In History, Today on November 9

Napoleon Bonaparte led a coup d'état, known as the Coup of 18 Brumaire, overthrowing the French Directory and establishing the French Consulate, marking the end of the French Revolution.

Robert Blum, a German politician and revolutionary, was executed in Vienna following his involvement in the Revolutions of 1848.

The first documented Canadian football game was played at the University of Toronto.

The Great Boston Fire of 1872 began, destroying about 65 acres of downtown Boston, Massachusetts.

Theodore Roosevelt became the first sitting U.S. president to make an official trip outside the continental United States, visiting Panama to inspect the construction of the Panama Canal.

Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany abdicated, leading to the end of the German Empire and paving the way for the establishment of the Weimar Republic.

The Beer Hall Putsch, an attempted coup by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party, was thwarted in Munich, leading to Hitler's arrest and temporary setback for the Nazi movement.

The Great Northeast Blackout occurred, affecting parts of Ontario, Canada, and the northeastern United States, leaving over 30 million people without electricity for up to 13 hours.

The Berlin Wall fell, marking a pivotal moment in the collapse of communist regimes in Eastern Europe and symbolizing the end of the Cold War.

The chemical element Darmstadtium is discovered at the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research in Darmstadt, Germany.

A series of coordinated suicide bomb attacks occurred at three hotels in Amman, Jordan, killing 60 people and injuring 115 others.

The Camp Fire, the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California's history, began in Butte County, eventually killing 85 people and destroying thousands of structures.