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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (47287)11/8/2004 11:45:00 PM
From: IQBAL LATIF  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 50167
 
Today in history-November 9:

1799 - The 18 Brumaire coup led by Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès and Napoléon Bonaparte deposed the government of France.

1872 - The Great Boston Fire of 1872 began, eventually destroying over 700 buildings in Boston, Massachusetts.

1965 - In the Northeast Blackout of 1965 several U.S. states and parts of Canada are hit by a series of blackouts lasting up to 13 1/2 hours.

1989 - The Berlin Wall fell, marking the beginning of the collapse of the Soviet Union and communism in Europe