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Sartre renounces communists
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The Great Northeast Blackout
Nazis suppressed in Munich
Isabella of Valois queen consort of England born in Paris (d. 1409)
Albrecht III Achilles Elector of Brandenburg born in Tangermnde Brandenburg Germany (d. 1486)
Charles of Egmond Duke of Guelder and Earl of Zutphen born in Grave Netherlands (d. 1538)
Martin Chemnitz German Lutheran reformer and theologian born in Treuenbrietzen Germany (d. 1586)
Menso Alting Dutch reformed vicar and theologist born in Eelde Netherlands (d. 1612)
Paul Aler French jesuit and poet (Gradus ad Parnassum) born in Luxembourg (d. 1727)
Johann Speth German composer born in Speinshart
Claudio Casciolini Italian composer born in Rome (d. 1760)
Reynier de Klerk governor-general of Dutch-Indies baptized
Mark Akenside English poet and physician born in Newcastle upon Tyne England (d. 1770)
Julie de Lespinasse French aristocrat hostess and writer born in Lyon France (d. 1776)
Henri-Philippe Gerard Belgian composer born in Lige Belgium (d. 1848)
Walter Geikie Scottish painter born in Edinburgh Scotland (d. 1837)
Gustavus Crown Prince of Sweden born in Stockholm Sweden (d. 1877)
Elijah Parish Lovejoy American newspaper publisher and abolitionist born in Albion Maine (d. 1837)
Albert Taylor Bledsoe American Episcopal priest and Confederate Army officer born in Frankfurt Kentucky (d. 1877)
Thomas Bragg American politician 34th Governor of North Carolina (1859-61) born in Warrenton North Carolina (d. 1872)
Bernhard von Langenbeck German surgeon and founder of Langenbecks Archives of Surgery born in Padingbttel Germany (d. 1887)
Paul Abadie French master builder (renovated Notre Dame) born in Paris (d. 1884)
Edward Richard Sprigg Canby American Major General (Union Army) born in Piatts Landing Kentucky (d. 1873)
Ivan Turgenev Russian novelist poet and playwright (Fathers & Sons) born in Oryol Russian Empire (d. 1883)
Matthias de Vries Dutch linguist (spelling) born in Haarlem Netherlands (d. 1892)
Jean-Baptiste Theodore Weckerlin French composer born in Alsace Guebwiller (d. 1910)
William Henry Forney Brigadier General (Confederate Army) born in Lincolnton North Carolina (d. 1894)
A. P. Hill Confederate general born in Culpeper Virginia (d. 1865)
mile Gaboriau French writer (father of the French detective novels) born in Saujon France (d. 1873)
Sally Louisa Tompkins American nurse and philanthropist only woman commissioned in Confederate army during US Civil War born in Mathews City Virginia (d. 1916)
Davorin Jenko Slovene-Serbian composer born in Dvorje Slovenia (d. 1914)
Jean-Theodore Radoux Belgian composer born in Lige Belgium (d. 1911)
Alfred Holmes English violinist and composer born in London (d. 1876)
Gerrit Jan van Heek Dutch textile manufacturer and politician born in Enschede Netherlands (d. 1915)
Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau French-Canadian lawyer and politician born in Sainte-Thrse Canada (d. 1898)
Edward VII King of England (1901-10) born in Buckingham Palace London (d. 1910)
Nov 09 1918 Following the collapse of Germany in World War I the Weimar Republic of Germany is proclaimed
Nov 09 1924 Miriam (Ma) Ferguson becomes 1st US elected woman governor (of Texas)
Nov 09 1925 German NSDAP (Nazi party) forms Schutzstaffel (SS)