TIM MAGUIRE

Martin Luther posting the 95 Theses on the
door of the Wittenberg Castle church in 1517.
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Martin Luther (10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546)     
    

        
        
Luther was a German priest, theologian, author, hymnwriter,
professor, and former Augustinian friar.

Martin Luther taught that justification is not earned by any
human acts or intents or merit; rather, it is received only
as the free gift of God’s grace through the believer’s faith
in Jesus Christ.

East German officials opened the Berlin Wall on November 9,
1989, allowing travel from East to West Berlin. The following
day, celebrating Germans began to tear the wall down.

The destruction of the Berlin Wall was a significant action
leading to the end of the Cold War.

Soviet-born Garry Kasparov, 22 (above) beat Anatoly Karpov to
become the youngest world chess champion. Eleven years later,
he defeated Deep Blue, IBM’s powerful custom-built chess
computer, then lost to an upgraded Deep Blue the following
year.

Chess Grandmaster Garry Kimovich Kasparov, born
April 13, 1963.

At dusk on Tuesday, November 9, 1965, one of the biggest
power failures in history occurred as all of New York state,
portions of seven nearby states, and parts of eastern
Canada are plunged into darkness.

The Great Northeast Blackout began at the height of rush
hour, delaying millions of commuters, trapping 800,000
people in New York’s subways, and stranding thousands
more in office buildings, elevators, and trains.