TODAY IN HISTORY
Today is Wednesday, Nov. 9, the 313th day of 2022. There are 52 days left in the year.
ON THIS DATE IN HISTORY
On Nov. 9, 1989, communist East Germany threw open its borders, allowing citizens to travel freely to the West; joyous Germans danced atop the Berlin Wall.
1620 — The passengers and crew of the Mayflower sighted Cape Cod.
1938 — Nazis looted and burned synagogues as well as Jewish-owned stores and houses in Germany and Austria in a pogrom or deliberate persecution that became known as “Kristallnacht.”
2011 — After 46 seasons as Penn State’s head football coach and a record 409 victories, Joe Paterno was fired along with the university president, Graham Spanier, over their handling of child sex abuse allegations against former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky.
2016 — Democrat Hillary Clinton conceded the presidential election to Republican Donald Trump, telling supporters in New York that her defeat was “painful, and it will be for a long time.” But Clinton told her faithful to accept Trump and the election results, urging them to give him “an open mind and a chance to lead.”
Ten years ago — Retired four-star Army Gen. David Petraeus abruptly resigned as CIA director after an affair with his biographer, Paula Broadwell, was revealed by an FBI investigation.
Thousands of union bakers went on strike against Hostess Brands, Inc., to protest cuts to wages and benefits under a new contract offer. (Hostess responded by shutting down its operations and selling its assets to new owners who revived the Hostess brand.)
Five years ago — During a visit to Beijing, President Donald Trump criticized what he called a “very one-sided and unfair” trade relationship between the US and China, but said he didn’t blame China for having taken advantage of the US. Actor John Hillerman, best known for his supporting role on the TV series “Magnum, P.I.,” died at the age of 84 at his home in Houston.
One year ago — A federal judge rejected former President Donald Trump’s request to block the release of documents to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. The US Fish and Wildlife Service struck down a Trump-era rule that would have opened millions of acres of forest in Oregon, Washington and California to potential logging.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Baseball Hall of Famer Whitey Herzog is 91. Movie director Bille August is 74. Actor Lou Ferrigno is 71. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, is 70. Rock musician Dee Plakas (L7) is 62. Actor Ion Overman is 53. Rapper Pepa (SaltN-Pepa) is 58. Actor Eric Dane is 50. Singer Nick Lachey (98 Degrees) is 49. Actor-model Analeigh Tipton is 34.