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November 10 is the 314th day of the year (315th in Leap Year s) in the Gregorian Calendar , with 51 days remaining.
Events
- (or Ulaszlo I Of Hungary ) are crushed by the Turks under Sultan Murad II and Ladislaus is killed.
- , Netherlands cedes New Netherlands to England .
- 1766 - The last Colonial governor of New Jersey , William Franklin , signs the charter of Queen's College (later renamed Rutgers University ).
- passes a resolution creating the Continental Marines (later renamed the United States Marine Corps ) to serve as landing troops for the recently created Continental Navy.
- 1865 - Major Henry Wirz , the superintendent of A Prison Camp In Andersonville, Georgia , is Hanged , becoming the only American Civil War soldier Executed for War Crime s.
- 1871 - Henry Morton Stanley locates missing explorer and missionary, Dr. David Livingstone in Ujiji , near Lake Tanganyika saying "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"
- 1919 - The first national convention of the American Legion is held in Minneapolis, Minnesota (convention ended on November 12 ).
- 1926 - In San Francisco, California , a necrophiliac Serial Killer named Earle Nelson (dubbed "Gorilla Man") kills and then Rape s his 9th victim, Mrs. William Edmonds.
- 1928 - Michinomiya Hirohito is crowned the 124th Emperor Of Japan
- 1938 - Kate Smith , on her weekly radio show, sings Irving Berlin's God Bless America for the first time.
- 1940 - Walt Disney begins serving as an informer for the Los Angeles office of the FBI ; his job is to report back information on Hollywood "subversives".
- invades Vichy France following French Admiral François Darlan agreement to an armistice with the Allies in North Africa .
- 1951 - Direct-dial coast-to-coast Telephone service begins in the United States .
- 1954 - US President Dwight D. Eisenhower dedicates the USMC War Memorial (Iwo Jima memorial) in Arlington National Cemetery .
- 1969 - National Educational Television (the predecessor to the Public Broadcasting Service ) in the United States debuts the children's Television program '' Sesame Street ''.
- - For the first time in five years, an entire week ends with no reports of American combat fatalities in Southeast Asia .
- 1970 - Soviet Lunar probe Lunokhod 1 launched.
- 1971 - In Cambodia , Khmer Rouge forces attack the city Phnom Penh and its airport, killing 44, wounding at least 30 and damaging nine Airplane s.
- 1972 - Southern Airways Flight 49 from Birmingham is Hijack ed and, at one point, is threatened with crashing into the nuclear installation at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory . After two days, the plane lands in Havana , Cuba , where the hijackers are jailed by Fidel Castro .
- 1975 - The 729-foot-long freighter SS ''Edmund Fitzgerald'' sinks during a storm on Lake Superior , killing all 29 crew on board.
- 1975 - General Assembly approves a resolution equating Zionism with Racism (the resolution was repealed in December 1991 ).
- 1989 - After ruling for 33 years , Bulgarian Communist Party leader Todor Zhivkov is replaced by foreign minister Petur Mladenov , who in 1990 changes the party's name to Bulgarian Socialist Party .
- 1995 - In Nigeria , playwright and environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa along with eight others from the Movement For The Survival Of The Ogoni People (Mosop) are hanged by government forces.
- 1997 - Telcoms WorldCom and MCI Communications announce a $37 billion merger (the largest merger in US history at the time).
- 1997 - A jury in Fairfax, Virginia finds Mir Aimal Kasi guilty of the murder of two CIA employees in 1993 .
- 1997 - Seymour Hersh 's book "'' The Dark Side Of Camelot ''" is published; it includes allegations of explicit photos of John F. Kennedy with various sex partners having been taken.
- 1997 - The conviction of 19-year-old British Au Pair Louise Woodward reduced from second-degree murder to Involuntary Manslaughter and her sentence reduced from life in prison to Time Served . She had been found guilty less than two weeks earlier in a baby-shaking death.
- 2005 - The New Cybermen were revealed on the BBC's Website .
Births
- 745 - Musa Al-Kazim , Shia Imam (d. 799 )
- 1341 - Henry Percy, 1st Earl Of Northumberland , English statesman (d. 1408 )
- 1433 - Charles, Duke Of Burgundy (d. 1477 )
- 1483 - Martin Luther , German protestant reformer (d. 1546 )
- 1565 - Laurentius Paulinus Gothus , Swedish theologian and astronomer (d. 1646 )
- 1566 - Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl Of Essex , English politician (d. 1601 )
- 1577 - Jacob Cats , Dutch poet, jurist and politician (d. 1660 )
- 1668 - Louis III, Prince Of Condé (d. 1710 )
- 1668 - François Couperin , French composer (d. 1733 )
- 1683 - George II Of Great Britain (d. 1760 )
- 1695 - John Bevis , English physician and astronomer (d. 1771 )
- 1697 - William Hogarth , English artist (d. 1764 )
- 1710 - Adam Gottlob Moltke , Danish statesman (d. 1792 )
- 1728 - Oliver Goldsmith , English playwright (d. 1774 )
- 1759 - Friedrich Von Schiller , German writer (d. 1805 )
- 1801 - Samuel Gridley Howe , American social reformer (d. 1876 )
- 1801 - Vladimir Dal , Russian lexicographer (d. 1872 )
- 1845 - Sir John Sparrow David Thompson , fourth Prime Minister Of Canada (d. 1894 )
- 1850 - Arthur Goring Thomas , English composer
- 1868 - Gichin Funakoshi , Father of Japanese Shotokan Karatedo (d. 1957 )
- 1871 - Winston Churchill , American novelist (d. 1947 )
- 1879 - Vachel Lindsay , American poet (d. 1931 )
- 1880 - Jacob Epstein , American-born sculptor (d. 1959 )
- 1887 - Arnold Zweig , German author (d. 1968 )
- 1888 - Andrei Tupolev , Russian aircraft designer (d. 1972 )
- 1889 - Claude Rains , English actor (d. 1967 )
- 1893 - John P. Marquand , American writer (d. 1960 )
- 1896 - Jimmy Dykes , baseball player and manager (d. 1976 )
- 1907 - Jane Froman , American actor and singer (d. 1980 )
- 1909 - Paweł Jasienica , Polish historian (d. 1970 )
- 1912 - Birdie Tebbetts , baseball player and manager (d. 1999 )
- 1918 - Ernst Otto Fischer , German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1919 - Mikhail Timofeevich Kalashnikov , Russian inventor
- 1919 - Moise Tshombe , Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (d. 1969 )
- 1925 - Richard Burton , Welsh actor (d. 1984 )
- 1928 - Ennio Morricone , Italian composer
- 1932 - Roy Scheider , American actor
- 1935 - Igor Dmitrievich Novikov , Russian astrophisicist
- 1940 - Russell Means , American activist
- 1940 - Screaming Lord Sutch , English musician
- 1942 - Robert F. Engle , American economist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1942 - Hans-Rudolf Merz , Swiss Federal Councilor
- 1944 - Silvestre Reyes , American politician
- 1944 - Sir Tim Rice , English lyricist
- 1947 - Greg Lake , British musician
- 1947 - Glen Buxton , American guitarist ( Alice Cooper ) (d. 1997 )
- 1949 - Ann Reinking , American actress, dancer, and choreographer
- 1956 - Sinbad , American actor and comedian
- 1958 - Massimo Morsello , Italian singer and activist
- 1958 - Brooks Williams , American musician
- 1959 - Linda Cohn , American sports reporter
- 1959 - Mackenzie Phillips , American actress
- 1960 - Neil Gaiman , English writer
- 1964 - Kenny Rogers , baseball player
- 1965 - Eddie Irvine , Northern Irish racecar driver
- 1969 - Jens Lehmann , German footballer
- 1969 - Faustino Asprilla , Colombian footballer
- 1970 - Warren G , American rapper
- 1972 - Shawn Green , baseball player
- 1973 - Patrik Berger , Czech footballer
- 1976 - Steffen Iversen , Norwegian footballer
- 1976 - Shefki Kuqi , Finnish footballer
- 1977 - Brittany Murphy , American actress
- 1978 - Eve , American rapper ( Sunil )
- 1985 - Ricki-Lee Coulter , Australian singer
- 1985 - Giovonnie Samuels , American television actress
Deaths
- 627 - Justus , Archbishop Of Canterbury
- 1444 - King Wladislaus III Of Poland (killed in battle) (b. 1424 )
- 1549 - Pope Paul III (b. 1468 )
- 1596 - Peter Wentworth , English Puritan politician (b. 1530 )
- 1605 - Ulisse Aldrovandi , Italian naturalist (b. 1522 )
- 1617 - Barnabe Rich , English soldier and writer
- 1624 - Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl Of Southampton , English patron of the theater (b. 1573 )
- 1644 - Luís Vélez De Guevara , Spanish writer (b. 1579 )
- 1673 - Michał Wiśniowiecki, King Of Poland (b. 1640 )
- 1727 - Alphonse De Tonty , French explorer and American settler (b. 1659 )
- 1728 - Fyodor Apraksin , Russian admirals (b. 1661 )
- 1772 - Pedro Antonio Joaquim Correa Da Serra Garção , Portuguese poet (b. 1724 )
- 1777 - Cornstalk , Shawnee chief
- 1808 - Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester , British soldier and Governor of Quebec (b. 1724 )
- 1891 - Arthur Rimbaud , French poet, (b. 1854 )
- 1909 - Renee Vivien , American poet (b. 1877 )
- 1912 - Louis Cyr , Canadian strongman (b. 1863 )
- 1938 - Mustafa Kemal Atatürk , founder and the first President Of Turkey (b. 1881 )
- 1982 - Leonid Brezhnev , ruler of the Soviet Union (b. 1906 )
- 1985 - Pelle Lindbergh , Swedish hockey player (b. 1959 )
- 1990 - Aurelio Monteagudo , baseball player (b. 1943 )
- 1990 - Mário Schenberg , Brazilian physicist (b. 1914 )
- 1994 - Carmen McRae , American singer (b. 1920 )
- 1995 - Ken Saro-Wiwa , Nigerian writer and activist (b. 1941 )
- 2001 - Ken Kesey , American author (b. 1935 )
- 2003 - Canaan Banana , first President Of Zimbabwe (b. 1936 )
- 2003 - Irv "Kup" Kupcinet , American columnist and television personality (b. 1912 )
Holidays and observances
External links
November 9 - November 11 - October 10 - December 10 -- Listing Of All Days
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