11-09-2006, 01:54 PM
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November 9th
1731 ~ Birthday of Benjamin Banneker, American scientist.
1888 ~ Jack the Ripper killed Mary Jane Kelly, his last known victim.
1918 ~ As a result of the German Revolution, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany abdicated and went into exile in the Netherlands.
1934 ~ Birthday of Carl Sagan, American Astronomer & Writer.
1936 ~ Birthday of Mikhail Tal, World Chess Champion.
1938 ~ Nazi Germany's first large-scale act of physical anti-Jewish violence, Kristallnacht, began.
1953 ~ Death of Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet.
1965 ~ Several U.S. states and parts of Canada were hit by blackouts.
1970 ~ Death of Charles de Gaulle, French general and politician.
1989 ~ East Germany allowed its citizens to travel freely to West Germany for the first time since 1961.
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