In the Non-Gay but interesting News...

On this day, November 9, 1938 Nazis launched a terror campaign against Jews in Germany and Austria. The 24 hour rampage was called "Kristallnacht" or "Night of broken glass" in reference to the thousands of windows broken in Jewish homes and businesses. Kristallnacht was a defining moment in German history and truly gave rise to the power of Hitler as a dictator and the Nazis. This event combined with many others in German history is what lead Europe and the world into WWII.

Coincidentally, over 50 years later, on November 9th, 1989, Berliners celebrated the fall of the Berlin wall which separated East from West Germany since 1949. This event finally united Germany once again.