| It
was on this day... | 1980
Ronald Reagan Wins Landslide Against Jimmy Carter | At
the age of 69, former B-Movie actor and governor of California, Ronald Reagan,
defeats sitting president Jimmy Carter with 489 electoral votes against the Democrats'
49. Ronald
Reagan's Vice President would be former head of the CIA, George H Bush. Reagan
was inaugurated as president on 20 January 1981. |
| It
was on this day... | 1922
King Tutankhamen's Tomb Entrance Found | It
was discovered in the Valley of the Kings, Egypt, by British archeologist Howard
Carter. Carter
had been looking for it since he first arrived in Egypt in 1891, but it wasn't
until after the first World War that an intensive search began. Carter,
accompanied by fellow archeologist Lord Carnarvon, entered the tomb on November
26th to find an incredible collection of treasures. |
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this page to a friend | | Other
News | 1880
The cash register is invented by James and John Ritty of Dayton, Ohio. 1979
Followers of Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini, storm the US embassy in Tehran
and take 90 hostages. 1995
Yitzhak Rabin, the Israeli Prime Minister, is assassinated. |
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