Today is Tuesday, Nov. 4, the 308th day of 2025. There are 57 days left in the year.

On Nov. 4, 2008, Democratic Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois was elected the first Black president of the United States, defeating the Republican candidate, Sen. John McCain of Arizona.

In 1922, the entrance to King Tutankhamen’s tomb was discovered in Egypt.

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In 1980, Republican Ronald Reagan won election to the White House for the first time as he trounced Democratic President Jimmy Carter.

In 1991, Ronald Reagan opened his presidential library in Simi Valley, California; attending were Presi

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