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This day in history
Nov. 9th, 2006 10:12 amNovember 9
This Day in History
1918: German Kaiser Wilhelm is deposed.
1923: In Munich, armed policeman and troops loyal to Germany's democratic government crush the Beer Hall putsch (revolt), Hitler's first attempt at seizing control of the German government.
1938: In Germany, Nazis set synagogues on fire, smash the windows of Jewish shops, and arrest thousands of Jews in a single night that comes to be known as Kristallnacht, or the Night of Broken Glass.
1965: New York and much of the northeast coast of North America suffer the largest power failure in history, leaving thirty million people in the dark.
1989: German citizens begin to demolish the Berlin Wall, which has separated East Germany from West Germany since 1961.
Born on This Day
Spiro T. Agnew, 39th vice president of the United States (1918)
Ambrose Powell Hill, American soldier (1825)
Bob Gibson, American baseball player (1935)
Benjamin Banneker, American mathematician and astronomer (1731)
Elijah Lovejoy, American abolitionist (1802)
Your Astrological Sign
The symbol of Scorpio is the scorpion. Scorpios are thought to be energetic and passionate leaders; they can be stubborn or jealous. They are sensitive and observant, and enjoy pushing themselves and others to the limit.
This Day in History
1918: German Kaiser Wilhelm is deposed.
1923: In Munich, armed policeman and troops loyal to Germany's democratic government crush the Beer Hall putsch (revolt), Hitler's first attempt at seizing control of the German government.
1938: In Germany, Nazis set synagogues on fire, smash the windows of Jewish shops, and arrest thousands of Jews in a single night that comes to be known as Kristallnacht, or the Night of Broken Glass.
1965: New York and much of the northeast coast of North America suffer the largest power failure in history, leaving thirty million people in the dark.
1989: German citizens begin to demolish the Berlin Wall, which has separated East Germany from West Germany since 1961.
Born on This Day
Spiro T. Agnew, 39th vice president of the United States (1918)
Ambrose Powell Hill, American soldier (1825)
Bob Gibson, American baseball player (1935)
Benjamin Banneker, American mathematician and astronomer (1731)
Elijah Lovejoy, American abolitionist (1802)
Your Astrological Sign
The symbol of Scorpio is the scorpion. Scorpios are thought to be energetic and passionate leaders; they can be stubborn or jealous. They are sensitive and observant, and enjoy pushing themselves and others to the limit.
