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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_9" title="November 9">November 9</a></b>: 
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1822" title="1822">1822</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Alligator_(1820)" title="USS Alligator (1820)">USS <i>Alligator</i></a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_of_9_November_1822" title="Action of 9 November 1822">engaged</a></b> three pirate <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schooner" title="Schooner">schooners</a> off the coast of Cuba in one of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Indies_anti-piracy_operations_of_the_United_States" title="West Indies anti-piracy operations of the United States">West Indies anti-piracy operations of the United States</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1913" title="1913">1913</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Lakes_Storm_of_1913" title="Great Lakes Storm of 1913">A severe blizzard</a></b> reached its maximum intensity in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Lakes_Basin" title="Great Lakes Basin">Great Lakes Basin</a> of North America, destroying 19 ships and 68,300 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonnage" title="Tonnage">tons</a> of cargo, and killing more than 250 people.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1938" title="1938">1938</a><i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristallnacht" title="Kristallnacht">Kristallnacht</a></b></i> began as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturmabteilung" title="Sturmabteilung">SA stormtroopers</a> and civilians destroyed and ransacked Jewish homes, businesses and synagogues in Germany and Austria, resulting in at least 90 deaths and the deportation of 30,000 men to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_concentration_camps" title="Nazi concentration camps">concentration camps</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967" title="1967">1967</a> – The first issue of <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a></b></i>, an American magazine focusing on music, politics and popular culture, was published.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993" title="1993">1993</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosnian_War" title="Bosnian War">Bosnian War</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatian_Defence_Council" title="Croatian Defence Council">Croatian Defence Council</a> forces destroyed the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stari_Most" title="Stari Most">Stari Most</a></b>, a 16th-century bridge crossing the river <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neretva" title="Neretva">Neretva</a> in the city of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mostar" title="Mostar">Mostar</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Narssius" title="Johannes Narssius">Johannes Narssius</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1580); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenore_Romney" title="Lenore Romney">Lenore Romney</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1908); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dylan_Thomas" title="Dylan Thomas">Dylan Thomas</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1953); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markus_Wolf" title="Markus Wolf">Markus Wolf</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2006)</p>