November 9 - The Day in History

November 9 : General Interest 1938: Nazis launch Kristallnacht On this day in 1938, in an event that would foreshadow the Holocaust, German Nazis launch a campaign of terror against Jewish people and their homes and businesses in Germany and Austria... read more American Revolution 1780 : Sumter evades Wemyss in South Carolina http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sumter-evades-wemyss-in-south-carolina Automotive 1960 : Robert McNamara becomes president of Ford Motor Company http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/robert-mcnamara-becomes-president-of-ford-motor-company Civil War 1862 : Burnside assumes command of the Union Army of the Potomac http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/burnside-assumes-command Cold War 1989 : East Germany opens the Berlin Wall http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/east-germany-opens-the-berlin-wall Crime 1971 : A Sunday school teacher murders his family and goes undercover for 18 years http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/a-sunday-school-teacher-murders-his-family-and-goes-undercover-for-18-years Disaster 1872 : Fire rips through Boston http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fire-rips-through-boston General Interest 1906 : Roosevelt travels to Panama http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/roosevelt-travels-to-panama 1923 : Nazis suppressed in Munich http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nazis-suppressed-in-munich 1956 : Sartre renounces communists http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sartre-renounces-communists 1965 : The Great Northeast Blackout http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-great-northeast-blackout Hollywood 2001 : Kodak Theatre, new home of Oscars, opens http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/kodak-theatre-new-home-of-oscars-opens Literary 2004 : Best-selling Millennium trilogy author Stieg Larsson dies at 50 http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/best-selling-millennium-trilogy-author-stieg-larsson-dies-at-50 Music 1990 : Willie Nelson's assets are seized by the IRS http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/willie-nelson39s-assets-are-seized-by-the-irs Old West 1875 : Followers of Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse identified as hostile http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/followers-of-sitting-bull-and-crazy-horse-identified-as-hostile Presidential 1901 : Teddy Roosevelt establishes a naval base in the Philippines http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/teddy-roosevelt-establishes-a-naval-base-in-the-philippines Sports 1946 : Army and Notre Dame fight to a draw http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/army-and-notre-dame-fight-to-a-draw Vietnam War 1965 : Antiwar protestor sets himself afire http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/antiwar-protestor-sets-himself-afire 1967 : Captain Lance Sijan shot down over North Vietnam http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/captain-lance-sijan-shot-down-over-north-vietnam 1970 : Supreme Court refuses to rule on legality of Vietnam War http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/supreme-court-refuses-to-rule-on-legality-of-vietnam-war World War I 1914 : Australian warship Sydney sinks German Emden http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/australian-warship-sydney-sinks-german-emden World War II 1938 : "The Night of Broken Glass" http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-night-of-broken-glass

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