On This Day in History November 4, 2019

Historical Events 1576  Eighty Years' War: In Flanders, Spanish defeat Walloon and capture Antwerp 1841  First wagon train arrives in California 1862  Dr Richard Gatling patents Gatling machine gun in Indianapolis 1879  African American inventor Thomas Elkins patents refrigerating apparatus 1922  Howard Carter discovers tomb of Tutankhamun in Egypt 2008  Barack Obama becomes the first African-American to be elected President of the United States, defeating Republican candidate John McCain More Historical Events Famous Birthdays Doris Roberts (1925 - 2016) Matthew McConaughey 49th Birthday Walter Cronkite (1916 - 2009) Will Rogers (1879 - 1935) More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847) Yitzhak Rabin (1922 - 1995) More Famous Deaths