History for November 9

History for November 9 - On-This-Day.com
Elijah Lovejoy 1802, Ed Wynn 1886, Spiro T. Agnew 1918


Carl Sagan 1934, Mary Travers (Peter, Paul & Mary) 1936, Lou Ferrigno 1951


1918 - Germany's Kaiser Wilhelm II announced he would abdicate. He then fled to the Netherlands.


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.


1961 - The Professional Golfer's Association (PGA) eliminated its "caucasians only" rule.


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.


1984 - A bronze statue titled "Three Servicemen," by Frederick Hart, was unveiled at the site of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC.


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.


1998 - A federal judge in New York approved the richest antitrust settlement in U.S. history. A leading brokerage firm was ordered to pay $1.03 billion to investors who had sued over price-rigging of Nasdaq stocks.