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Napoleon Bonaparte staged the Coup of 18 Brumaire in Paris, marking his rise to power and effectively ending the French Revolution

General Ambrose Burnside formally assumed command of the Union Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War

Germany was proclaimed a republic as Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicated and fled to the Netherlands, ending the German monarchy

Adolf Hitler's Beer Hall Putsch failed in Munich, leading to his arrest and imprisonment where he wrote Mein Kampf

Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass) began, a Nazi-orchestrated anti-Jewish pogrom resulting in the deaths of at least 91 Jews

Cambodia gained independence from France after nearly a century of colonial rule

The Great Northeast Blackout left over 30 million people without power across parts of the United States and Canada

Garry Kasparov, at age 22, defeated Anatoly Karpov to become the youngest male world chess champion

The Berlin Wall was opened, allowing East Berliners to travel freely to West Berlin for the first time in 28 years

East Germany opened checkpoints in the Berlin Wall, leading to its eventual destruction and symbolizing the end of the Cold War