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Deaths

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Events

★ 694 - Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims, sentencing all Jews to slavery.

★ 1282 - Pope Martin IV exc King Peter III of Aragon.

★ 1313 - Louis the Bavarian defeats his cousin Frederick I of Austria at the Battle of Gamelsdorf.

★ 1492 - Peace of Etaples between Henry VII & Charles VIII.

★ 1494 - Family de' Medici become rulers of Florence.

★ 1697 - Pope Innocent VIII founds the city of Cervia.

★ 1729 - Spain, France & England sign the Treaty of Seville.

★ 1764 - Mary Campbell, a captive of the Lenape during the French and Indian War, is turned over to forces commanded by Colonel Henry Bouquet.

★ 1799 - Napoleon Bonaparte leads the Coup d'état of 18 Brumaire ending the Directory government, and becoming one of its three Consuls (Consulate Government).

★ 1848 - Robert Blum, German revolutionary, executed in Vienna

★ 1851 - Kentucky marshals abduct abolitionist minister Calvin Fairbank from Jeffersonville, Indiana, and take him to Kentucky to stand trial for helping a slave escape.

★ 1861 - The first documented football match in Canada was played at University College, University of Toronto.

★ 1862 - American Civil War: Union General Ambrose Burnside assumes command of the Army of the Potomac, after George B. McClellan was removed.

★ 1872 - The Great Boston Fire of 1872.

★ 1887 - The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

★ 1888 - Jack the Ripper kills Mary Jane Kelly, his last known victim.

★ 1906 - Theodore Roosevelt is the first sitting President of the United States to make an official trip outside the country (to inspect progress on the Panama Canal).

★ 1907 - The Cullinan Diamond is presented to King Edward VII on his birthday.

★ 1917 - Stalin enters the provisional government of USSR.

★ 1918 - Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany abdicates after the German Revolution, and Germany is proclaimed a Republic.

★ 1921 - Albert Einstein awarded Nobel Prize in Physics for his work with the photoelectric effect.

★ 1923 - In Munich, Germany, police and government troops crush the Beer Hall Putsch in Bavaria. The failed coup is the work of the Nazis.

★ 1932 - Riots between conservative and socialist supporters in Switzerland kill 12 and injure 60.

★ 1935 - The Congress of Industrial Organizations is founded in Atlantic City, New Jersey by eight trade unions belonging to the American Federation of Labor.

★ 1937 - Japanese troops take control of Shanghai, China.

★ 1938 - Kristallnacht, Nazi Germany's first large-scale act of physical anti-Jewish violence, begins.

★ 1953 - Cambodia becomes independent from France.

★ 1960 - Robert McNamara is named president of Ford Motor Co., the first non-Ford to serve in that post — quitting a month later to join the newly-elected John F. Kennedy administration.

★ 1963 - At Miike in Japan, a coal mine explosion kills 458, and hospitalises 839 with carbon monoxide poisoning. A three-train disaster in Yokohama, also in Japan, kills more than 160 people.

★ 1965 - Several U.S. states and parts of Canada are hit by a series of blackouts lasting up to 13 hours in the Northeast Blackout of 1965.

★ 1965 - Catholic Worker member Roger Allen LaPorte, protesting against the Vietnam War, sets himself on fire in front of the United Nations building.

★ 1967 - Apollo program: NASA launches the unmanned Apollo 4 test spacecraft from Cape Kennedy.

★ 1967 - First issue of Rolling Stone Magazine is published.

★ 1970 - Vietnam War: The Supreme Court of the United States votes 6 to 3 against hearing a case to allow Massachusetts to enforce its law granting residents the right to refuse military service in an undeclared war.

★ 1971 - John List, an accountant from Westfield, New Jersey murders his mother, wife and three children. He then hides under a new identity for 18 years.

★ 1975 - The Great Lakes "bulker" the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sinks in Lake Superior.

★ 1985 - Garry Kasparov becomes the youngest world chess champion by beating Anatoly Karpov

★ 1989 - Cold War: Communist-controlled East Germany opens checkpoints in the Berlin Wall allowing its citizens to freely travel to West Germany. People start demolishing the Berlin Wall.

★ 1990 - New democratic constitution issued in Nepal.

★ 1990 - Mary Robinson elected Ireland's first woman President and the first from the Labour Party.

★ 1993 - Stari most, the "old bridge" in Bosnian Mostar built in 1566, collapses after several days of bombing.

★ 1994 - Discovery of the chemical element Darmstadtium.

★ 1998 - Brokerage houses are ordered to pay US$1.03 billion to cheated NASDAQ investors to compensate for their price-fixing. This is the largest civil settlement in United States history.

★ 1999 - TAESA Flight 725, went down a few minutes after leaving the Uruapan airport en-route to Mexico City. 18 people were killed in the accident

★ 2003 - During the holy month of Ramadan, a suicide-terrorist attack in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, kills 17 people.

★ 2004 - Mozilla Firefox 1.0 released. This has become one of Microsoft Internet Explorer's biggest competitors.

★ 2005 - The Venus Express mission of the European Space Agency is launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

★ 2005 - Suicide bombers attacked three hotels in Amman, Jordan, killing at least 56 people.

★ 2005 - Muriel Degauque becomes the first Belgian female suicide bomber, wounding one in Iraq.

Births

★ 1414 - Albert III, Margrave of Brandenburg (d. 1486)

★ 1522 - Martin Chemnitz, German theologian (d. 1586)

★ 1664 - Henry Wharton, English writer (d. 1695)

★ 1717 - Johann Joachim Winckelmann, German archaeologist (d. 1768)

★ 1721 - Mark Akenside, English poet and physician (d. 1770)

★ 1731 - Benjamin Banneker, American scientist (d. 1806)

★ 1802 - Elijah P. Lovejoy, American abolitionist (d. 1837)

★ 1810 - Bernhard von Langenbeck, German surgeon (d. 1887)

★ 1818 (N.S.) - Ivan Turgenev, Russian writer (d. 1883)

★ 1825 - A.P. Hill, American Confederate general (d. 1865)

★ 1832 - Émile Gaboriau, French writer (d. 1873)

★ 1840 - Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau, French Canadian lawyer (d. 1898)

★ 1841 - King Edward VII of the United Kingdom (d. 1910)

★ 1853 - Stanford White, American architect (d. 1906)

★ 1869 - Marie Dressler, Canadian actress (d. 1934)

★ 1872 - Bohdan Lepky, Ukrainian writer and poet (d. 1941)

★ 1873 - Otfrid Foerster, German neurologist (d. 1941)

★ 1874 - Albert Francis Blakeslee, American botanist (d. 1954)

★ 1877 - Enrico De Nicola, Italian politician (d. 1959)

★ 1877 - Allama Iqbal, Indian National poet of Pakistan (d. 1938)

★ 1879 - Milan Šufflay, Croatian politician (d. 1931)

★ 1880 - Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, English architect (d. 1960)

★ 1883 - Edna May Oliver, American actress (d. 1942)

★ 1885 (N.S.) - Velimir Khlebnikov, Russian writer (d. 1922)

★ 1885 - Hermann Weyl, German mathematician (d. 1955)

★ 1885 - Theodor Kaluza, German scientist (d. 1954)

★ 1886 - S. O. Davies, Welsh politician (d. 1972)

★ 1886 - Ed Wynn, American actor (d. 1966)

★ 1889 - Jean Monnet, French internationalist (d. 1979)

★ 1895 - Mae Marsh, American actress (d. 1968)

★ 1897 - Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, British chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1978)

★ 1902 - Anthony Asquith, British film director (d. 1968)

★ 1904 - Viktor Brack, Nazi physician (d. 1948)

★ 1905 - Erika Mann, German writer (d. 1969)

★ 1911 - Tabish Dehlvi, Pakistani poet (d. 2004)

★ 1913 - Hedy Lamarr, Austrian actress (d. 2000)

★ 1915 - André François, French cartoonist (d. 2005)

★ 1915 - Sargent Shriver, American politician

★ 1918 - Choi Hong Hi, Founder of Taekwon-Do (d. 2002)

★ 1918 - Spiro Agnew, 39th Vice President of the United States (d. 1996)

★ 1918 - Thomas Ferebee, Enola Gay bombardier over Hiroshima (d. 2000)

★ 1921 - Viktor Chukarin, Soviet gymnast (d. 1984)

★ 1921 - Pierrette Alarie, Canadian soprano

★ 1922 - Raymond Devos, French humorist (d. 2006)

★ 1922 - Imre Lakatos, Hungarian philosopher (d. 1974)

★ 1923 - Alice Coachman, American athlete

★ 1923 - Dorothy Dandridge, American actress (d. 1965)

★ 1925 - Sir Alistair Horne, British historian

★ 1928 - Anne Sexton, American poet (d. 1974)

★ 1929 - Imre Kertész, Hungarian writer, Nobel laureate

★ 1929 - Marc Favreau, Quebec humorist (d. 2005)

★ 1931 - Whitey Herzog, American baseball player

★ 1934 - Ingvar Carlsson, Swedish politician

★ 1934 - Carl Sagan, American astronomer and writer (d. 1996)

★ 1935 - Bob Gibson, American baseball player

★ 1936 - Daniel Robert Graham, American politician

★ 1936 - Mikhail Tal, Latvian chess player (d. 1992)

★ 1936 - Mary Travers, American singer (Peter, Paul and Mary)

★ 1937 - Roger McGough, English poet

★ 1937 - Clyde Wells, Canadian politician

★ 1939 - Paul Cameron, American psychologist

★ 1941 - Tom Fogerty, American musician (Creedence Clearwater Revival) (d. 1990)

★ 1942 - Tom Weiskopf, American golfer

★ 1947 - Robert David Hall, American actor

★ 1948 - Michel Pagliaro, Quebec singer

★ 1948 - Bille August, Danish film and television director

★ 1948 - Henrik S. Järrel, Swedish politician

★ 1951 - Lou Ferrigno, American bodybuilder

★ 1953 - Gaétan Hart, Canadian boxer

★ 1954 - Dennis Stratton, British musician, (Iron Maiden, Praying Mantis)

★ 1955 - Bob Nault, French Canadian politician

★ 1955 - Karen Dotrice, British actress

★ 1955 - Fernando Meirelles, Brazilian film director

★ 1959 - Thomas Quasthoff, German singer

★ 1959 - Tony Slattery, British actor

★ 1959 - Nick Hamilton, American wrestling referee

★ 1959 - Sito Pons, Spanish motorbike racer

★ 1961 - Jill Dando, British television presenter (d. 1999)

★ 1963 - Fulvio Fantoni, Italian bridge player

★ 1964 - Robert Duncan McNeill, American actor

★ 1965 - Bryn Terfel, Welsh baritone

★ 1965 - Teryl Rothery, Canadian actress

★ 1967 - Ricky Otto, English footballer

★ 1968 - Nazzareno Carusi, Italian pianist

★ 1969 - Allison Wolfe, American musician (Bratmobile, Cold Cold Hearts, Partyline)

★ 1969 - Sandy Denton, American musician ("Pepa" of Salt-N-Pepa)

★ 1970 - Chris Jericho, American wrestler

★ 1970 - Susan Tedeschi, American musician

★ 1970 - Scarface, American rapper

★ 1970 - Domino (Hip Hop Producer), American Hip Hop Producer

★ 1971 - David Duval, American golfer

★ 1971 - Melinda Kinnaman, Swedish actress

★ 1971 - Big Punisher, real name Christopher Rios, American rapper (d. 2000)

★ 1972 - Corin Tucker, American musician (Sleater-Kinney)

★ 1972 - Doug Russell, American radio personality

★ 1972 - Eric Dane, American actor

★ 1973 - Nick Lachey, American singer

★ 1973 - Zisis Vryzas, Greek footballer

★ 1973 - Alyson Court, Canadian actress

★ 1974 - Alessandro Del Piero, Italian footballer

★ 1974 - Joe C., American rapper (d. 2000)

★ 1974 - Uncle Kracker, American singer and rapper

★ 1978 - Steven Lopez, American taekwondo martial artist

★ 1978 - Todd Self, American baseball player

★ 1978 - Sisqó, American singer (Dru Hill)

★ 1979 - Adam Dunn, American baseball player

★ 1979 - Caroline Flack, British television presenter

★ 1979 - Martin Taylor, English footballer

★ 1980 - Dominique Maltais, Quebec snowboarder

★ 1980 - James Harper, English footballer

★ 1981 - Luke Covell, Australian/New Zealand rugby league player

★ 1984 - Delta Goodrem, Australian singer

★ 1984 - SE7EN, South Korean singer

★ 1984 - Roldán Rodríguez, Spanish racing driver

★ 1986 - Eleni Andriola, Greek gymnast

★ 1988 - Nikki Blonsky, American actress

★ 1993 - Maya Ritter, Canadian actress

Deaths

★ 959 - Constantine VII, Byzantine Emperor (b. 905)

★ 1187 - Emperor Gaozong of China (b. 1107)

★ 1208 - Sancha of Castile, wife of Alfonso II of Aragon (b. 1155)

★ 1504 - King Ferdinand II of Aragon (b. 1452)

★ 1623 - William Camden, English historian (b. 1551)

★ 1641 - Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand, Governor of the Netherlands and Bishop of Toledo

★ 1699 - Hortense Mancini, mistress of Charles II, King of England (b. 1646)

★ 1766 - Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer, Dutch composer (b. 1692)

★ 1770 - John Campbell, 4th Duke of Argyll, Scottish politician

★ 1778 - Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian artist (b. 1720)

★ 1809 - Paul Sandby, English cartographer (b. 1725)

★ 1848 - Robert Blum, German politician (b. 1810)

★ 1881 - Edwin Drake, Father of the oil industry, drilled the first oil well.

★ 1888 - Mary Jane Kelly, last known Jack the Ripper victim.

★ 1911 - Howard Pyle, American author (b. 1853)

★ 1918 - Guillaume Apollinaire, French poet (b. 1880)

★ 1919 - Eduard Müller, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. 1848)

★ 1924 - Henry Cabot Lodge, American Senator (b. 1850)

★ 1937 - Ramsay MacDonald, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1866)

★ 1938 - Vasily Blyukher, Soviet military commander (b.1889)

★ 1940 - Stephen Peter Alencastre, Portuguese Catholic prelate (b. 1876)

★ 1940 - Neville Chamberlain, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1869)

★ 1942 - Edna May Oliver, American actress (b. 1883)

★ 1944 - Frank Marshall, American chess player (b. 1877)

★ 1951 - Sigmund Romberg, Hungarian-born composer (b. 1887)

★ 1952 - Chaim Weizmann, 1st President of Israel (b. 1874)

★ 1952 - Philip Murray, 1st president of the United Steelworkers and longest-serving president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (b. 1886)

★ 1953 - Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet and author (b. 1914)

★ 1953 - Abdul Aziz Al-Saud, first King of Saudi Arabia (b. 1880)

★ 1957 - Peter O'Connor, Irish athlete (b. 1872)

★ 1970 - Charles de Gaulle, President of France (b. 1890)

★ 1971 - Maude Fealy, American actor (b. 1881)

★ 1977 - Fred Haney, American baseball player (b. 1898)

★ 1980 - Victor Sen Yung, American actor (b. 1915)

★ 1988 - Father David Bauer, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1924)

★ 1988 - John N. Mitchell, United States Attorney General (b. 1913)

★ 1991 - Yves Montand, French actor (b. 1921)

★ 1997 - Helenio Herrera, French football player and coach (b. 1910)

★ 1998 - Ursula Reit, German actress (b. 1914)

★ 2000 - Hugh Paddick, British actor (b. 1915)

★ 2001 - Niels Jannasch, Canadian historian and museum curator (b. 1924)

★ 2002 - William Schutz, American psychologist

★ 2002 - Merlin Santana, American actor (b. 1976)

★ 2003 - Art Carney, American actor (b. 1918)

★ 2003 - Gordon Onslow Ford, English painter (b. 1912)

★ 2003 - Binod Bihari Verma, Indian Maithili literateur (b.1937)

★ 2004 - Iris Chang, American author (b. 1968)

★ 2005 - K. R. Narayanan, President of India (b. 1921)

★ 2006 - Ed Bradley, American journalist (b. 1941)

★ 2006 - Markus Wolf, East German Intelligence Director (b. 1923)

Holidays and observances

★ Roman Catholicism - Dedication of the Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano, Cathedral of the Pope (memorial feast day)

★ Cambodia - Independence Day (1953)

★ Pakistan - Allama Iqbal Day (1877)

★ Germany - November 9th is often called Germany's ''Schicksalstag'' (day of fate) due to the events of 1848, 1918, 1923, 1938, and 1989.

★ Europe - Inventor's Day - in honor of Hedy Lamarr's birthday

★ United States - World Freedom Day, to commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989

★ International - International Day Against Fascism and Antisemitism, to commemorate the pogrom against the Jews, started by Nazis on this day (Kristallnacht), 1938.

External links

★ BBC: On This Day

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★ On This Day in Canada
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