Today is Wednesday, November 4, the 308th day of 2009. There are 57 days left in the year.
1576 _ Spanish defeat Walloons and take Antwerp, Belgium
1866 _ Kingdom of Italy annexes Venetia
1879 _ James and John Ritty patent first cash register, to combat stealing by bartenders in their Dayton, Ohio saloon
1922 _ Howard Carter discovers tomb of Tutankhamen in Egypt
1939 _ First air-conditioned automobile (Packard) exhibited, Chicago, Ill.
1946 _ U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization formed
1956 _ 200,000 Russian troops attack anti-Stalinist revolt in Budapest
1979 _ 500 Iranian ``students" seize U.S. embassy, take 90 hostages (444 days)
1980 _ Ronald Reagan (R) beats President Jimmy Carter (R) by a landslide
1990 _ Iraq says it is preparing for a ``dangerous war"