1989 - The Fall of the Berlin Wall
1967 - First issue of Rolling Stone magazine
1965 - Biggest power failure in US history: all New York state, 7 neighboring states & parts of Canada plunged into darkness.
1620 - Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower sight land at Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
1494 - de' Medici Family expelled from Florence
This Day In Business
1960 - 37 US brokerage firms are ordered to pay $1.03 billion to cheated NASDAQ investors - it is the largest civil statement in U.S. history.
1982 - Boxer Sugar Ray Leonard announces retirement at charity event in Baltimore, MD
1887 - The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
1984 - Larry Bird and Dr. J both get ejected from an NBA game after getting into a fight
November 9th Holiday
World Freedom Day - Commemorates the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of communist rule in Central and Eastern Europe.
Today's Birthday Trivia
He ran a ballroom dancing school in Kent, England. Who is he?
Today's Birthday Horoscope
Learn about people born on this day by reading the November 9 Birthday Horoscope.
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