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• ... that the elongated tails possessed by the males of some species of paradise-flycatchers (pictured) are thought to be the products of sexual selection?
• ... that Bernard Sainz, known as "Dr Mabuse" because of his success in horse racing and cycling, was jailed for three years for administering doping products?
• ... that the U.S. Navy's SC-21 program to rethink warship design led to the "tumblehome" hull of the Zumwalt class destroyer?
• ... that Wales rugby international and Welsh Rugby Union Secretary Bill Clement was awarded the Military Cross for his actions in World War II?
• ... that Hanwei Group is the biggest producer of eggs in the People's Republic of China?
• ... that five individual career records were set during the 2008 season of Canadian university football?
• ... that "Milk and Alcohol" ranked on Britain's top-10 hit singles chart in 1979 and was the biggest hit for the band Dr. Feelgood?
• ... that the Saint John River is one of six major rivers in Liberia?
• ... that Hall of Fame Major League Baseball pitcher Phil Niekro had no wins and six losses in eight Opening Day starts for the Atlanta Braves?
  
  
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• Rupiah Banda of the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy is elected President of Zambia.
• Lewis Hamilton (pictured) wins the 2008 Formula One Drivers' Championship, beating Felipe Massa by one point.
• Sébastien Loeb of the Citroën team becomes the first driver to win the World Rally Championship for a fifth consecutive time.
• Heavy floods affect Vietnam and southern China, flooding Hanoi and killing at least 100.
• The Climatic Research Unit of the University of East Anglia reports conclusive evidence of human involvement in the warming of Antarctica.
• A series of bomb blasts in Assam, India kills at least 77 and injures 470.
• Viswanathan Anand of India defeats Russia's Vladimir Kramnik, retaining his title as the World Chess Champion.
• After four days of heavy fighting with United Nations peacekeeping forces in Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, rebel general Laurent Nkunda orders a ceasefire.
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November 4: Election Day in the United States (2008); Flag Day in Panama; Unity Day in Russia

• 1791 – Northwest Indian War: In the most severe defeat ever suffered by the United States at the hands of American Indians, the Western Confederacy won a major victory at the Battle of the Wabash near present-day Fort Recovery in Ohio.
• 1852 – Count Cavour (pictured) became prime minister of the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia, which soon expanded to become the Kingdom of Italy.
• 1890 – London's City and South London Railway, the first deep-level underground railway in the world, opened, running a distance of 5.1 km (3.2 mi) between the City of London and Stockwell.
• 1979 – Hundreds of Iranian students supporting the Iranian Revolution seized the U.S. embassy in Tehran, beginning a 444-day hostage crisis.
• 1995 – Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was mortally wounded by Yigal Amir while at a peace rally at the Kings of Israel Square in Tel Aviv.

• More events: November 3 – November 4 – November 5

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