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November 10 is the 314th day of the year (315th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 51 days remaining.
[edit] Events
- 1444 - Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Vladislaus III of Varna (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Wladyslaw III of Poland) are crushed by the Turks under Sultan Murad II and Vladislaus is killed.
- 1520 - Danish King Christian II executes dozens of people in the Stockholm Bloodbath after a successful invasion of Sweden.
- 1619 - René Descartes has the dreams that inspire his Meditations on First Philosophy.
- 1674 - Anglo-Dutch War: As provided in the Treaty of Westminster, 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).
- 1775 - American Revolutionary War: The Continental Congress passes a resolution creating two battalions of Continental Marines (later renamed the United States Marine Corps) to serve as landing troops for the recently created Continental Navy.
- 1792 - The White House: Construction begins by placing of the cornerstone.
- 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 crimes.
- 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).
- 1928 - Michinomiya Hirohito is crowned the 124th Emperor of Japan
- 1928 - Playing againist Army at Yankee Stadium, Notre Dame football coach Knute Rockne gives what is considered the greatest locker room speeches of all time by saying "Win one for the Gipper." The Fighting Irish would win the game 12-6.
- 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.
- 1942 - World War II: Germany invades Vichy France following French Admiral François Darlan agreement to an armistice with the Allies in North Africa.
- 1944 - Ammunition ship USS Mount Hood (AE-11) exploded at Seeadler Harbour, Manus, Admiralty Islands
- 1945 - Heavy battle in Surabaya between Indonesian nationalists and returning colonialists after World War II, celebrated as Heroes' Day (Hari Pahlawan).
- 1951 - Direct-dial coast-to-coast telephone service begins in the United States.
- 1954 - U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower dedicates the USMC War Memorial (Iwo Jima memorial) in Arlington National Cemetery.
- 1958 - The Hope Diamond was donated to the Smithsonian Institution by New York diamond merchant Harry Winston.
- 1969 - National Educational Television (the predecessor to the Public Broadcasting Service) in the United States debuts the children's television program Sesame Street.
- 1970 - Vietnam War: Vietnamization - 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 airplanes.
- 1972 - Southern Airways Flight 49 from Birmingham is hijacked 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 - United Nations Resolution 3379: United Nations General Assembly approves a resolution equating Zionism with racism (the resolution was repealed in December 1991 with Resolution 4686).
- 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 - 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 - 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.
- 2002 - A tornado outbreak hits the upper Ohio Valley leading to several deaths.
- 2006 - Sri Lankan Tamil Parliamentarian Nadarajah Raviraj assassinated in Colombo.
- 2006 - Former French rugby union captain Marc Cécillon is sentanced to 20 years in prison for murdering his wife in 2004.
- 2006 - FIFA (International Federation of Association Football) acknowledge that American soccer player Bert Patenaude was actually the first person to score a hat-trick in a World Cup match, on 19 July 1930. Before, the second goal had been credited to a teammate, Tom Florie.
[edit] 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)
- 1735 - Granville Sharp, English campaigner for the abolition of slavery (d. 1813)
- 1759 - Friedrich von Schiller, German writer (d. 1805)
- 1801 - Samuel Gridley Howe, American social reformer (d. 1876)
- 1801 - Vladimir Dal, Russian lexicographer (d. 1872)
- 1844 - Henry Eyster Jacobs, American Lutheran theologian (d. 1932)
- 1845 - Sir John Sparrow David Thompson, fourth Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1894)
- 1850 - Arthur Goring Thomas, English composer (d. 1892)
- 1868 - Gichin Funakoshi, father of Japanese Shotokan Karatedo (d. 1957)
- 1871 - Winston Churchill, American novelist (d. 1947)
- 1878 - Cy Morgan, baseball player (d. 1962)
- 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)
- 1895 - John Knudsen Northrop, American airplane manufacturer (d. 1981)
- 1896 - Jimmie 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)
- 1919 - George Fenneman, American radio and television announcer (d. 1997)
- 1920 - Rafael del Pino, Spanish entrepreneur
- 1924 - Russell Johnson, American actor (Gilligan's Island)
- 1925 - Richard Burton, Welsh actor (d. 1984)
- 1928 - Ennio Morricone, Italian composer
- 1929 - Marilyn Bergman, American composer and songwriter
- 1932 - Roy Scheider, American actor
- 1933 - Ronald Evans, American astronaut (d. 1990)
- 1935 - Igor Dmitrievich Novikov, Russian astrophysicist
- 1939 - Allan Moffat, Canadian-Australian race car driver
- 1940 - Russell Means, American activist
- 1940 - Screaming Lord Sutch, English musician and politician (d. 1999)
- 1941 - Kyu Sakamoto, Japanese singer and actor (d. 1985)
- 1942 - Robert F. Engle, American economist, Nobel laureate
- 1942 - Hans-Rudolf Merz, Swiss Federal Councilor
- 1944 - Silvestre Reyes, American politician
- 1944 - Sir Tim Rice, English lyricist
- 1945 - Donna Fargo, American singer
- 1947 - Greg Lake, British musician
- 1947 - Glen Buxton, American musician (Alice Cooper) (d. 1997)
- 1947 - Dave Loggins, American songwriter and singer
- 1948 - Hugh Moffatt, Country music songwriter
- 1948 - Vincent Schiavelli, American actor (d. 2005)
- 1949 - Ann Reinking, American dancer
- 1950 - Debra Hill, American screenwriter and film producer (d. 2005)
- 1952 - Gerry DiNardo, American football coach
- 1954 - Mario Cipollina, American bass player (Huey Lewis & the News)
- 1955 - Jack Clark, baseball player
- 1955 - Roland Emmerich, German film producer and director
- 1956 - Mohsen Badawi, Egyptian Entrepreneur, politicial activist and writer
- 1956 - Sinbad, American actor
- 1958 - Massimo Morsello, Italian singer
- 1958 - Brooks Williams, American musician
- 1958 - Stephen Herek, American film director
- 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
- 1965 - Jamie Dixon, NCAA basketball coach
- 1966 - Vanessa Angel, English actress
- 1968 - Steve Brookstein, X Factor Winner
- 1969 - Ellen Pompeo, American actress
- 1969 - Jens Lehmann, German footballer
- 1969 - Faustino Asprilla, Colombian footballer
- 1970 - Warren G, American rapper
- 1972 - Shawn Green, American baseball player
- 1973 - Patrik Berger, Czech footballer
- 1975 - Jim Adkins, American musician
- 1976 - Steffen Iversen, Norwegian footballer
- 1976 - Shefki Kuqi, Finnish footballer
- 1977 - Brittany Murphy, American actress
- 1977 - Matt Cepicky, American baseball player
- 1978 - Eve, American rapper
- 1978 - Kyla Cole Slovak adult actress
- 1980 - Troy Bell Basketball player
- 1981 - Tony Blanco, American baseball player
- 1981 - Jason L. Dunham, American Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2004)
- 1982 - Heather Matarazzo, American actress
- 1983 - Miranda Lambert, American singer
- 1983 - Craig Smith, American basketball player
- 1984 - Kendrick Perkins, American basketball player
- 1985 - Giovonnie Samuels, American television actress
- 1986 - Josh Peck American actor
- 1987 - Mason Aguirre, American snowboarder
[edit] Deaths
- 627 - Justus, Archbishop of Canterbury
- 1444 - King Vladislaus III of Varna is 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)
- 1964 - Jimmie Dodd, American actor (b. 1910)
- 1975 - Ernest M. McSorley, American ship captain (b. 1912)
- 1982 - Leonid Brezhnev, ruler of the Soviet Union (b. 1906)
- 1981 - Abel Gance, French film director, producer, and actor (b. 1889)
- 1985 - Pelle Lindbergh, Swedish hockey player (b. 1959)
- 1986 - King Clancy, Canadian hockey player, coach, and referee (b. 1903)
- 1990 - Aurelio Monteagudo, baseball player (b. 1943)
- 1990 - Mário Schenberg, Brazilian physicist (b. 1914)
- 1991 - William Afflis, American professional wrestler (b. 1929)
- 1992 - Chuck Connors, American actor, baseball and basketball player (b. 1921)
- 1994 - Carmen McRae, American singer (b. 1920)
- 1995 - Ken Saro-Wiwa, Nigerian writer and activist (b. 1941)
- 1997 - Tommy Tedesco, American musician (b. 1930)
- 2000 - Jacques Chaban-Delmas, Prime Minister of France (b. 1915)
- 2001 - Ken Kesey, American author (b. 1935)
- 2002 - Michel Boisrond, French film director (b. 1921)
- 2003 - Frank Robinson (Xylophone Man) An eccentric street entertainer in Nottingham, England (b.1932)
- 2003 - Canaan Banana, first President of Zimbabwe (b. 1936)
- 2003 - Irv "Kup" Kupcinet, American columnist and television personality (b. 1912)
- 2006 - Diana Coupland, British comedy actress (b. 1932)
- 2006 - Gerald Levert, American singer (b. 1966)
- 2006 - Jack Palance, American actor (b. 1919)
- 2006 - Nadarajah Raviraj, Sri Lankan politician (b. 1962)
[edit] Holidays and observances
[edit] External links
November 9 - November 11 - October 10 - December 10 -- listing of all days
