Politicians Patrick Kombayi

Events in 1938 and 2-11

Events in the world in the birth year of Patrick Kombayi

• Hitler marches into Austria; political and geographical union of Germany and Austria proclaimed.
• Munich Pact—Britain, France, and Italy agree to let Germany partition Czechoslovakia.
• Nazis destroy Jewish shops, homes, synagogues in Kristallnacht riots; 20,000-30,000 sent to concentration camps.
• First oil strike in Kuwait transforms the emirate's economy.

Birthday Patrick Kombayi (2-11) in history

• Day 2-11 year 1889: North Dakota and South Dakota became the 39th and 40th states, respectively.
• Day 2-11 year 1947: Howard Hughes flew the Spruce Goose on its first and only flight.
• Day 2-11 year 1948: Harry S. Truman defeated Thomas E. Dewey to the surprise of pollsters and newspapers, in the greatest presidential upset in history.
• Day 2-11 year 1959: Twenty-One game show contestant Charles Van Doren admitted that he had been given questions and answers in advance.
• Day 2-11 year 1976: Jimmy Carter defeated Gerald Ford, becoming the first U.S. president from the deep South since the Civil War.
• Day 2-11 year 1984: Velma Margie Barfield, a convicted murderer became the first woman to be executed since capital punishment was reinstated in 1976.
• Day 2-11 year 2003: V. Gene Robinson was consecrated as bishop by the U.S. Episcopal Church, becoming the first openly gay bishop in the church.