There seems to be something special about November 9th that produces significant historic events, some good and others downright disastrous. For example:
> November 9, 1799: Napoleon Bonaparte seized power in France, ending the French Revolution.
The jury is still out on this one. He did institute a number of much-needed reforms in France. If only he had avoided those disastrous foreign wars . . .
> November 9, 1918: Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicated, and the Weimar Republic was created. Two days later, World War I ended with an armistice . . .
. . . which sounds good on its face. But the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, signed the following year, were so draconian that they led to the dire political and economic conditions in Germany that opened the door to Hitler’s rise.
> November 9, 1923: Adolph Hitler staged his Beer Hall Putsch in Munich, Germany.
The good news — at least for a while — was that this effort to gain power failed. The bad news is that he lived to try again.
> November 9, 1938: The night of Kristallnacht — also known as the Night of Broken Glass — saw Hitler’s Nazi forces and sympathizers launch violent attacks against Jewish-owned businesses, homes and synagogues across Germany and Austria, leading the way to World War II and the Holocaust.
Clearly one of the worst disasters in the history of the world.
> November 9, 1989: The Berlin Wall dividing the free West and the Soviet-controlled communist East fell, setting the stage, not only for the reunification of Germany, but for the collapse of the Soviet Union two years later.
Finally, something to celebrate on this date.
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But we’re not finished with the November 9th phenomenon. Because today, November 9, 2026, Stephen Miller steps into the office of Chief of Staff of the White House in Washington, D.C.
And I can’t think of anything — at least in terms of American politics — worse than that.
Just sayin’ . . .
Brendochka
11/9/26
