From on-this-day.com
1906 U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt left for Panama. It was the first foreign trip by a U.S. president
1918 Germany’s Kaiser Wilhelm II announced he would abdicate. He then fled to the Netherlands
1923 In Munich, the Beer Hall Putsch was crushed by German troops that were loyal to the democratic government. The event began the evening before when Adolf Hitler took control of a beer hall full of Bavarian government leaders at gunpoint
1965 The great Northeast blackout occurred as several states and parts of Canada were hit by a series of power failures lasting up to 13 1/2 hours
1989 Communist East Germany opened its borders, allowing its citizens to travel freely to West Germany