Grondona confirmed that Maradona would be the head coach of the national team
Time: Wednesday Oct 29, 2008
Place: Argentina
Details: On 29 October 2008, AFA chairman Grondona confirmed that Maradona would be the head coach of the national team.
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Saturday Jun 18, 1757 - Buenos Aires
Diego Maradona-AFA announced that its board had unanimously decided not to renew his contract
Tuesday Jul 27, 2010 - Argentina
Diego Maradona-Internal bleeding in his stomach
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Lionel Messi-Argentina's number 10
Saturday Mar 28, 2009 - Argentina
Diego Maradona-Maradona and Villafañe divorced
2004 - Argentina
Lionel Messi-Return from the international retirement
Friday Aug 12, 2016 - Argentina
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1948 - Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Sunday Jun 26, 2016 - Argentina
Diego Maradona-Three-round exhibition boxing match for charity
Apr, 1996 - Argentina
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Tuesday Apr 12, 2016 - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Diego Maradona-Supporting Palestine
2014 - Argentina
Diego Maradona-Diamond Konex Award
1990 - Argentina
Diego Maradona-Mother died
Saturday Nov 19, 2011 - Argentina
Diego Maradona-Quit drinking and had not used drugs
Tuesday May 8, 2007 - Argentina
Diego Maradona-Maradona was accused of assaulting his girlfriend
2014 - Argentina
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Dec, 2008 - Argentina
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Nov, 2005 - Argentina
Diego Maradona-Father dead
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Friday Mar 17, 2006 - Buenos Aires, Argentina
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2004 - Argentina
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Thursday Mar 29, 2007 - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Diego Maradona-AFA said that he would be offered a new four-year deal that would keep Maradona
Thursday Jul 15, 2010 - Argentina
Diego Maradona-La Noche del 10
Monday Aug 15, 2005 - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Diego Maradona-Time to retire
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Sunday Mar 1, 1953 - Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Diego Maradona-Yo Soy El Diego
2000 - Argentina
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2001 - Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Sunday Nov 14, 1976 - La Paternal, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Friday Dec 26, 2003 - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Falklands War-The Final British negotiating position was presented to Argentina
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Monday Aug 1, 2005 - Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Saturday Aug 26, 2006 - Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Pope Francis-Archbishop of Buenos Aires
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Thursday Sep 5, 2019 - La Plata, Argentina
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On This Day - 29 October
Crusades-Gregory VIII issued the bull Audita tremendi calling for "Third Crusade"
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Monday Oct 29, 1618 - London, England, United Kingdom
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Friday Oct 29, 1897 - Rheydt, Mönchengladbach, Germany
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Thursday Oct 29, 1903 - Montedoro, Sicily, Italy
1905 Russian Revolution-The Russian army opened fire in a meeting on a street market in Tallinn in which about 8 000-10 000 people
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Xinhai Revolution-Shanxi Taiyuan Uprising
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Gustav Stresemann-Removing SPD/KPD governments
Monday Oct 29, 1923 - Weimar Republic (Present Day Germany)
Ottoman Empire-Republic of Turkey was established
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Great Depression-Black Tuesday
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Saturday Oct 29, 1938 - Berlin, Germany
First Indochina War-Phan Bội Châu death
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Shimon Peres-1956 Suez War
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Hungarian Revolution of 1956-The Army Units withdrew from Csepel
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Marc Patrick O'Leary: Washington and Colorado Serial Rapist (Unbelievable)-Marie's Case Repated
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2008 - U.S.
Joe Biden-Post-election transition
2008 - U.S.
Joe Biden-2008 Vice Presidential campaign
2008 - U.S.
Marvel Studios-Marvel Animation was incorporated to direct Marvel's efforts in animation and home entertainment markets
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Françoise Bettencourt Meyers-A Criminal Complaint
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Marc Patrick O'Leary: Washington and Colorado Serial Rapist (Unbelievable)-Marie
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Diego Maradona-Coach Alfio Basile resigned
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Margaret Thatcher-Collapsing at a House of Lords dinner
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Bank of America-Federal Bureau of Investigation report
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Mona Lisa-Research in 2008
2008 - Urbino University, Urbino, Italy
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Tuesday Mar 18, 2008 - U.S.
Visa Inc.-the IPO underwriters exercised their overallotment option
Thursday Mar 20, 2008 - U.S.
Queen Elizabeth II-Elizabeth attended the first Maundy service
Thursday Mar 20, 2008 - Dublin, Ireland
Visa Inc.-Honor All Cards
Wednesday Mar 26, 2008 - Europe
Dwayne Johnson-Non-Wrestling Appearances
Saturday Mar 29, 2008 - U.S.
KFC-First in Cambodia
Apr, 2008 - Phnom Penh, Cambodia
YouTube-YouTube consumed as much bandwidth as the entire Internet in 2000
Monday Apr 7, 2008 - London, England, United Kingdom
Black Friday-Several major Canadian retailers ran Black Friday deals of their own to discourage shoppers from leaving Canada
2008 - Canada
Prince William-William deployment
Thursday Apr 10, 2008 - Afghanistan
Prince Harry-The Lieutenant
Sunday Apr 13, 2008 - England
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-Philip was admitted to King Edward VII's Hospital
Apr, 2008 - England, United Kingdom
Francesco Totti-Season-ending injury
Saturday Apr 19, 2008 - Italy
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development-Accra Conference
Monday Apr 21, 2008 - Accra, Ghana
Nike, Inc.-Nike's Campaign at The Earth Day 2008
Tuesday Apr 22, 2008 - U.S.
Best Buy-U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) fined the company $280,000
Saturday Apr 26, 2008 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Disasters with highest death tolls-Cyclone Nargis
Sunday Apr 27, 2008 - Myanmar
Huawei-Establishing a Technology research facility in Sydney
May, 2008 - Sydney, Australia
Colombian conflict-Extraditing the Jailed paramilitary leaders to the United States
May, 2008 - U.S.
Leaning Tower of Pisa-The Tower stopped moving for the first time in its History
2008 - Pisa, Italy
Bank of America-LaSalle Bank and LaSalle Bank Midwest branches adopted the Bank of America
Monday May 5, 2008 - U.S.
Vladimir Putin-Second premiership
Thursday May 8, 2008 - Moscow, Russia
Vodafone-Vodafone in Chile
Sunday May 11, 2008 - Santiago, Chile
Disasters with highest death tolls-2008 Sichuan Earthquake
Monday May 12, 2008 at 02:28:00 PM - Chengdu, China
2008 Sichuan earthquake-Tremors in Vietnam
Monday May 12, 2008 - Vitnam
2008 Sichuan earthquake-Russia
Monday May 12, 2008 - Tuva, Russia
2008 Sichuan earthquake-Start of rescue operations
Monday May 12, 2008 - China
2008 Sichuan earthquake-Unaccepted offer
Wednesday May 14, 2008 - China
2008 Sichuan earthquake-Beijing accepted the aid of the Tzu Chi Foundation from Taiwan
Wednesday May 14, 2008 - Beijing, China
2008 Sichuan earthquake-Ministry of Civil Affairs stated that 10.7 billion yuan had been donated by the Chinese public
Wednesday May 14, 2008 - China
2008 Sichuan earthquake-15 Special Operations Troops parachuted into inaccessible Mao County
Wednesday May 14, 2008 - Mao County, Ngawa Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China
2008 Sichuan earthquake-UNICEF reported that China formally requested the support of the international community to respond to the needs of affected families
Wednesday May 14, 2008 - New York City, New York, U.S.
2008 Sichuan earthquake-Largest non-combat airlifting operation in People's Liberation Army history
Friday May 16, 2008 - China
Angelina Jolie-Kung Fu Panda
Thursday May 15, 2008 - United States
2008 Sichuan earthquake-Rescue groups from several countries
Friday May 16, 2008 - China
2008 Sichuan earthquake-China stated it had also received $457 million in donated money and goods for rescue efforts
Friday May 16, 2008 - China
2008 Sichuan earthquake-Praising
Saturday May 17, 2008 - Los Angeles, California, U.S.
2008 Sichuan earthquake-The Giving of Love
Sunday May 18, 2008 - Beijing, China