November 04 in history: Barack Obama elected as US President and more

 | Updated: Nov 04, 2020, 03:38 PM IST

From the discovery of Tutankhamen to assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, here's what happened on this day in the history 

1922

Howard Carter discovers tomb of Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamen

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1946

UNESCO is established as its constitution comes into force

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1979

 Hostage crisis begins after militants seize US embassy in Tehran

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1995

Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin is assassinated

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2008

Barack Obama becomes first African-American US president

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