Picture of the Day and B'days for Nov. 4

Posted November 4, 2008, 5:10 am


Today is Tuesday, Nov 4, the 309th day of 2008. There are 57 days left in the year. This is Election Day.

On Nov. 4, 1922, the entrance to King Tutankhamen's tomb was discovered in Egypt

On Nov. 4, 1979, the Iran hostage crisis began as militants stormed the United States Embassy in Tehran, seizing its occupants. For some of the hostages, it was the start of 444 days of captivity.

On Nov. 4,  1980, Ronald Reagan won the White House defeating President Carter by a wide margin.

Today's Birthdays: Former CBS news anchorman Walter Cronkite is 92. Actress Doris Roberts is 78. Actress Loretta Swit is 71.  First Lady Laura Bush is 62. Actress Markie Post is 58. Actress-comedian Kathy Griffin is 48. Actor Ralph Macchio is 47. "Survivor" host Jeff Probst is 47.

Picture of the Day:  Best wild animal Photos of 2008 -- beautiful, disturbing.
Top:  Winner of the underwater category, a friendly 70-ton right whale off New Zealand's Auckland Islands.

Bottom: Winner of the One Earth Award, which "seeks to highlight the interaction between humans and the natural world." This disturbing photo is a black colobus monkey having its fur singed in preparation for sale at an illegal bush-meat market in Gabon.  The shot was taken in Libreville, where sea turtles, crocodiles, porcupines, antelopes, and other protected animals were openly on sale.
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