Slaves in the French colony of Saint-Domingue on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola began the Haitian Revolution.
9th November 1918: Wilhelm II abdicates as Kaiser of Germany
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27th September 1908: First Model T Ford produced in Detroit
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26th September 1960: Kennedy and Nixon take part in their first televised debate
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25th September 1513: European ‘discovery’ of the Pacific Ocean
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11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
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9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
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1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
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