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November 3In 1954, Godzilla, a film produced by the Toho film company, is released. It is first movie to feature the famous prehistoric monster Godzilla. In 1911, Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in the US. |
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November 4Happy Birthday to American actor Matthew McConaughey (1969). In 2008, Barack Obama is elected President of the United States. |
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November 5In 2007, the Android mobile operating system is unveiled by Google. In 2006, Saddam Hussein, former president of Iraq, is sentenced to death for his role in the massacre of the 148 Shi’a Muslims in 1982. |
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November 6Birthday wishes go out to American actor and director Ethan Hawke (1970). In 1944, plutonium is first produced at the Hanford Atomic Facility in the US. It is subsequently used in the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan. |
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November 7In 1996, NASA launches the Mars Global Surveyor, a spacecraft designed to examine Mars. In 1991, American basketball star Magic Johnson announces that he is infected with HIV and retires from the NBA. |
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November 8Today and tomorrow, see local bands Boy Trai, Paradox, Scrubb, Lomosonic, The Yers, Greasy Cafe, Yellow Fang and many more from noon to 10 pm at the two-day Jim Lai Festival. Tickets are 300 baht at Thai Ticketmajor. For more information, call 02 565 3456. In 2013, Typhoon Haiyan hits the Visayas region of the Philippines, killing more than 6,000 people and causing around $1 billion (32 billion baht) worth of damage. |
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November 9Today is the last day at Ardel Gallery of Modern Art on Boromrachonanee Road to see Go to Sukhawadee, an exhibition of sculptures depicting materialism and consumerism by local artist Manop Suwanpinta. The gallery is open Tuesday to Sunday from 10:30 am to 7 pm. For more details, call 02 422 2092. In 1953, Cambodia gains independence from France. |
