In a November 9but in 1989, the ‘Berlin Wall’, the border between the German Democratic Republic (GDR) and the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) since 1961, and the best-known symbol of the Cold War and the division of Germany.
Other Anniversaries
1914.- Hedy Lamarr, the actress and inventor of Wi-Fi, is born in Vienna (Austria), in whose honor International Inventor’s Day is celebrated every November 9.
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1918.- William II, last German emperor and king of Prussia, abdicates after Germany’s defeat in World War I. The socialist deputy Philip Scheideman pBom declaims the Republic.
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1922.- The Spanish Jacinto Benavente obtains the Nobel Prize for Literature.
1923.- The attempted coup d’état organized by Adolf Hitler and E. Ludendorff fails in Germany.
1925.- In Germany, the Schutzstaffel or SS (Protection Squads) were founded within the National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP) and became an elite paramilitary group.
1938.- Kristallnacht (‘Night of Broken Glass’) takes place in Germany, the first major massacre organized by the Nazis against the Jews: 90 dead, some 30,000 sent to concentration camps.
1939.- Frustrated attack against Adolf Hitler in Munich.
1940.- The Aranjuez Concert, a musical composition for guitar and orchestra by maestro Joaquín Rodrigo, premieres at the Palau de la Música (Barcelona, Spain).
1948.- Prince Juan Carlos de Borbón arrives in Spain from Portugal to begin his academic training under the supervision of General Francisco Franco, head of state.
1953.- The independence of Cambodia is proclaimed, a protectorate of France since 1863 and which, along with Vietnam and Laos, formed part of French Indochina.
1985.- The Soviet Gari Kasparov is proclaimed the youngest World Chess champion in history by defeating his compatriot Anatoli Karpov.
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1990.- King Birendra of Nepal promulgates the new Constitution, which abolishes the absolute powers of the monarchy and restores democracy.
1991.- European scientists in Great Britain manage to reproduce nuclear fusion in a controlled way.
2005.- The European Space Agency (ESA) launches its first Venus Express probe into space on a Soyuz rocket, bound for the planet Venus.
BIRTH
1874.- Julio Romero de Torres, Spanish painter.
1888.- Jean Omer Marie Gabriel Monnet, French economist, one of the “fathers of Europe”.
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1911.- Luis Antonio Santaló Sors, Spanish mathematician, pioneer of integral geometry.
1926.- Vicente Aranda, Spanish filmmaker.
1930.- Ignacio Ellacuría, Spanish theologian and philosopher.
1960.- Sito Pons, Spanish motorcyclist.
DEATHS
1940.- Arthur Neville Chamberlain, former English Prime Minister.
1970.- Charles de Gaulle, French statesman.
1991.- Yves Montand, French actor and singer.
1997.- Helenio Herrera, former soccer player of Spanish-Argentine origin and French nationality.
2016.- Cristina Ortíz Rodríguez, “La Veneno”, Spanish star.
2022.- Carlos Pacheco, Spanish cartoonist, pioneer of superhero comics.
