Football player Devin Hester

Events in 1982 and 4-11

Events in US in the birth year of Devin Hester

• John W. Hinckley, Jr. found not guilty because of insanity in shooting of President Reagan (June 21).
• Alexander M. Haig, Jr., resigns as Secretary of State (June 25).
• Equal Rights Amendment fails ratification (June 30).

Birthday Devin Hester (4-11) in history

• Day 4-11 year 1842: Abraham Lincoln married Mary Todd in Springfield, , Illinois
• Day 4-11 year 1880: James and John Ritty of Dayton, Ohio, patented the first cash register.
• Day 4-11 year 1922: Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen in Egypt.
• Day 4-11 year 1924: Nellie T. Ross of Wyoming was elected the nation's first woman governor, to serve out the term of her husband who died in office.
• Day 4-11 year 1956: Russian troops attacked Budapest and crushed the Hungarian revolt under Premier Imre Nagy.
• Day 4-11 year 1979: The American embassy in Tehran, Iran, was seized by militants and 90 Americans were taken hostage.
• Day 4-11 year 1995: Israeli Prime Minister, and Nobel Laureate, Yitzhak Rabin, was assassinated by a right-wing Israeli.
• Day 4-11 year 2008: Democratic senator Barack Obama wins the presidential election against Sen. John McCain, taking 338 electoral votes to McCain's 161. Obama makes history as the first African American U.S. president.