On This Day: November 9

10 verified moments happened on November 9. Here they are in the order they actually happened — the same kind of puzzle you solve in Whensly every day.

1. 1899🚂 Sewanee opens a legendary road trip by shutting out Texas in Austin, the first of five shutout wins in six days.College Football · Source: Wikipedia, '1899 Sewanee Tigers football team' (Nov 9 1899)
2. 1946🎖️ No. 1 Army and No. 2 Notre Dame play to a scoreless tie before more than 74,000 at Yankee Stadium in a Game of the Century.College Football · Source: Wikipedia, '1946 Army vs. Notre Dame football game' (Nov 9 1946)
3. 1984🔪 Wes Craven's A Nightmare on Elm Street opens, introducing razor-gloved dream stalker Freddy Krueger to sleepless teenagers everywhere.Movies · Source: Wikipedia: US release, opened in 165 cinemas
4. 1985Garry Kasparov defeats Anatoly Karpov to become the youngest world chess championSports · Source: Wikipedia World Chess Championship 1985; ChessBase '40 years ago: Kasparov becomes World Champion' — won game 24 on Nov 9, 1985
5. 1989🧱 East Germany opens its border crossings and crowds stream through, toppling the Berlin Wall overnight.History · Source: U.S. Office of the Historian, 'The Berlin Wall Falls' (Nov 9 1989)
6. 1989🧱 East German authorities open the border crossings in Berlin, and jubilant crowds tear down the wall that had divided the city for decades.USA 250 · Source: U.S. State Department Office of the Historian, Berlin Wall falls (Nov 9 1989)
7. 1993⚔️ The Wu-Tang Clan release Enter the Wu-Tang, a gritty debut with kung-fu samples that reshaped East Coast hip-hop.Music · Source: Wikipedia, 'Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)' (Nov 9 1993)
8. 2003Matt Kenseth clinches the title at Rockingham — the last championship decided under the old full-season points systemStock Car Racing · Source: Wikipedia, “2003 NASCAR Winston Cup Series”; ESPN — Kenseth clinched at Rockingham, Nov 9, 2003
9. 2004🦊 The Mozilla Foundation releases Firefox, the open-source browser that challenges Internet Explorer with tabbed browsing.Technology · Source: Mozilla Press Center (Nov 9 2004)
10. 2007🔫 The Coen brothers' No Country for Old Men opens, with Javier Bardem's chilling killer stalking the Texas desert.Movies · Source: Wikipedia: No Country for Old Men