4 November

10 weird and wonderful things which happened on 4 November:

1. On this date in 2008, Barack Obama became the first African-American to be elected President of the United States of America.
2. In 1960, filming wrapped on The Misfits, starring Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable. This was the last film either performed in.
3. In 1996, Tetley Bitter redesigned their label removing the monocle from the huntsman because it made him look old fashioned.
4. The world’s first electrified underground railway was opened in London by the then Prince of Wales on this date in 1890. He boarded the train at Monument and travelled to Oval. He was the first member of the Royal Family to travel by tube.
5. In 2018, Ross Edgley became the first person to swim around Great Britain. The 1,780-mile (2,860 km) swim took 156 days.
6. In 1966, London's Evening Standard newspaper published John Lennon's remark that the Beatles were "more popular than Jesus." The quote started a storm of controversy and international protest, resulting in a worldwide boycott of Beatles music.
7. Ronald Reagan opened his presidential library in Simi Valley, California on this date in 1991. The dedication ceremony was attended by President Bush, and former presidents Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford and Richard Nixon, the first ever gathering of five US Presidents.
8. In 1995, a man in China was arrested for selling the corpse of a young woman to a peasant couple as a bride for their dead son. He charged them the equivalent of £40.
9. The first fashion show was organised by Edna Woodman Chase of Vogue magazine and held at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, New York on this date in 1914.
10. In 1922, a team led by English archaeologist Howard Carter discovered the entrance to the tomb of Egyptian King Tutenkhamen. Perhaps the only ancient royal tomb to have escaped plundering by grave robbers, it was discovered more than 3,000 years after Tutankhamen's death.

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