1619: René Descartes has the dream that inspires his “Meditations on First Philosophy”
1674: Dutch formally cede New Netherlands (New York) to the English
1885: German engineer Gottlieb Daimler unveils the world’s first motorcycle
1918: Western Union Cable Office in North Sydney, Nova Scotia receives a top-secret coded message from Europe stating on November 11, 1918 all fighting would cease on land, sea and in the air
1989: Germans begin demolishing the Berlin Wall
Source: Onthisday.com
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