1619 René Descartes has the dream that inspires his “Meditations on First Philosophy”
1674 Dutch formally cede New Netherlands (New York) to the English
1885 German engineer Gottlieb Daimler unveils the world’s first motorcycle
1918 Western Union Cable Office in North Sydney, Nova Scotia receives a top-secret coded message from Europe stating on November 11, 1918 all fighting would cease on land, sea and in the air
1989 Germans begin demolishing the Berlin Wall
Historical Events Today
Today in Film & TV
1969 “Sesame Street” premieres on PBS TV
2010 Alan Menken, famous Disney composer, receives the 2,442nd star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Today in Sport
1991 South Africa’s 1st cricket international since 1970 – one-day v India
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1871 Henry Morton Stanley encounters David Livingstone at Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika in Central Africa, with the immortal words ‘Dr Livingstone, I presume?’
1940 Walt Disney begins serving as an informer for the Los Angeles office of the FBI; his job is to report back information on Hollywood subversives.
Famous Weddings
1926 Belgium crown prince Leopold weds princess Astrid Bernadotte of Sweden
1963 Actress Doris Roberts (33) weds novelist William Goyen (48)
1965 Netherlands 2nd Chamber accept marriage of Princess Beatrice & Claus von Amsberg
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