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What happened on November 9 in American history
November 9 is the 313th day of the year (the 314th in leap years). Patriot Compass has published 6 stories from November 9 spanning 1862 to 1979. Among them: in 1862, McClellan says farewell to his troops; Burnside takes the Army of the Potomac; and in 1887, the United States receives its rights to Pearl Harbor under the renewed reciprocity treaty.
1862
McClellan says farewell to his troops; Burnside takes the Army of the Potomac
The handover happens in front of the Claggett farmhouse in New Baltimore, Virginia, two days after Lincoln settled on a more aggressive general.
1887Member story · 1776 Club
The United States receives its rights to Pearl Harbor under the renewed reciprocity treaty
Eleven days after King Kalākaua signs, Washington holds a legal claim to a coaling and repair station on the shallow lagoon Hawaiians call Wai Momi.
1906Member story · 1776 Club
Roosevelt leaves the country on official business, the first sitting President to do so
He is going to see the Panama Canal for himself, and Edith Roosevelt is traveling with him.
1967
The first Saturn V leaves Florida with no crew aboard; the shock rattles the control center ceiling
Ten months after the Apollo 1 fire, NASA flies every stage and the spacecraft together on the very first try.
1970Member story · 1776 Club
Supreme Court votes 6–3 to stay out of Massachusetts' fight over the Vietnam War
The state wanted its residents shielded from service in any conflict Congress had not declared; the justices declined to say whether it could.
1979
NORAD screens show a massive Soviet strike; satellite and radar checks find no attack
A test tape is running as though it were real, and the warnings reach two continuity of government bunkers and command posts around the world.
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