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   Today in History | OnThisDay.com to All   
   Today in History for 8th November 2022   
   08 Nov 22 08:41:21   
   
   From: today.in.history.|.onthisday.com@bbs.alt119.net   
      
   Historical Events   
      
   1900 - David Beatty takes part in the successful relief of the naval brigade   
   and is promoted to captain   
      
   1935 - "Mutiny on the Bounty" directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Charles   
   Laughton and Clark Gable premieres in New York (Best Production/Picture 1936)   
      
   1942 - Vichy-France drops diplomatic relations with US   
      
   1988 - Arco Arena in Sacramento, California, opens, Sac Kings lose to Seattle,   
   97-75   
      
   2018 - CNN correspondent Jim Acosta's White House clearance revoked after   
   continuing to question President Donald Trump while an intern tried to wrestle   
   the microphone off him   
      
   2018 - Mass grave of 200 people discovered on border of Somali and Oromia   
   regions, Ethiopia, in investigation into atrocities by former regional   
   president Abdi Mohammed   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1879 - King Baggot, American actor and director (Tumbleweeds), born in St   
   Louis, Missouri (d. 1948)   
      
   1938 - Murtala Mohammed, Nigerian military ruler, born in Bendel State,   
   Colonial Nigeria (d. 1976)   
      
   1967 - Frantisek Kaberle, Czech ice hockey forward (Team Czech Rep), born in   
   Kladno, Czechia   
      
   1967 - Jay Taylor, American NFL cornerback (KC Chiefs), born in San Diego,   
   California   
      
   1983 - Blanka VlaÅ¡ić, Croatian high jumper, born in Split, Croatia   
      
   1986 - Aaron H. Swartz, computer programmer and internet activist (Demand   
   Progress), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2013)   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1171 - Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut (1120-71), dies at about 63   
      
   1880 - Jacob Edvard Gille, Swedish composer, dies at 66   
      
   1992 - Kees [Cornelis] Broekman, Dutch speed skater (Olympic silver 1952),   
   dies at 65   
      
   1995 - Country Dick Montana [Daniel McLain], American rock drummer and   
   vocalist (The Beat Farmers - "Happy Boy"), dies on stage during a performance   
   in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada at age 40   
      
   2010 - Jack Levine, American social realist painter, dies at 95   
      
   2011 - Bil Keane, American cartoonist (The Family Circus), dies at 89   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
   https://www.onthisday.com/day/november/8   
      
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