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Nov. 9, 1989: Over 500 children gathered at Halverson Elementary School to pray for 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling, who was abducted Oct. 22, 1989, near his home in St. Joseph.

Nov. 11, 1979: Slippery roads sent a semi crashing off the Interstate 90 bridge over County Road 22/Bridge Ave. The driver, on his way to New York with $50,000 worth of potatoes, survived the wreck.

Nov. 8, 1969: Spec. 4 James L. Nelson, of Albert Lea, was killed in action in Vietnam. Nelson was born Oct. 9, 1948, and graduated from Albert Lea High School in 1967. He entered the service with the U.S. Army on April 29, 1968, and took basic training at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

Nov. 8, 1948: Speltz Coal & Grain elevator at London burned to the ground, resulting in a $75,000 loss. Many homes and places of business near the elevator also caught fire from the intense heat and sparks in the air. Nine neighboring towns sent over 50 firemen to help contain the blaze.

 

National

2018: The U.S. re-imposed all sanctions on Iran that had been lifted under its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.

2017: A gunman armed with an assault rifle opened fire in a small south Texas church, killing more than two dozen people. The shooter was later found dead in a vehicle after he was shot and chased by two men who heard the gunfire. An autopsy revealed that he died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

2014: A day after sweeping Republican election gains, President Barack Obama and incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell pledged to try to turn divided government into a force for good rather than gridlock, yet warned of veto showdowns as well.

2009: A shooting rampage at the Fort Hood Army post in Texas left 13 people dead. The shooter, an Army psychiatrist, was later convicted of murder and sentenced to death.

2006: Saddam Hussein was convicted and sentenced by the Iraqi High Tribunal to hang for crimes against humanity.

1994: Former President Ronald Reagan disclosed he had Alzheimer’s disease.

1974: Democrat Ella T. Grasso was elected governor of Connecticut, becoming the first woman to win a gubernatorial office without succeeding her husband.

1968: Republican Richard M. Nixon won the presidency, defeating Democratic Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey and American Independent candidate George C. Wallace.

1940: President Franklin D. Roosevelt won an unprecedented third term in office as he defeated Republican challenger Wendell L. Willkie.