Ed Wynn 1886, Claude Rains 1889, Hedy Lamarr 1913
Spiro T. Agnew 1918, Carl Sagan 1934, Mary Travers (Peter, Paul & Mary) 1936
1911 - George Claude of Paris, France, applied for a patent on neon advertising signs.
1918 - Germany's Kaiser Wilhelm II announced he would abdicate. He then fled to the Netherlands.
1923 - In Munich, the Beer Hall Putsch was crushed by German troops that were loyal to the democratic government. The event began the evening before when Adolf Hitler took control of a beer hall full of Bavarian government leaders at gunpoint.
1938 - Nazi troops and sympathizers destroyed and looted 7,500 Jewish businesses, burned 267 synagogues, killed 91 Jews, and rounded up over 25,000 Jewish men in an event that became known as Kristallnacht or "Night of Broken Glass."
1961 - Major Robert White flew an X-15 rocket plane at a world record speed of 4,093 mph.
1965 - The great Northeast blackout occurred as several states and parts of Canada were hit by a series of power failures lasting up to 13 1/2 hours.
1979 - The United Nations Security Council unanimously called upon Iran to release all American hostages "without delay." Militants, mostly students had taken 63 Americans hostage at the U.S. embassy in Tehran, Iran, on November 4.
1989 - Communist East Germany opened its borders, allowing its citizens to travel freely to West Germany.
1997 - Barry Sanders (Detroit Lions) became the first player in NFL history to rush for over 1,000 yards in nine straight seasons. In the same game Sanders passed former Dallas Cowboy Tony Dorsett for third place on the all-time rushing list.
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