Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/November 9
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November 9: Independence Day in Cambodia (1953)
- 1799 - The 18 Brumaire coup led by Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès and Napoléon Bonaparte deposed the government of France.
- 1872 - The Great Boston Fire of 1872 began, eventually destroying over 700 buildings in Boston, Massachusetts.
- 1965 - In the Northeast Blackout of 1965 several U.S. states and parts of Canada are hit by a series of blackouts lasting up to 13 1/2 hours.
- 1989 - The Berlin Wall fell, marking the beginning of the collapse of the Soviet Union and either Stalinism or communism (disputed) in Europe
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