November 9 in history: • 1822 – USS Alligator engaged three pirate schooners off the coast of Cuba in one of the West Indies anti-piracy operations of the United States. → go there • 1913 – A severe blizzard reached its maximum intensity in the Great Lakes Basin of North America, destroying 19 ships and 68,300 tons of cargo, and killing more than 250 people. → go there • 1918 – The government of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic adopted a tricolour national flag (pictured), which is again in use today, with slight modifications, by the present-day Republic of Azerbaijan. → go there • 1985 – At age 22, Garry Kasparov became the then-youngest World Chess Champion by defeating then-champion Anatoly Karpov. → go there • 2019 – The Alabama Crimson Tide and LSU Tigers football teams, both with undefeated records thus far that season, played in a "Game of the Century". → go there Born 1580: Johannes Narssius Wiki link Died 1854: Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton Wiki link Born 1935: Bob Gibson Wiki link Died 1970: Charles de Gaulle Wiki link Pictured: Flag of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic.