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On this day November 13-19, 2022 (week 46)
November 13, 2022 - November 19, 2022 - Graphics show birthdays and anniversaries for each day of the week. This week features Soviet military engineer Mikhail Kalashnikov, the BBC’s first daily radio broadcast, Xi Jinping of China, Benazir Bhutto of Pakistan, film director Martin Scorsese, the first push-button telephone and China’s first unmanned spacecraft.
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November 13, 1947: Soviet military engineer Mikhail Kalashnikov completed the development of the AK-47, the world’s most commonly used assault rifle
November 14, 1922: The BBC made its first daily radio broadcast. News bulletins, music, drama and “talks” initially filled the airwaves for only a few hours a day
November 15, 2012: Xi Jinping was named as successor to Hu Jintao as China’s ruling Politburo held its 10-yearly leadership change. Xi became president in March 2013
November 16, 1988: Benazir Bhutto’s Pakistan People’s Party won the country’s general election, making her the first woman leader of an Islamic country in modern times
November 17, 1942: Film director Martin Scorsese was born. He won his first Best Director Academy Award in 2006 for The Departed, after five previous nominations
November 18, 1963: The first push-button telephone went into service, eventually replacing the rotary dial phone. The first, 10-button dial soon gave way to the 12-button version
November 19, 1999: China launched its first, unmanned Shenzhou spacecraft. It landed safely after 21 hours in orbit and was recovered from the desert in Inner Mongolia