November 4th in History
King Tut's tomb discovered! In other news, the Iran Hostage Crisis begins, Will Rogers and Art Carney are born, Felix Mendelssohn and Cy Young die, and it's National Candy Day!
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The Pony Express begins and the first Jack the Ripper murder takes place! It's also the birthday of Boss Tweed (above), as well as Washington Irving, Marlon Brando, and Doris Day. Jesse James, Johannes Brahms, and Charles Goren died. But most importantly, on this date in history Yuknoom Yich'aak K'ahk' becomes king of Calakmul!
Read MoreApril 4th in History
Martin Luther King, Jr., is assassinated. Also, the first home telephone is installed and Microsoft is founded. It's the birthday of Isoroku Yamamoto, Muddy Waters, and Grumpy Cat; Gloria Swanson and Roger Ebert died.
Read MoreApril 4th in Science Fiction, Comics, and Games
Scrabble creator Alfred Mosher Butts; critic and early fan Roger Ebert; DC comics figures Carmine Infantino and Joe Orlando; EC artist "Ghastly" Graham Ingles; hot rod cartoonist Ed "Big Daddy" Roth; and science fiction/fantasy writers C. L. Moore, Dan Simmons, and Stanley G. Weinbaum.
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