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MAKING HISTORYAssDciated PressToday is Thesday, Nov. 9, the 313th day of2021. There are 52 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Nov. 9,1938, Nazis looted and burned synagogues as well as Jewish-owned stores and houses in Germany and Austria in a pogrom or deliberate persecution that became known as “Kristallnacht.Ten years ago:After 46 seasons as Penn State's head football coach and a record 409 victories, Joe Patemo was fired along with the university president, Graham Spanier, over their handling of child sex abuse allegations against former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky. Taylor Swift won her second entertainer of the year award at The Country Music Association Awards.Five yearsago:Democrat Hillary Clinton conceded the presidential election to Republican Donald Trump, telling supporters in New Yoik that her defeat was “painful, and it will be for a long time. But Clinton told her faithful to accept Trump and the election results, urging them to give him “an open mind and a chance to lead.Oneyearago:President Donald Trump fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper, injecting more uncertainty to a rocky transition period as Joe Biden prepared to assume the presidency; Trump said Christopher Miller, director of the National Counterterrorism Center, would serve as acting secretary. Attorney Genera] Wiliam Barr authorized federal prosecutors to pursue “substantial allegations of voting irregularities before the presidential election was certified, despite no evidence of widespread baud; the action raised the prospect that Trump would use the Justice Department to try to challenge the outcome. The Trump administration blocked government officials from cooperating with President-elect Joe Biden's team on a transition. Georgia's two Republican senators called for the resignation of the state's top election official, Biad Raffensperger, a fellow Republican, who had said there weren't enough doubtful votes to tip Georgia into the Trump column.Today's Birthdays:Baseball Hall of Famer Whitey Herzog is 90. Movie director Billie August is 73. Actor Robert David Hall is 73. Actor Lou Ferrigno is 70. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, is 69. Gospel singer Donnie McClurkin is 62. Rock musician Dee Plakas (L7) is 61. Actor Jon Overman is 52. Rapper Pepa (Salt-N-Pepa) is 57. Rapper Scarface {Geto Boys) is 51. Blues singer Susan Tedeschi is 51. Actor Jason Antoon is 50. Actor Eric Dane is 49. Singer Nick Lachey {98 Degrees) is 48. Country musician Barry Knox (Parmalee) is 44.
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