Today in History for 10th November 2022

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Historical Events

1444 - Battle at Varna, Black Sea: Sultan Murad II beats crusaders
1950 - Jacobo Árbenz elected President of Guatemala
1980 - Iraq captures southern port of Khorramshahr
2013 - Spaniard Marc Márquez wins the 2013 MotoGP World Championship to become its youngest ever winner at 20
2019 - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani announces the discovery of a new oil field with an estimated 53 million barrels of oil in Khuzestan province
2019 - Bolivian President Evo Morales resigns amid widespread protests after national election considered irregular and manipulated

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Famous Birthdays

1888 - Andrej Tupolev, Russian aircraft builder, born in Pustomazovo, Russia (d. 1972)
1919 - Moise Tshombe, President of Katanga, then premier of the Congo (Zaire), born in Musumba (d. 1969)
1935 - Bernard Babior, American physician and biochemist, born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2004)
1956 - Scott Columbus, American heavy metal drummer (Manowar, 1983–91 and 1994–2008), born in USA (d. 2011)
1980 - Calvin Chen, Taiwanese singer (Fahrenhiet), born in Taipei, Taiwan
1982 - Clayton Fortune, English footballer (Bristol City), born in Forest Gate, England

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Famous Deaths

1982 - Leonid Brezhnev, Soviet Leader, General Secretary (1964-82), dies of a heart attack at 75
1990 - Mário Schenberg, Brazilian physicist and electrical engineer, dies at 76
1995 - Clairmonte Depeiaza, West Indian cricketer (world record partnership v Aust 1955), dies at 67
2010 - Dave Niehaus, American sportscaster (b. 1935)
2010 - Nicolo Rizzuto, Italian-Canadian organized crime figure, killed at his residence by a sniper at 86
2015 - Gene Amdahl, American computer scientist who designed the IBM mainframe, dies at 92

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