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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 excommunicates King Peter III of Aragon .1313 - Louis the Bavarian defeats his cousin Frederick I of Austria at the Battle of Gamelsdorf .1330 - Battle of Posada , Wallachian Voievode Basarab I defeats the Hungarian army in an ambush1492 - Peace of Etaples between Henry VII and Charles VIII .1494 - Family de' Medici become rulers of Florence .1620 - Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower sight land at Cape Cod , Massachusetts .1688 - The Glorious Revolution : William of Orange captures Exeter .1697 - Pope Innocent XII founds the city of Cerviathat 's cool.1729 - Spain , France and Great Britain 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 , a German revolutionary, is executed in Vienna .1851 - Kentucky marshals abduct abolitionist minister Calvin Fairbank from Jeffersonville , and take him to Kentucky to stand trial for helping a slave escape.1861 - The first documented football match in Canada is played at University College .1862 - American Civil War : Union General Ambrose Burnside assumes command of the Army of the Potomac , after George B. McClellan is removed.1867 - Tokugawa Shogunate hands power back to the Emperor of Japan , starting the Meiji Restoration .1872 - The Great Boston Fire of 1872 .1887 - The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor .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. He did so to inspect progress on the Panama Canal .1907 - The Cullinan Diamond is presented to King Edward VII on his birthday.1917 - Josef Stalin enters the provisional government of the USSR .1918 - Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany abdicates after the German Revolution , and Germany is proclaimed a Republic .1921 - Albert Einstein is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work with the photoelectric effect .1923 - In Munich , 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 by eight trade unions belonging to the American Federation of Labor .1937 - Japanese troops take control of Shanghai .1938 - Kristallnacht , Nazi Germany 's first large-scale physical act of 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. A month later, he quit to join the newly-elected John F. Kennedy administration.1963 - At Miike coal mine , Miike , Japan , an explosion kills 458, and hospitalises 839 with carbon monoxide poisoning . Also, in Japan, a three-train disaster occurs in Yokohama , 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.
1968 - Swedish jazz pianist Jan Johansson is killed in a car crash on his way to a concert in a church in Jönköping , Sweden .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 murders his mother, wife and three children. He then hides under a new identity for 18 years.1985 - Garry Kasparov 22, of the Soviet Union becomes the youngest World Chess Champion by beating Anatoly Karpov , also of the Soviet Union.1989 - Cold War : Fall of the Berlin Wall . 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 is issued in Nepal .1990 - Mary Robinson was elected Ireland's first female 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 1.03 billion USD to cheated NASDAQ investors to compensate for their price-fixing . This is the largest civil settlement in United States history.1998 - Capital punishment in the United Kingdom , already abolished for murder , is completely abolished for all remaining capital offences.
1999 - TAESA Flight 725 , crashes 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 , kills 17 people.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 , killing at least 60 people.
2005 - Muriel Degauque becomes the first Belgian female suicide bomber , wounding one in Iraq . Births [ ] 1389 - Isabella of Valois , queen consort of England (d. 1409 )1414 - Albert III (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 )1732 - Julie de Lespinasse , French aristocrat, hostess and writer (d. 1776 )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, designer of the red telephone box (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 )
1885 - Aureliano Pertile , Italian tenor (d. 1952 )
1886 - S. O. Davies , Welsh politician (d. 1972 )1886 - Ed Wynn , American actor (d. 1966 )
1889 - Jean Monnet , French internationalist (d. 1979 )1894 - 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 )1906 - Arthur Rudolph , German rocket engineer (d. 1996 )1911 - Tabish Dehlvi , Pakistani poet (d. 2004 )1914 - 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 athlete1923 - Dorothy Dandridge , American actress (d. 1965 )
1924 - Robert Frank , Swiss Photographer1925 - Sir Alistair Horne , British historian1928 - 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 player1934 - Ingvar Carlsson , Swedish politician1934 - Carl Sagan , American astronomer and writer (d. 1996 )
1935 - Bob Gibson , American baseball player1936 - Daniel Robert Graham , American politician1936 - Mikhail Tal , Latvian chess player (d. 1992 )
1937 - Roger McGough , English poet1937 - Clyde Wells , Canadian politician
1939 - Paul Cameron , American psychologist1941 - Tom Fogerty , American musician (Creedence Clearwater Revival ) (d. 1990 )1942 - Tom Weiskopf , American golfer1947 - Robert David Hall , American actor1948 - Michel Pagliaro , Quebec singer1948 - Bille August , Danish film and television director
1948 - Henrik S. Järrel , Swedish politician
1951 - Lou Ferrigno , American bodybuilder1953 - Gaétan Hart , Canadian boxer1954 - Dennis Stratton , British musician, (Iron Maiden , Praying Mantis )1955 - Bob Nault , French Canadian politician1955 - Karen Dotrice , British actress
1955 - Fernando Meirelles , Brazilian film director
1959 - Thomas Quasthoff , German singer1959 - 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 player1964 - Robert Duncan McNeill , American actor1965 - Bryn Terfel , Welsh baritone1965 - Teryl Rothery , Canadian actress
1967 - Ricky Otto , English footballer1968 - Nazzareno Carusi , Italian pianist1969 - Allison Wolfe , American musician (Bratmobile , Cold Cold Hearts , Partyline )1964 - Sandy Denton , American musician ("Pepa" of Salt-N-Pepa )
1970 - Chris Jericho , Canadian wrestler and musician (Fozzy )1970 - Susan Tedeschi , American musician
1970 - Scarface , American rapper
1970 - Domino (Hip Hop Producer) , American Hip Hop Producer
1971 - David Duval , American golfer1971 - 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 singer1973 - Alyson Court , Canadian actress
1973 - Gabrielle Miller , American actress
1973 - Zisis Vryzas , Greek footballer
1974 - Alessandro Del Piero , Italian footballer1974 - Joe C. , American rapper (d. 2000 )
1974 - Uncle Kracker , American singer and rapper
1978 - Steven Lopez , American taekwondo martial artist1978 - Todd Self , American baseball player
1978 - Sisqó , American singer (Dru Hill )
1979 - Adam Dunn , American baseball player1979 - Caroline Flack , British television presenter
1979 - Martin Taylor , English footballer
1980 - Dominique Maltais , Quebec snowboarder1980 - James Harper , English footballer
1981 - Scottie Thompson , American actress1984 - Delta Goodrem , Australian singer1984 - Joel Zumaya , American baseball player
1988 - Nikki Blonsky , American actressDeaths [ ] 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 Toledo1699 - Hortense Mancini , mistress of Charles II, King of England (b. 1646 )1766 - Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer , Dutch composer (b. 1692 )1770 - John Campbell , Scottish politician1778 - 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 )1968 - Jan Johansson , Swedish jazz pianist (b. 1931 )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 (b. 1925 )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 , Asian 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 [ ] External links [ ]
112 Familypedia people were born on November 9
161 Familypedia people died on November 9
93 Familypedia people were first married on November 9