Seeds of Fire: A People’s Chronology
Recalling events that happened on this day in history.
Memories of struggle, resistance and persistence.
Compiled by Ulli Diemer
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November 9, 1799
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Napoleon Bonaparte proclaims himself ruler of France, ten years after the French Revolution overthrew the monarchy and shattered the old order.
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November 9, 1965
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Roger Allen LaPorte (1943-1965), a member of the Catholic Worker Movement, immolates himself at the United Nations in New York in protest against the Vietnam War.
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November 9, 1989
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The East German government yields to increasing popular pressure and opens the Berlin Wall.
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