This Day in History

This Day in History – November 09

Notable historical events that happened on November 9th:

1998

US Federal government ends capital punishment for all federal offenses

1989

Fall of the Berlin Wall reunites East and West Germany

1985

Gary Kasparov becomes youngest ever world chess champion at 22 years old

1984

Wes Craven’s “A Nightmare on Elm Street” premieres in US theaters

1967

NASA successfully tests Saturn V rocket with Apollo 4 launch to orbit

1965

Great Northeast Blackout cuts the lights on 30 million people in the U.S. and Canada for more than 13 hours

1938

Night of Broken Glass (Kristallnacht) in Germany and Austria during which 70 people were killed and more than 30,00 jews were imprisoned by Nazis looting and burning Synagogues and Jewish-owned houses and businesses

1935

Japanese troops invade Shanghai, China

1799

Napoleon Bonaparte becomes dictator of France after leading a successful coup

1620

Crew and passengers of the Mayflower spot land at Cape Cod.

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