Ana Diogo stands on a beach lit with the col-ours of sunset in Luanda, the capital of Angola, wearing a simple white dress and bracelets on both wrists.
Her right foot is buried in the warm sand. What is left of her left leg, which she lost in an explosion in 1984 while tending fields, is [...]

On Nov. 26, 1942, President Roosevelt ordered nationwide gasoline rationing, beginning December 1. (Go to article.)
1789 A day of thanksgiving was set aside by President George Washington to observe the adoption of the U.S. Constitution.
1825 The first college social fraternity, Kappa Alpha, was formed at Union College in Schenectady, N.Y.
1832 Public streetcar service began in New York City.
1940 The [...]

11/9/1934 - 12/20/1996
American astronomer
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74 Benjamin Banneker
11/9/1731 - 10/25/1806
American mathematician, astronomer, inventor and writer
72 Gail Borden
11/9/1801 - 1/11/1874
American businessman
34 Elijah Lovejoy
11/9/1802 - 11/7/1837
American abolitionist
52 Stanford White
11/9/1853 - 6/25/1906
American architect
64 Marie Dressler
11/9/1869 - 7/28/1934
Canadian-born American actress
81 Florence Sabin
11/9/1871 - 10/3/1953
American anatomist
79 Ed Wynn
11/9/1886 - 6/19/1966
American actor
37 Mabel Normand
11/9/1892 - 2/23/1930
American actress
77 Spiro Agnew
11/9/1918 - 9/17/1996
American [...]

On Nov. 9, 1965, the great Northeast blackout occurred as several states and parts of Canada were hit by a series of power failures lasting up to 13 1/2 hours. (Go to article.)
1918 Germany’s Kaiser Wilhelm II announced that he would abdicate.
1935 United Mine Workers president John L. Lewis and other labor leaders formed the Committee for [...]

11/8/1900 - 8/16/1949
American author; wrote “Gone With The Wind”
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37 Gustav X Charles
11/8/1622 - 2/13/1660
Swedish king (1654-60)
85 Edmond Halley
11/8/1656 - 1/14/1742
English astronomer and mathematician
64 Bram Stoker
11/8/1847 - 4/20/1912
Irish author; wrote “Dracula”
76 Gottlob Frege
11/8/1848 - 7/26/1925
German mathematician and logician
74 Herbert Austin, Baron Austin
11/8/1866 - 5/23/1941
Enligh automotive engineer; founder and first chairman of Austin Motor Company
37 [...]