FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Today is Friday, November 9, the 314

th

day of 2012. There are 52 days left in the year.

1799 ― Napoleon becomes dictator (first consul) of France

1904 ― First airplane flight to last more than five minutes

1918 ― Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates after German defeat in WW I

1927 ― Giant Panda discovered, China

1953 ― Supreme Court rules Major League baseball exempt from anti-trust laws

1963 ― 450 die in a coal-dust explosion and 160 die in train crash (Japan)

1976 ― U.N. General Assembly condemns apartheid in South Africa

1984 ― Vietnam Veterans Memorial ("Three Servicemen") completed

1985 ― Gary Kasparov (USSR) becomes World Chess Champion at age of 22

1989 ― East Berlin opens its borders