1619-René Descartes has a dream that inspires his "Meditations on First Philosophy"
1674-Dutch formally cede New Netherland (New York) to the English
1885-German engineer Gottlieb Daimler unveils the world's first motorcycle
1918-Western Union Cable Office in North Sydney, Nova Scotia, receives a top-secret coded message from Europe stating that on November 11, 1918, all fighting will cease on land, sea, and in the air
1960-Uncensored version of D. H. Lawrence's "Lady Chatterley’s Lover" finally goes on sale in the U.K. after a jury finds publisher Penguin Books not guilty in an obscenity trial
1969-"Sesame Street" premieres on PBS TV
1989-Germans begin demolishing the Berlin Wall