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|    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              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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