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Marc Bazin
2010Jun, 16

Marc Bazin

Marc Bazin, Haitian lawyer and politician, 49th President of Haiti (b. 1932)
Marc Louis Bazin (March 6, 1932 – June 16, 2010) was a World Bank official, former United Nations functionary and Haitian Minister of Finance and Economy under the dictatorship of Jean-Claude Duvalier. He was prime minister of Haiti appointed on June 4, 1992 by the military government that had seized power on September 30, 1991.

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    Burj Khalifa

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  • 11Mar

    2010 Pichilemu earthquake

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  • 3Apr

    IPad (1st generation)

    Apple Inc. released the first generation iPad, a tablet computer.
  • 20Apr

    Deepwater Horizon explosion

    The Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explodes in the Gulf of Mexico, killing eleven workers and beginning an oil spill that would last six months.
  • 31May

    Gaza flotilla raid

    Israeli Shayetet 13 commandos boarded the Gaza Freedom Flotilla while still in international waters trying to break the ongoing blockade of the Gaza Strip; nine Turkish civilians on the flotilla were killed in the ensuing violent affray.