On This Day in History November 9, 2018

Historical Events 1494  Piero the Unfortunate of the de' Medici family, ruler of Florence, loses his power and flees the state 1799  Napoleon Bonaparte pulls off a coup and becomes the dictator of France under the title of First Consul 1980  Iraqi President Saddam Hussein declares holy war against Iran 1994  Chemical element Darmstadtium discovered at GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research near Darmstadt, German 1998  Brokerage houses are ordered to pay 1.03 billion USD to NASDAQ investors to compensate for price-fixing - largest civil settlement in US history More Historical Events Famous Birthdays Benjamin Banneker (1731 - 1806) Hedy Lamarr (1914 - 2000) Mary Travers (1936 - 2009) Spiro Agnew (1918 - 1996) More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths Charles de Gaulle (1890 - 1970) Neville Chamberlain (1869 - 1940) More Famous Deaths November 9th: Wayward Prince Blamed for Royal Death Prince Edward, born on this day, came to prefer pleasure to duty, causing tension, Queen Victoria believed, that would have fatal consequences. Read the Article