{"id":29628,"date":"2016-11-09T08:54:04","date_gmt":"2016-11-09T14:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=29628"},"modified":"2016-11-09T08:54:24","modified_gmt":"2016-11-09T14:54:24","slug":"today-in-history-288","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=29628","title":{"rendered":"Today In History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Today in History: Wednesday, November\u00a0 09, 2016<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nOn Nov. 9, 1989, Communist East Germany threw open its borders, allowing citizens to travel freely to the West. Joyous Germans danced atop the Berlin Wall.
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1918<\/td>\nGermany’s Kaiser Wilhelm II announced that he would abdicate.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1935<\/td>\nUnited Mine Workers president John L. Lewis and other labor leaders formed the Committee for Industrial Organization.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1938<\/td>\nNazis looted and burned synagogues and Jewish-owned stores and houses in Germany and Austria on Kristallnacht, the “night of broken glass.”
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1965<\/td>\nSeveral northeastern states and parts of Canada were hit by a series of power failures lasting up to 13 1\/2 hours.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1970<\/td>\nFormer French president Charles De Gaulle died at age 79.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1976<\/td>\nThe United Nations General Assembly approved 10 resolutions condemning apartheid in South Africa.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2001<\/td>\nThe northern Afghan city of Mazar-e-Sharif fell to the northern alliance in the first major territorial advance for the rebels against the ruling Taliban.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2004<\/td>\nHouston Astros pitcher Roger Clemens won his record seventh Cy Young award.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2005<\/td>\nThree suicide bombers carried out nearly simultaneous attacks on three U.S.-based hotels in Amman, Jordan, killing 60 victims and wounding hundreds.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/td>\nPenn State fired longtime head football coach Joe Paterno and university president Graham Spanier over their handling of child sex abuse allegations against former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky..<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Baseball Hall of Famer Bob Gibson turns 81 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Whitey Herzog<\/td>\nHall of Fame baseball manager<\/td>\n85<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bob Graham<\/td>\nFormer U.S. senator, D-Fla.<\/td>\n80<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Robert David Hall<\/td>\nActor (“CSI”)<\/td>\n68<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lou Ferrigno<\/td>\nActor (“The Incredible Hulk”)<\/td>\n65<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sherrod Brown<\/td>\nU.S. senator, D-Ohio<\/td>\n64<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pepa<\/td>\nRapper (Salt-N-Pepa)<\/td>\n47<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eric Dane<\/td>\nActor (“Grey’s Anatomy”)<\/td>\n44<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nick Lachey<\/td>\nSinger (98 Degrees)<\/td>\n43<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actress Nikki Blonsky (“Hairspray”) turns 28 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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