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November 4, 1922

Yes, Wonderful Things

A twelve-year-old with a water jar, a cobra that ate a canary, and a curse that killed an earl: the stories told about Tutankhamun's tomb are as famous as the gold. Which of them survive contact with the record, and which did the finders invent themselves?

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1493Navigator Christopher Columbus landed on the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe during his second transatlantic journey for Spain.
1791A confederation of Native American tribes decisively routed United States forces led by Major General Arthur St. Clair.
1854British nurse Florence Nightingale arrived with a team of female caregivers at the military hospital in Scutari.
1946The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization was formally established following the ratification of its founding constitution.
1956Soviet tanks and infantry invaded Budapest to brutally crush the Hungarian Revolution and restore Moscow-aligned communist rule.
1960Primatologist Jane Goodall observed wild chimpanzees modifying grass stems to extract termites in Gombe Stream National Park.
1966Catastrophic flooding of the Arno River submerged Florence, claiming over one hundred lives and severely damaging Renaissance masterpieces.
1979Militant Iranian students stormed the United States embassy in Tehran, taking dozens of American diplomats and personnel hostage.
1995An ultra-nationalist extremist shot and killed Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin following a massive peace rally in Tel Aviv.
2008Voters chose Senator Barack Obama of Illinois to serve as the first African American president of the United States.
2016The landmark international treaty aimed at limiting global temperature rise officially entered into legal force.

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