, than he was in the scientific value of the find. Unfortunately, much of the plunder was either being 'worn' by the mummy, or had been permanently attached to the mummy with resins. To get all the booty, the body was cut into sections – 'carefully.' The gold mask that had been glued to Tut's face was cut away using heated blades. There is currently a legal battle in progress to have all the riches of the tomb returned to their place of origin. |
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Famous Persons Born on This Date in History |
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1590 Gerard van Honthorst 1640 Carlo Mannelli 1656 Leonard Sailer 1674 Anton Englert 1708 Robert Praelisauer 1756 Anthony van Hoboken 1779 John W. Pieneman 1787 Edmund Kean 1816 William Polk Hardeman 1818 Alexander Robert Lawton 1820 Robert Vinkler Richardson 1823 Karel Komzak 1826 Albert Reville 1835 Lunsford Lindsay Lomax 1841 Carl Tausig 1842 William Barker Cushing 1876 James Fraser 1879 Will Rogers 1881 Gena Branscombe 1881 Milton Rosmer 1886 Ian Wolfe 1887 Knut Algot Hakanson 1889 Alton Augustus Adams 1889 Juan Negrin 1900 Luigi Lucioni 1902 Frank Jenks 1905 Martin Raschke 1906 Arnold Atkinson Cooke 1906 Bob Considine 1906 Roswell Leavitt Gilpatric 1906 Siegfried Borris 1908 Anthony Warde 1908 Stanley Cortez 1913 Gig Young 1915 Alistair Cameron Crombie 1916 Walter Cronkite 1918 Art Carney 1918 Cameron Mitchell 1919 Martin Balsam 1921 Antonio Ruiz Soler 1922 Poul Rovsing Olsen 1923 Alfred Heineken (Beer maker) 1927 Vittorio Fellegara 1929 Jimmy Piersall 1930 Dick Groat 1930 Doris Roberts 1930 Kate Reid 1931 Darla Hood 1932 David Shipman 1932 Noam Pitlik 1933 Mildred McDaniel 1934 Judith Herzberg 1935 Elgar Howarth 1936 Didier Ratsiraka 1937 Loretta Swit 1940 Delbert McClinton 1943 Marlene Jobert 1944 Willem Breuker 1946 Laura Bush 1946 Robert Mapplethorpe 1947 Aleksandr Tkachev 1947 Alexei Ulanov 1947 Edward Matt Dougherty 1947 Rodney Marsh 1949 Berlinda Tolbert 1949 Kathy McMullen 1950 Markie Post 1951 Dan Hartman 1954 Chris Difford 1955 Peter Boynton 1956 James Honeyman-Scott 1956 Jeff Watson 1960 Kim Forester 1961 Ralph Macchio 1966 Bubba McDowell 1966 Kathy Griffin 1966 Kool Rock 1966 Petra Verkaik 1967 Alex Rousseau 1967 Asif Mujtaba 1967 Eric Karros 1968 Carlos Baerga 1968 Domingo Cedeno 1968 Osvaldo Fernandez 1969 Jan Apell 1969 Katrin Borchert 1969 Matthew McConaughey 1969 Tommy Henry 1970 Corey Schwab 1971 Russell Copeland 1972 Luis Figo 1975 Eric Fichaud 1975 Heather Tom 1975 Lorenzen Wright 1975 Michael Osmond 1975 Orlando Pace 1977 Roseanne Farrugia 1979 Daisy Eagan 1993 Jonathan Ric Ocasek |
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On This Date in History |
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1529 English Cardinal Thomas Wolsey is arrested 1576 The Spanish defeat the Walloons and take Antwerp, Belgium 1619 Frederik V is crowned King of Bohemia 1631 Ferdinand of Austria is installed as the Land Guardian of the Southern Netherlands 1841 The first wagon train arrives in California 1842 Abraham Lincoln marries Mary Todd in Springfield, IL 1845 The first nationally observed Election Day in the US 1846 Benjamin Palmer patents the artificial leg 1854 Lighthouse forms on Alcatraz Island 1856 James Buchanan is elected the U.S. president 1861 University of Washington is founded in Seattle 1864 Naval Engagement at Reynoldsburg Island 1864 The Confederate assault on Johnsonville, Tennessee 1866 The Kingdom of Italy annexes Venetia 1873 Dentist John Beers of San Francisco patents the gold crown 1874 Samuel J. Tilden is elected the governor of New York 1875 The "Pacific" collides with the "Orpheus" off Cape Flattery, Washington: 236 people lose their lives 1875 Tonga adopts a constitution 1879 Elkins patents his refrigerating apparatus 1880 The first cash register is patented by James and John Ritty of Dayton, Ohio: it was invented to thwart stealing by bartenders in their saloon 1890 Great Britain proclaims Zanzibar as a protectorate 1908 The Brooklyn Academy of Music opens 1911 Charles I of Austria weds Princess Zita of Bourbon-Parma 1911 France and Germany sign a treaty about Morocco and the Congo 1914 Vogue holds its first modeling show 1922 Howard Carter discovers the tomb of Tutankhamen in Egypt 1924 California legalizes professional boxing, reversing the 1914 decision making it illegal 1924 Nellie Taylor Ross is elected the first U.S. female Governor 1924 The British Labour government of MacDonald resigns 1924 U.S. president Calvin Coolidge is re-elected 1928 Jose Moncada is elected the president of Nicaragua 1933 Hermann Goering and Georgi Dimitrov duel 1939 The 1940 Olympics are awarded to Helsinki, Finland 1939 The first air conditioned automobile, a Packard, is exhibited in Chicago 1939 The U.S. allows "cash and carry" arms sales during WW II 1940 Eggs and cake are rationed in Netherlands 1942 13th day of the battle at El Alamein 1943 France arrests the government of Lebanon 1944 The RAF bombs Dinteloord: 54 people are killed 1946 The U.N. Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization formed 1948 T. S. Eliot wins the Nobel Prize for literature 1950 U.S. troops vacate Pyongyang, North Korea 1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower is elected the 34th President: defeats Adlai Stevenson 1954 Philadelphia A's move to Kansas City 1956 200,000 Russian troops attack an anti-Stalinist revolt in Budapest 1956 Israel captures the Straits of Tiran and reach Suez Canal in Egypt 1956 The U.S.S.R. sends tanks into Hungary and threatens to bomb Budapest 1958 Angelo G. Roncalli becomes Pope John XXIII 1961 Karamanlis becomes The Premier of Greece 1962 The U.S. performs an atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island 1963 John Lennon utters his infamous "Rattle your jewelry" line 1965 Lee Breedlove sets the female land speed record: 308.56 mph 1966 Flooding of the Arno River in Italy destroys countless works of art and kills 113 people 1972 Bangladesh adopts a constitution 1977 The U.N. Security Council proclaims a weapons embargo against South Africa 1978 Iranian troops fire on anti-Shah student protesters by Tehran University 1978 The U.S.S.R. performs more nuclear tests at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. 1979 500 Iranian "students" seize the U.S. embassy and take 90 hostages for 444 days 1980 Ronald Reagan defeats President Jimmy Carter 1980 Steve Carlton wins his 3rd Cy Young Award 1980 The Libyan invasion in Chad 1981 Dr. George Nichopoulas is acquitted of over-prescribing addictive drugs for Elvis Presley 1981 The Columbia shuttle launch is scrubbed with 31-seconds to liftoff 1982 Ruud Lubbers becomes the Dutch Premier 1983 Bomb attack on Israeli headquarters in Tyrus, Lebanon: 60 people are killed 1984 Nicaragua holds its first free elections in 56 years 1987 Lisa Steinberg is battered into a coma by her adoptive father Joel 1988 The first NBA game is played at Charlotte Coliseum 1989 Rene Muawad is elected the President of Lebanon 1990 "Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story" opens at Shubert 1990 Debbie Massey wins the LPGA Mazda Japan 133 Golf Classic 1990 Iraq says it is preparing for a "dangerous war" 1990 Secretary of State James Baker visits U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia 1990 The 20th New York City Women's Marathon won by Wanda Panfil: 2:30:45 1990 The 21st New York City Marathon won by Douglas Wakiihuri: 2:12:39 1991 The Mid East peace conference ends in Madrid, Spain 1993 Elton John is awarded $518,700 from the Sunday Mirror because of a false report on his diet 1993 Nia Peeples files for divorce from Howard Hewett 1994 The United Center in Chicago opens 1995 The Key Arena opens |
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