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William II, German Emperor
Philipp Scheidemann
Brandenburg Gate between West and East Berlin
The Berlin Wall- The Berlin Wall
Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès
Prince Maximilian of Baden
Stari most
Basarab I of Wallachia
Tokugawa Yoshinobu
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| Blurb | Reason |
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| 1799 – The coup of 18 Brumaire led by Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès and Napoléon Bonaparte deposed the French government, replacing the Directory with the Consulate. | Tagged with {{nofootnotes}} |
| 1861 – The first documented Canadian football match was played at University College, University of Toronto. | refimprove |
| 1872 – The Great Boston Fire began, eventually destroying over 750 buildings and causing $73.5 million in damages in Boston, Massachusetts. | Tagged with {{missing citations}} |
| 1918 – German Emperor Wilhelm II abdicated, Prince Maximilian of Baden resigned as Chancellor, and Philipp Scheidemann proclaimed the Weimar Republic. | Tagged with {{refimprove}} |
| 1965 – In the Northeast blackout of 1965, several U.S. states and parts of Canada were hit by a series of blackouts lasting up to 13½ hours. | refimprove |
| 1967 – Rolling Stone, the American-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics and popular culture, was first published. | too many external links |
| 1993 – War in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Croatian Defence Council forces destroyed the Stari Most, a 16th-century bridge crossing the river Neretva in the city of Mostar. | refimprove |
Eligible
- 1867 – Tokugawa Yoshinobu, the last shogun of Japan, tendered his resignation to the Emperor Meiji.
- 1913 – The "Big Blow" storm reached its maximum intensity in the Great Lakes Basin of North America, destroying 19 ships and 68,300 tons of cargo, and killing over 250 people.
- 1938 – Kristallnacht began as SA stormtroopers and civilians destroyed and ransacked Jewish homes, businesses and synagogues in Germany and Austria, resulting in at least 90 deaths and the deportation of over 25,000 others to concentration camps.
- 1953 – Cambodia gained independence from France and became a constitutional monarchy under King Norodom Sihanouk.
- 1989 – East Germany announced the opening of the inner German border and the Berlin Wall, marking the symbolic end of the Cold War, impending collapse of the Warsaw Pact, and beginning of the end of Soviet communism.
- 1998 – With the passing of the Human Rights Act, the United Kingdom abolished capital punishment for all criminal offences.
- 2005 – Suicide bombers attacked three hotels in Amman, Jordan, killing a total of about 60 people and injuring at least 115 others.
November 9: Inventors' Day in Austria, Germany and Switzerland; Independence Day in Cambodia (1953); Muhammad Iqbal's Day in Pakistan
- 1330 – The Battle of Posada between Basarab I of Wallachia and Charles I Robert of Hungary began near the present-day border of Oltenia and Severin, Romania.
- 1888 – Mary Jane Kelly was murdered in London, widely believed to be the fifth and final victim of the notorious unidentified serial killer Jack the Ripper.
- 1914 – First World War: In the Cocos Islands, the Australian light cruiser HMAS Sydney sank SMS Emden, the last active Central Powers warship in the Indian Ocean.
- 1967 – French comic book heroes Valérian and Laureline first appeared in the pages of Pilote magazine.
- 2005 – The European Space Agency launched the Venus Express mission (artist's impression pictured), the first long-term observation of the Venusian atmosphere.
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