Today in History: November 9, Holocaust begins with looting of Jewish stores, homes

Today is Sunday, Nov. 9, the 313th day of 2025. There are 52 days left in the year. Today in history: On Nov. 9, 1938, Nazis looted and burned synagogues as well as thousands of Jewish-owned stores and houses in Germany and Austria in a pogrom or deliberate persecution that became known as “Kristallnacht.” Also on this date: In 1906, Theodore Roosevelt made the first trip abroad of any sitting U.S. president in order to observe construction of the Panama Canal....