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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/1888" title="1888">1888</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Jane_Kelly" title="Mary Jane Kelly">Mary Jane Kelly</a></b>, widely believed to be the fifth and final victim of the notorious unidentified serial killer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_the_Ripper" title="Jack the Ripper">Jack the Ripper</a>, was murdered in London.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1914" title="1914">1914</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>: Off the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocos_(Keeling)_Islands" title="Cocos (Keeling) Islands">Cocos (Keeling) Islands</a>, the Australian light cruiser <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAS_Sydney_(1912)" title="HMAS Sydney (1912)"><i>Sydney</i></a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cocos" title="Battle of Cocos">sank</a></b> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Emden" title="SMS Emden"><i>Emden</i></a>, the last active German warship in the Indian Ocean.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918" title="1918">1918</a> – The government of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azerbaijan_Democratic_Republic" title="Azerbaijan Democratic Republic">Azerbaijan Democratic Republic</a> adopted <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Azerbaijan" title="Flag of Azerbaijan">a tricolour national flag</a></b> that remains in use today with slight modifications by the present-day Republic of Azerbaijan.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016" title="2016">2016</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Croydon_tram_derailment" title="2016 Croydon tram derailment">A tram derailment</a></b> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croydon" title="Croydon">Croydon</a>, London, killed seven people.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Trott" title="Harry Trott">Harry Trott</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1917); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadezhda_Alliluyeva" title="Nadezhda Alliluyeva">Nadezhda Alliluyeva</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1932); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neville_Chamberlain" title="Neville Chamberlain">Neville Chamberlain</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1940)</p>
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