What happend on 9th November

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2004

The Xbox game Halo 2 is released, bringing in US$75 million from pre-orders alone.

2004

Mozilla Firefox 1.0 released. This has become one of Microsoft Internet Explorer's biggest competitors.

2003

Rebel Youth Network Organizing Committee formed in Toronto.

2003

During the holy month of Ramadan, a suicide-terrorist attack in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, kills 17 people.

1998

Brokerage houses are ordered to pay US$1.03 billion to cheated NASDAQ investors to compensate for their price-fixing. This is the largest civil settlement in United States history.

1997

Mike Lookinland (of The Brady Bunch fame) is charged with drunk driving in St. George, Utah.

1997

BBC News 24 begins broadcasting at 17:30 GMT.

1994

Discovery of the chemical element Darmstadtium.

1993

Stari Most, the "old bridge" in Bosnian Mostar built in 1566, collapses after several days of bombing.

1989

Cold War: Communist-controlled East Germany opens checkpoints in the Berlin Wall allowing its citizens to freely travel to West Germany.