Today in History for 11th November 2023

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Historical Events

1933 - "Great Black Blizzard" 1st of the great dust storms that created the dust bowl rips through South Dakota
1934 - WOC-AM in Davenport Iowa splits from WHO-WOC and becomes KICK-AM
1961 - Stalinists Anti-Party Group Molotov, Malenkov and Kaganovitsj expelled from USSR's communist party for opposing liberalization
1997 - WNBA announces franchises in Detroit (Shock) and Washington D.C. (Mystics) would join the League as expansion teams for the 1998 season
2000 - 12th College Football Holy War: Notre Dame beats Boston College, 28-16 in South Bend
2014 - Samsung Lions beat Nexen Heroes, 11-1 in Game 6 at Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Seoul to win the Korean Series

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Famous Birthdays

1852 - Franz Graf Conrad von Hötzendorf, Austro-Hungarian field marshal, born in Penzing, Vienna, Austrian Empire (d. 1925)
1929 - Hans Magnus Enzensberger, German writer, born in Kaufbeuren, Germany
1939 - Denise Alexander, American actress (Mary McKinnon-Another World, Lesley Webber-General Hospital), born in NYC, New York
1959 - Lee Haney, American bodybuilder (8x Mr. Olympia), born in Fairburn, Georgia
1982 - Brittny Gastineau, American socialite (Brüno), born in New York City
1983 - Philipp Lahm, German footballer (Bayern Munich,), born in Munich, West Germany

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Famous Deaths

1944 - Gerrit Grijns, Dutch researcher and co-discoverer of vitamin B1 (thiamine), dies at 79
1955 - John Loudon, Dutch minister of Foreign affairs (1913-18), dies at 87
1973 - Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, Finnish Chemist and Nobel laureate, dies at 78
1979 - Dimitri Tiomkin, Russian-American film score composer and conductor (Academy Award 1954-High and Mighty), dies at 85
1994 - Ernest Clark, British actor (Ghandi, The Dam Busters, Doctor in the House), dies at 82
2004 - Dayton Allen, American comedian (Steve Allen Show, The Cotton Club), dies from a stroke at 85

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