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1. She was born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler in Vienna, Austria on November 9, 1913 and is often regarded as the "most beautiful person ever" to appear in films. She is credited with being the first person to appear in a film in only her birthday suit and she served a one year probation after being arrested for shoplifting in 1991. She was the co-inventor of the earliest known form of telecommunications known as "frequency hopping" (used as a radio guiding system for torpedoes in the second World War) and her birthday is celebrated in Austria, Germany and Switzerland as "Inventor's Day" in her honor. How do we better know this multi-faceted personality?
2. This man was the last German Emperor and King of Prussia and the first grandchild of Queen Victoria. He was Emperor of Germany for over 30 years and was forced to abdicate on November 9, 1918 after the defeat of Germany in the First World War and mutiny among the ranks of the imperial navy. This man spent the rest of his life in Netherlands, deeply resentful and bitter, never formally relinquishing his titles, and hoping to return back to Germany. Who?
3. On November 9, 1921 it was announced that Albert Einstein won the Nobel Prize in Physics for "his services to Theoretical Physics, and especially for his ------". What?
4. The night of November 9 in 1938 was to see an event that would foreshadow the Holocaust. The murder of a German diplomat by a Jewish man was used as a pretext to vandalize Jewish property throughout the night leaving over 100 people dead, over 7,500 Jewish businesses damaged and hundreds of synagogues, homes, schools and graveyards destroyed. Over 30,000 men were arrested and sent to concentration camps. How is this terrible night known as in history?
5. The Nobel Peace Prize had not been awarded for six years between 1939 and 1944 due to the Second World War. On November 9, 1944, the Nobel committee announced that it was awarding the Peace prize for 1944 to this international organization for "the great work it has performed during the war in behalf of humanity." Which organization won the 1944 Nobel Peace Prize?
6. On November 9, 1952, this Zionist leader and the first President of Israel, who was also a renowned chemist considered the father of industrial fermentation, passed away. Name him.
7. On November 9, 1961, music entrepreneur Brian Epstein walked into Liverpool's local Cavern Club to watch a group he had heard so much about, perform. He was to watch them perform everyday for the next three weeks, but it was only on December 3 1961 that he proposed the idea of managing them. What was this group that was to change the face of music in the decade to come?
8. On November 9, 1985, this man became the youngest ever World Chess Champion after a marathon match against the reigning world champion. He was to stay the undisputed world champion till 1993 and as the world champion of the classic format of the game till 2000. Who is this great chess Grandmaster, who was the first player in the history of the game to reach a rating of over 2800?
9. One of the world's most famous structures started coming down on November 9, 1989. Hundreds of people were killed trying to cross this structure while it stood for 28 years. The structure had 302 watch towers around it with guards having shoot orders at anyone trying to cross it. The fall of this structure was to pave the way to a formal reunification of two countries. What structure is this?
10. This lady was elected as the first woman president of Ireland on November 9, 1990. She was to later become the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, between 1997 and 2002. Which astute politician is this?
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