“I think I would have been reelected easily if I had been able to rescue our hostages from the Iranians … when that failed, I think that was the main factor that brought about my failure to be reelected.”
~Former President Jimmy Carter

U.S./WORLD HISTORY


1922 – British archaeologist Howard Carter and his workmen discovered a step leading to the tomb of King Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt.
The most notable architectural find was a stone sarcophagus containing three coffins nested within each other. Inside the final coffin, which was made out of solid gold, was the mummy of the boy-king Tutankhamun, preserved for more than 3,000 years.

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1924 – Calvin Coolidge, who had become president following the death of Warren G. Harding, easily won re-election.
Coolidge’s opponents were former U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom John Davis of West Virginia and Senator Robert LaFollette of Wisconsin, who ran as a candidate of the Progressive Party
With no wars either at home or abroad and the economy strong, Coolidge won 54 percent of the popular vote.


1924 – Nellie T. Ross of Wyoming, a Democrat and the widow of former Governor William Ross – who had served a year and a half before dying from complications from an appendectomy – was elected the nation’s first woman governor … and she won without campaigning.

Tehran-Hostages
1979 – Hundreds of Iranian students stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, taking 66 American hostages.
The students, supporters of the conservative Muslim cleric Ayatollah Khomeini, were demanding the return of Iran’s deposed leader, the Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi, who had fled to Egypt in January 1979 and by November, was receiving cancer treatment in the U.S.
The hostage-takers, declaring their solidarity with other “oppressed minorities” and “the special place of women in Islam,” released 13 women and African Americans in the middle of November 1979. Another hostage was released due to illness in July 1980.
The remaining 52 American hostages were held captive until January 20, 1981 – a total of 444 days of captivity.

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1980 –Republican Ronald Reagan overwhelmed incumbent president Jimmy Carter to become the 40th President of the United States.
The twin issues of the American hostages in Iran and what the Republicans called the misery index (inflation plus unemployment) had a devastating effect on Carter’s reelection bid.
Third-party candidate John Anderson, running as an Independent, won nearly six million votes, but giving all of those votes to Carter still wouldn’t have won him re-election.
Reagan won eight million more popular votes than Carter, resulting in an electoral landslide of epic proportions.

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1995 – Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was fatally shot after attending a peace rally held in Tel Aviv’s Kings Square in Israel. Rabin later died in surgery at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv.

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2008 – Senator Barack Obama of Illinois defeated Senator John McCain of Arizona to become the 44th U.S. president and the first African-American elected to the White House.

ROCK & ROLL HISTORY


1963 – The Beatles played their legendary Royal Command Performance at the Prince of Wales Theatre, London, before the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret.
Although they were seventh on the 19-act bill on this night, they were by far the most anticipated performers to appear.
It was at this performance that John Lennon made the announcement which won over any remaining doubters and guaranteed the group headlines in all the next day’s newspapers.

1974 – Stevie Wonder released Boogie On Reggae Woman.
The song featured Wonder on all of the instruments (Fender Rhodes piano, harmonica, drums and Moog bass) with the exception of congas (Rocky Dzidzornu).
The single peaked at #1 on the Billboard Soul chart and #3 on the Hot 100.

1980 – REO Speedwagon released Keep On Loving You.
It was the first REO Speedwagon single to break the top 50 on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching the #1 spot for one week in March 1981.

1991 – Jimi Hendrix, Booker T. & the MGs, The Yardbirds, The Isley Brothers, Sam & Dave, Johnny Cash and Bobby “Blue” Bland were elected to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

1997 – Shania Twain released her Come On Over album.
As of 2020, the album has sold more than 40 million copies worldwide (20 million copies in the United States). The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and stayed in the Top Ten for 151 weeks.

2003 – Toby Keith released his Shock’n Y’all album.
Three tracks from the album (Whiskey Girl, American Soldier and I Love This Bar) were released as singles, and all reached #1 on the Hot Country Songs charts. I Love This Bar peaked at #26 on the Billboard Hot 100.

MOVIE/TV HISTORY

1977 – The Band’s documentary of their final concert (The Last Waltz) premiered in U.S. theaters.
The concert was held on Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 1976 in San Francisco. Guests included Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Neil Diamond, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Ringo Starr, Muddy Waters, Paul Butterfield, Dr. John, Ronnie Hawkins, Stephen Stills and Neil Young.


2001 – Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, the first film adaptation of the books by J. K. Rowling, premiered at the Odeon Leicester Square in London.
In the United States, it made $32.3 million on its opening day. On the second day of release, the film’s gross increased to $33.5 million. In total, it made $90.3 million during its first weekend.
In total, the film earned $975 million at the worldwide box office, $318 million of that in the U.S. and $657 million elsewhere.


2011 – Andy Rooney died after developing postoperative complications from surgery. His death at 92 came less than five weeks after he had retired.
Rooney first found fame as a field correspondent for Stars And Stripes during World War II, but became best known for his weekly broadcast “A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney” as part of 60 Minutes

SPORTS HISTORY


1950 – Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander died at the age of 63.
Over 19 seasons, Alexander won 373 games and had a career ERA of 2.56. Between the years of 1914-1917, he threw over 30 complete games each year, including an amazing 38 in 1916.

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1955 – Baseball Hall of Fame Pitcher Cy Young died of natural causes at the age of 88.
During his 21-year career, Young established numerous pitching records, some of which have stood for a century.
One of those records – 511 career wins – will never be broken. The Cy Young Award, which is presented to the best pitchers in both leagues each year, is named in his honor.


2010 – Baseball Hall of Fame manager George Lee “Sparky” Anderson, the first manager to win the World Series in both leagues (Cincinnati and Detroit) died of complications from dementia. He was 76.

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