1888 - Jack the Ripper killed his last victim, Mary Jane Kelly.
1938 - Nazis burned and looted temples and Jewish-owned stores and houses in Germany and Austria in what became known as Kristallnacht (Crystal Night-referring to broken glass on streets).
1953 - Author-poet Dylan Thomas died in New York at age 39.
1965 - A switch at a station near Niagara Falls failed. The Northeast and parts of Canada went dark for more than 13 hours.
1970 - Former French president Charles De Gaulle died at age 79.
1989 - Borders between East and West Germany were opened and the Berlin Wall began to be dismantled the next day.
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