“The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.” – Winston Churchill

Speaking of looking backward, this date in 1985, the “Flood of ’85” struck southwest Virginia and a large part of West Virginia. Over 60 people lost their lives. Check out a 30 minute documentary by WDBJ in Roanoke, Va.

LODD’s:

Nov 04, 2005

Captain suffers pulmonary embolism during response to a medical call and later dies – New York.

History:

November 4, 1922 – King Tut’s tomb was discovered at Luxor, Egypt, by British archaeologist Howard Carter after several years of searching. The child-King Tutankhamen became pharaoh at age nine and died around 1352 B.C. at age 19. The tomb was found mostly intact, containing numerous priceless items now exhibited in Egypt’s National Museum in Cairo.