History for November 9

History for November 9 - On-This-Day.com
Ed Wynn 1886, Hedy Lamarr 1913, Spiro T. Agnew 1918 


Mary Travers (Peter, Paul & Mary) 1936, Tom Fogerty (Creedance Clearwater Revival) 1941, Lou Ferrigno 1951 


1906 - U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt left for Panama to see the progress on the new canal. It was the first foreign trip by a U.S. president. 


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. 


1935 - United Mine Workers president John L. Lewis and other labor leaders formed the Committee for Industrial Organization. 


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. 


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.