11-08-2010, 08:44 PM
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Location: Maryland
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November 9th
1888 ~ Jack the Ripper killed Mary Jane Kelly, his last known victim.
1921 ~ Albert Einstein was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics.
1934 ~ Birthday of Carl Sagan, American Astronomer & Writer.
1938 ~ Nazi Germany's first large-scale act of physical anti-Jewish violence, Kristallnacht, began.
1953 ~ Death of Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet.
1953 ~ Death of Abdul Aziz Al-Saud, first King of Saudi Arabia.
1965 ~ Several U.S. states and parts of Canada were hit by blackouts.
1970 ~ Death of Charles de Gaulle, French general and politician.
1995 ~ Garry Kasparov beat Anatoly Karpov to become the world chess champion.
2006 ~ Death of Markus Wolf, East German intelligence director.
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