November 9 in history: The new German government that replaced
the monarchy did not please one Adolf Hitler. He and hundreds of
Nazi party members attempted an overthrow of the Bavarian
government in 1923 with an uprising known as the Beer Hall
Putsch. The revolt was put down by police in the streets of
Munich on November 9th. The Communist government of East Germany
which came after Hitler’s reign during World War Two was
starting to fall apart in 1989 when it bowed to pressure from
the public and allowed people to pass freely through the Berlin
Wall. After that announcement on the 9th of November, Germans
began breaking down the wall which had divided the free and
Communist portions of Berlin since the 1960′s. The 1967 military
comedy “How I Won the War” featured John Lennon of the Beatles
as an English soldier serving in WWII. A photo of a short-haired
Lennon in his soldier costume appeared on the cover of the first
Rolling Stone magazine, issued on this date in ’67. August 13 in
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