حدث في مثل هذا اليوم - 27 تشرين الأول - 2 تشرين الثاني - الأسبوع 44 infographic
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حدث في مثل هذا اليوم - 27 تشرين الأول - 2 تشرين الثاني - الأسبوع 44

October 27, 2024 - November 2, 2024 - Graphics show birthdays and anniversaries on each day for the week. This week features the first underground section of the New York subway, Matthew Perry of the hit TV sitcom Friends, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk of Turkey, the Italian sweet bread Pandoro, Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi, Swedish football manager Sven-Göran Eriksson and the conviction of entrepreneur Sam Bankman-Fried.

October 27, 1904: The first underground section of the New York subway was opened. Mayor George McClellan enjoyed driving it so much he refused to hand control to a motorman

October 28, 2023: Matthew Perry, who played the wisecracking Chandler Bing in the hit TV sitcom Friends but suffered from drugs and alcohol addiction, was found dead at age 54

October 29, 1923: The Republic of Turkey was proclaimed with Mustafa Kemal Ataturk as its first president. His adoption of secularism radically transformed Turkish society

October 30, 1894: A patent was obtained for industrial production of the Italian sweet bread, Pandoro. Meaning Golden Bread, it was previously affordable only to the rich

October 31, 1984: Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by two Sikh bodyguards in revenge for an attack on the Sikh holy shrine of the Golden Temple in Amritsar

November 1, 2000: Influential Swedish football manager Sven-Göran Eriksson, who died in August this year, was appointed as the first non-British coach of the England team

November 2, 2023: Entrepreneur Sam Bankman-Fried was convicted of fraud and money laundering over his role in the bankruptcy of cryptocurrency exchange FTX

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PUBLISHED: 24/10/2024; 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: Getty Images, Newscom
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