1888
\nJack the Ripper killed his last victim, Mary Jane Kelly.<\/p>\n
1938
\nNazis burned and looted temples and Jewish-owned stores and houses in Germany and Austria in what became known as Kristallnacht (Crystal Night\u2014referring to broken glass on streets).<\/p>\n
1953
\nAuthor-poet Dylan Thomas died in New York at age 39.<\/p>\n
1965
\nA switch at a station near Niagara Falls failed. The Northeast and parts of Canada went dark for more than 13 hours.<\/p>\n
1970
\nFormer French president Charles De Gaulle died at age 79.<\/p>\n
1989
\nBorders between East and West Germany were opened and the Berlin Wall began to be dismantled the next day.<\/p>\n
Carl Sagan
\n1934\u20131996, American astronomer and popularizer of science. Born in New York City.<\/p>\n
Benjamin Banneker
\nmathematician, astronomer, surveyor (1731)<\/p>\n
Gail Borden
\ndairyman, surveyor, and inventor (1801)<\/p>\n
Elijah Lovejoy
\nabolitionist (1802)<\/p>\n
Ivan Turgenev
\nnovelist (1818)<\/p>\n
Stanford White
\narchitect (1853)<\/p>\n
Anne Sexton
\npoet (1928)<\/p>\n
Lou Ferrigno
\nactor, bodybuilder (1951)<\/p>\n
David Duval
\ngolfer (1971)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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