Every day of the year has the potential for something newsworthy to happen. Whether it be an ancient discovery or a historic election result, there’s always going to be some event that makes a date special. Here are two events that make November 4 a day worthy of remembering.
1922: Archaeologists find entrance to King Tutankhamun’s tomb
Ancient Egypt is a subject of much interest to modern day historians and archaeologists. In 1922, a team of archaeologists and excavators led by Egyptologist Howard Carter discovered the tomb of the Pharaoh Tutankhamun, more widely known as King Tut. According to National Geographic, King Tut was almost completely unknown to the world before the discovery of his burial chamber in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings. Most tombs in the Valley of the Kings had been plundered centuries earlier, but the entrance to Tut’s was obstructed by debris. Over 5,000 objects were found in the tomb, ranging from jewelry and clothing to weapons and a chariot. King Tut was also the first perfectly preserved mummy to be found, according to history.com.
1924: Nellie Tayloe Ross becomes first woman elected governor
Nellie Tayloe Ross was born in 1876 in St. Joseph, Missouri. She was educated in both private and public schools throughout her childhood, and eventually became a kindergarten teacher after graduating high school in 1892. In 1900, she met William Bradford Ross, with whom she formed a relationship and eventually married in 1902. Bradford Ross would go on to be elected the 12th Governor of Wyoming in 1922. He served for two years before dying of complications of an appendectomy in 1924, and was succeeded by Frank Lucas, the Secretary of State of Wyoming. Tayloe Ross was nominated as the Democratic candidate for a special election held in 1924, and became the first woman in the U.S. to be elected governor. Although she never held an elected office again after losing the 1926 election, she was appointed Director of the United States Mint by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. She held this position from 1933 until her retirement in 1953. Taylor Ross died on December 19, 1977 at age 101.
Every day brings something new, so whatever is happening today is going to be an event that future generations look back on as a significant historical event.
