Spiro T. Agnew 1918
- 1938 - Nazi troops and sympathizers destroyed and looted 7,500 Jewish businesses, burned 267 synagogues, killed 91 Jews, and rounded up over 25,000 Jewish men in an event that became known as Kristallnacht or "Night of Broken Glass."
- 1961 - Major Robert White flew an X-15 rocket plane at a world record speed of 4,093 mph.
- 1979 - The United Nations Security Council unanimously called upon Iran to release all American hostages "without delay." Militants, mostly students had taken 63 Americans hostage at the U.S. embassy in Tehran, Iran, on November 4.
- 1989 - Communist East Germany opened its borders, allowing its citizens to travel freely to West Germany.
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