On This Day for November 4 - Yitzhak Rabin assassinated, Matthew McConaughey is featured, and more ~ Historian Fact

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On This Day for November 4 - Yitzhak Rabin assassinated, Matthew McConaughey is featured, and more

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November 04

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Matthew McConaughey

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1995

Yitzhak Rabin assassinated

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2008: Democratic politician Barack Obama became the first African American to be elected president of the United States. [Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about U.S. presidents.]

2001: The first film adaptation of J.K. Rowling's best-selling Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, premiered in London. [ Take our quiz about famous novels.]

1980: Conservative Republican Ronald Reagan was elected the 40th president of the United States. [ How much do you know about U.S. presidents?]

1979: A hostage crisis in Iran began as the U.S. embassy in Tehrān was seized by Iranian militants in a move sanctioned by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

1946: UNESCO was officially established as its constitution entered into force; this specialized agency of the UN called for the promotion of international collaboration in education, science, and culture. [Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about world organizations.]

1924: American politician Nellie Tayloe Ross became the first woman to be elected governor of a U.S. state (Wyoming). [Test your knowledge of famous firsts for women.]

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