حدث في مثل هذا اليوم - 27 تشرين الثاني - 3 كانون الأول - الأسبوع 48 infographic
Graphics show birthdays and anniversaries on each day for the week.
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حدث في مثل هذا اليوم - 27 تشرين الثاني - 3 كانون الأول - الأسبوع 48

November 27, 2022 - December 3, 2022 - Graphics show birthdays and anniversaries for each day of the week, This week features India’s controversial agriculture acts, the end of the Cold War, the Segway electric-powered scouter, guitarist Jimi Hendrix,playwright William Shakespeare, the first commercially successful video game, and Michael Jackson’s album Thriller

November 27, 1942: Jimi Hendrix, one of the greatest guitarists in the history of popular music, was born in the U.S. city of Seattle. He died of a drug overdose in 1970, aged 27

November 28, 1582: Playwright William Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway. The groom was 18, the bride around eight years older and pregnant with their first child

November 29, 1972: Pong, the first commercially successful video game, was launched by Atari. It was based on table tennis and featured simple two-dimensional graphics

November 30, 1982: Michael Jackson released his sixth studio album, Thriller, which became the biggest-selling album of all time, with estimated global sales of over 67 million copies

December 1, 2021: India’s government repealed controversial agriculture acts after a year of protests by farmers, who feared deregulation laws would lead to a fall in crop prices

December 2, 1989: U.S. President George Bush and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev declared the end of the Cold War, hailing their first summit as a new era in U.S.-Soviet relations

December 3, 2001: The Segway, a self-balancing, electric-powered scooter, was unveiled. It was predicted to revolutionise traffic-clogged cities but this proved over-optimistic

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PUBLISHED: 28/11/2022; DESIGN: Phil Bainbridge; PICTURE RESEARCH: Julie Mullins; EVENT SELECTION: Fiona Roberts and Susan Shepherd; PROOFING: Julie Mullins; TECHNICAL CONSTRUCTION: Fiona Roberts;; STORY: Julie Mullins; PICTURES: Newscom, Getty, Associated Press
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