BITS OF HISTORY
(NOVEMBER 4)
1921 - Japanese Prime Minister Takashi Hara was assassinated by a rightist fanatic.
1979 - Iranian militants seized the US embassy in Tehran and captured 90 hostages.
1980 - The Republican Ronald Reagan was elected US president, defeating the incumbent Democrat Jimmy Carter.
1995 - Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated.
2008 - Democrat Barack Obama elected US president beating Republican John McCain.
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