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ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY:
1918 Germany's Kaiser Wilhelm II announced that he would abdicate.
1935 United Mine Workers president John L. Lewis and other labor leaders formed the Committee for Industrial Organization.
1938 Nazis looted and burned synagogues and Jewish-owned stores and houses in Germany and Austria on Kristallnacht, the ''night of broken glass.''
1953 The Supreme Court upheld a 1922 ruling that major league baseball did not come within the scope of federal antitrust laws.
1953 Author-poet Dylan Thomas died at age 39.
On Nov. 9, 1965, the great Northeast blackout occurred as several states and parts of Canada were hit by a series of power failures lasting up to 13 1/2 hours.
1970 Former French president Charles De Gaulle died at age 79.
1976 The United Nations General Assembly approved 10 resolutions condemning apartheid in South Africa, including one characterizing the white-ruled government as ''illegitimate.''
1989 Communist East Germany threw open its borders, allowing citizens to travel freely to the West. Joyous Germans danced atop the Berlin Wall.
2001 The 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.
2003 Comic actor Art Carney died at age 85.
2004 Houston Astros pitcher Roger Clemens won his record seventh Cy Young award.
Lou Ferrigno
Actor (''The Incredible Hulk'') turns 53 today
I'll be back on Monday with TOUGH TRIVIA and the history post etc, heading up to the lake for a much-needed break at the cabin.
Have a great day and rest of the week, and if you're in the pussycash NFL pickem pool don't forget to get your picks in for week 10, you could win an IPOD. :D
cheers.
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