On This Day:
Monday November 4, 2013 This is the 308th day of the year, with 57 days remaining in 2013. Fact of the Day: maps Maps are used for different reasons and their style varies according to the purpose. Some are used to find a route, others record settlements and land division. Satellite maps record landscape features of parts of the earth's surface. The first map we know of was made in Babylon around 2500 BC. Mapmaking was revolutionized in the 15th century by explorers as they increased their knowledge of the globe. Most maps have a range of symbols, known as conventions, that are easily recognizable. The main conventions used are colors, different typefaces, and symbols. They are explained in the map's key or legend.
Holidays Feast day of saints Vitalis and Agricola, St. Birstan or Brynstan of Winchester, St. Pierius, St. John Zedazneli, St. Charles Borromeo, St. Joannicus, and St. Clarus.
Italy: Victory Day.
Panama: Flag Day.
Oklahoma: Will Rogers Day.
Australia: Melbourne Cup Day.
Events 1493 - Christopher Columbus discovered Guadeloupe during his second expedition.
1605 - Guy Fawkes, a Roman Catholic conspirator in the Gunpowder Plot, was arrested in the basement of the House of Parliament.
1825 - The first vessel to traverse the Erie Canal arrived in New York.
1842 - Abraham Lincoln married Mary Ann Todd in Springfield, Illinois.
1845 - Americans observed the first national election day in accordance with Congressional legislation passed earlier in the year.
1854 - Florence Nightingale and her nurses arrived in the Crimea.
1862 - U.S. inventor Richard Gatling patented the machine gun.
1880 - The first cash register was patented by James Ritty and John Ritty of Dayton, Ohio.
1884 - Democrat Grover Cleveland defeated Republican James G. Blaine to become President of the United States of America.
1914 - The first fashion show was held at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in New York City. It was organized by Edna Woodman Chase of "Vogue" magazine.
1922 - British archaeologist Howard Carter discovered the entrance to King Tutankhamen's tomb in Egypt.
1922 - The U.S. Postmaster General ordered all homes to get mailboxes or relinquish mail delivery.
1924 - Calvin Coolidge was elected 30th President of the United States of America.
1924 - Nellie Taylor Ross of Wyoming and Miriam Ferguson of Texas were elected the first and second women governors.
1946 - UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization) was established, with its headquarters in Paris.
1952 - Dwight D. Eisenhower was elected the 34th President of the United States of America, defeating Democrat Adlai Stevenson.
1956 - Soviet Union troops crushed the Hungarian Revolution in Budapest.
1979 - The Iranian hostage crisis began as followers of the Ayatollah Khomeini stormed the United States Embassy in Tehran; the crisis continued 444 days, with 52 people remaining hostages for that time.
1980 - Republican Ronald Reagan defeated Democratic incumbent Jimmy Carter to become 40th President of the United States of America.
1991 - Imelda Marcos returned to the Philippines after five years of exile in the United States of America; she was to be tried on corruption and tax evasion charges.
1995 - Itzhak Rabin, prime minister of Israel, was assassinated at peace rally in Tel Aviv by Yigal Amir, a Jewish law student.
Births 1650 - William III, King of Great Britain and Ireland.
1879 - Will Rogers, humorist and actor, born on the Dog Iron Ranch in Indian Territory, near present-day Oologah, Oklahoma.
1916 - Walter Cronkite, American reporter and news anchor.
1918 - Art Carney, actor in film, stage, television, and radio, born in Mount Vernon, NY.
1944 - Scherrie Payne, lead singer for the The Supremes, from 1973 until 1977.
1946 - Laura Welch Bush, first lady of George W. Bush.
1955 - Matti Vanhanen, Prime Minister of Finland.
1969 - Matthew McConaughey, American film actor.
1976 - Bruno Junqueira, Brazilian race car driver.
Deaths 1847 - Felix Mendelssohn, German composer and musical conductor.
1995 - Yitzhak Rabin, prime minister of Israel who tried to lead his country to peace with its Arab neighbors, assassinated.
2006 - Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, American memoirist.
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