MC game show Jeff Probst

Events in 1962 and 4-11

Events in US in the birth year of Jeff Probst

• James H. Meredith, escorted by federal marshals, registers at University of Mississippi (Oct. 1).
• Pat Brown defeats Richard Nixon in the California gubernatorial race.

Birthday Jeff Probst (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.