AP Highlight in History: On Nov. 9, 1989, Communist East Germany threw open its borders, allowing citizens to travel freely to the West. Joyous Germans danced atop the Berlin Wall.
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." Read the original AP story
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1965
Several northeastern states and parts of Canada were hit by a series of power failures lasting up to 13 1/2 hours.
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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.
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.
2004
Houston Astros pitcher Roger Clemens won his record seventh Cy Young award.
2005
Three suicide bombers carried out nearly simultaneous attacks on three U.S.-based hotels in Amman, Jordan, killing 60 victims and wounding hundreds.
