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This Day In History November 09


Sumter evades Wemyss in South Carolina Burnside assumes command of the Union Army of the Potomac Fire rips through Boston Followers of Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse identified as hostile Teddy Roosevelt establishes a naval base in the Philippines Roosevelt travels to Panama Australian warship Sydney sinks German Emden Nazis suppressed in Munich Nazis launch Kristallnacht "The Night of Broken Glass" Army and Notre Dame fight to a draw Sartre renounces communists Robert McNamara becomes president of Ford Motor Company The Great Northeast Blackout Antiwar protestor sets himself afire Captain Lance Sijan shot down over North Vietnam Supreme Court refuses to rule on legality of Vietnam War A Sunday school teacher murders his family and goes undercover for 18 years East Germany opens the Berlin Wall Willie Nelson's assets are seized by the IRS Kodak Theatre, new home of Oscars, opens Best-selling Millennium trilogy author Stieg Larsson dies at 50
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