12 History Lessons + 7 Births & 7 Deaths for November 9, 2025
Today’s History:
- 1799 – Napoleon Bonaparte leads the Coup of 18 Brumaire, overthrowing the French Directory and establishing the Consulate.
- 1872 – The Great Boston Fire breaks out, destroying much of the city’s commercial district.
- 1888 – Mary Jane Kelly, believed to be Jack the Ripper’s final victim, is murdered in London.
- 1918 – Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates; the German Republic is proclaimed in Berlin.
- 1923 – Adolf Hitler’s Beer Hall Putsch fails in Munich.
- 1938 – Kristallnacht (“Night of Broken Glass”) pogrom begins across Nazi Germany and Austria.
- 1965 – The Northeast blackout leaves more than 30 million people in the U.S. and Canada without power.
- 1967 – Apollo 4, the first test flight of the Saturn V rocket, is launched.
- 1967 – Rolling Stone magazine publishes its first issue in San Francisco.
- 1985 – Garry Kasparov becomes the youngest undisputed World Chess Champion.
- 1989 – The Berlin Wall opens as East Germany lifts travel restrictions to the West.
- 1994 – Element 110 (darmstadtium) is first synthesized at GSI in Darmstadt, Germany.
Today’s Birthdays:
- 1951 – Lou Ferrigno, bodybuilder/actor (“The Incredible Hulk”) (74).
- 1972 – Eric Dane, actor (“Grey’s Anatomy,” “Euphoria”) (53).
- 1973 – Nick Lachey, singer/TV host (98 Degrees; “Love Is Blind”) (52).
- 1980 – Vanessa Lachey, TV host/actor (“NCIS: Hawai‘i”) (45).
- 1984 – Delta Goodrem, singer-songwriter (“Born to Try”) (41).
- 1984 – French Montana, rapper (“Unforgettable”) (41).
- 2002 – Skai Jackson, actor/author (“Jessie”) (23).
Today’s Deaths:
- 1937 – Ramsay MacDonald, U.K. prime minister (71).
- 1952 – Chaim Weizmann, first president of Israel (77).
- 1970 – Charles de Gaulle, president of France and WWII leader (79).
- 1991 – Yves Montand, French actor/singer (70).
- 2004 – Stieg Larsson, Swedish journalist/author (“Millennium” trilogy) (50).
- 2005 – K. R. Narayanan, 10th president of India (85).
- 2008 – Miriam Makeba, South African singer/activist (“Pata Pata”) (76).
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