This day in #History 1611

This Day in History 16/11:

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

1904 – Nnamdi Benjamin ” Zik” Azikiwe , politician

1930 – Chinua Achebe, Nigerian author (Christmas in Biafra), (d . 2013 ) 1930 –

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This day in #History 1611

November 16th

1532 -Francisco Pizarro captures
Incan emperor Atahualpa after victory at Cajamarca

1907 – Oklahoma becomes the United States 46th state

1918 – Hungarian People’s Republic declared

1945 – UNESCO is founded.

1961 – Great Britain limits immigration from Commonwealth countries

1962 – Kuwait adopts constitution ( 1st , Islamitic)

1988 – Estonia declares sovereignty in internal
affairs

1988 – Pakistan ‘s Benazir Bhutto’ s PPP wins 1st
free Pakistani elections in 11 years

1989 – South Africa president FW de Klerk announces scrapping of Separate Amenities Act

1989 – UNESCO adopts the Seville Statement on Violence at the twenty-fifth session of its General Conference.

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

1904 – Nnamdi Benjamin ” Zik” Azikiwe , politician

1930 – Chinua Achebe, Nigerian author (Christmas in Biafra), (d . 2013 ) 1930 –

FAMOUS DEATHS

1987 – Zubir Said, Singaporean composer who
composed Singapore’s national anthem…

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This day in #History 1011

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This day in #history 1011

November 10th

619 – René Descartes has the dreams that inspire
his Meditations on First Philosophy.

1630 – Failed palace revolution in France against
Richelieu

1834 – HMS Beagle/ Charles Darwin sails from Valparaiso 1836 – Louis Napoleon banished to America

1911 – Chinese Imperial army recaptures Nanking
(blood bath)

1920 – George Bernard Shaw’ s “Heartbreak House,” premieres in NYC

1938 – Nobel for literature awarded to Pearl Buck
(Good Earth )

1942 – US troops occupy airport of Port- Lyautey ,
Morocco

1942 – US – British troops occupies Oran, Algeria

1950 – Nobel for literature awarded to William
Faulkner

1952 – Trygve Halvdan Lie resigns as 1st secretary- genraal of UN

1975 – UN General Assembly approves resolution equating Zionism with racism

1986 – Bangladeshi Constitution restored

1989 – Bulgarian party president Todor Zjikov
resigns

1989 – Germans begin demolishing Berlin Wall

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