1938
Kristallnacht
Nazis burned and looted temples and Jewish-owned stores and houses in Germany and Austria in what became known as Kristallnacht (Crystal Night—referring to broken glass on streets).
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1888
Jack the Ripper killed his last victim, Mary Jane Kelly.
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1953
Author-poet Dylan Thomas died in New York at age 39.
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1965
A switch at a station near Niagara Falls failed. The Northeast and parts of Canada went dark for more than 13 hours.
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1970
Former French president Charles De Gaulle died at age 79.
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1989
Borders between East and West Germany were opened and the Berlin Wall began to be dismantled the next day.
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