November 10
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November 10 is the 314th day of the year (315th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 51 days remaining until the end of the year.
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Events [change]
- 1444 – Battle of Varna: King Wladyslaw of Poland and Hungary is killed, after defeat to the Turks under Murad II.
- 1520 – King Christian II of Denmark orders the execution of dozens of people in the Stockholm Bloodbath, after successfully invading Sweden.
- 1619 - Rene Descartes has the dreams that inspire his Meditations on First Philosophy.
- 1775 – United States Marine Corps is created.
- 1799 – Napoleon Bonaparte becomes French consul.
- 1821 - Cry of Independence by Rufina Alfaro at La Villa de los Santos, Panama, sets into motion a revolt which will lead to Panama's independence from Spain and to it immediately becoming part of Colombia.
- 1871 – Henry Morton Stanley locates the explorer David Livingstone in Ujiji, Tanzania.
- 1874 - The passenger ship Stephen Whitney is wrecked in thick fog off the south coast of Ireland, killing 92 of the 110 people on board.
- 1890 - At Cabo Vilan, Spain, British ship HMS Serpent of the Royal Navy sinks in stormy seas, killing 172 people, with 3 being able to swim to safety.
- 1918 - Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, following the declaring of a Republic in Germany, goes into exile in the Netherlands.
- 1928 – Coronation of Hirohito as Emperor of Japan.
- 1938 – The Kristallnacht ends. About 30 000 Jews are moved to concentration camps, and over 1500 synagogues are partly destroyed.
- 1938 - President of Turkey Mustafa Kemal Ataturk dies.
- 1940 - The 1940 Vrancea earthquake in Romania kills around 1,000 people.
- 1944 - The ammunition ship USS Mount Hood explodes at Manus, Admiralty Islands, killing at least 432 people.
- 1951 - The US' first direct coast-to-coast service begins, between New Jersey and California.
- 1954 - US President Dwight D. Eisenhower dedicates the USMC War Memorial in Arlington National Cemetery.
- 1969 – The television show Sesame Street airs for the first time in the United States.
- 1975 – The SS Edmund Fitzgerald sinks during a storm on Lake Superior, killing all 29 crew members on board.
- 1975 - The UN General Assembly approves a resolution equating Zionism with Racism. This is repealed (removed) by 1991.
- 1982 - Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev dies, being succeeded by Yuri Andropov, who himself dies only 15 months later, in February 1984.
- 1989 – Bulgaria's Communist regime under Todor Zhivkov falls.
- 1995 – Nine Nigerian human rights activists are executed, including the writer Ken Saro-Wiwa.
- 2001 – Apple Inc. starts selling the IPod.
- 2009 – John Allen Muhammad is executed for the Beltway sniper attacks.
- 2011 – Lucas Papademos is chosen to lead a caretaker government in Greece.
- 2012 - Four days after the United States Presidential Election, Florida is awarded to Barack Obama, sealing his 332-206 Electoral College win over Mitt Romney.
Births [change]
- 1232 - Haakon the Young, King of Norway (d. 1257)
- 1341 - Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English statesman (d. 1408)
- 1433 – Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1477)
- 1480 - Bridget of York, English nun and princess (d. 1517)
- 1483 – Martin Luther, German Protestant reformer (d. 1546)
- 1565 - Laurentius Paulinus Gothus, Swedish theologian and astronomer (d. 1646)
- 1577 – Jacob Cats, Dutch poet, jurist and politician (d. 1660)
- 1668 – François Couperin, French composer (d. 1733)
- 1683 – George II, German-born King of 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, Anglo-Irish playwright (d. 1774)
- 1755 - Franz Anton Ries, German violinist (d. 1846)
- 1759 – Friedrich von Schiller, German writer (d. 1805)
- 1801 - Vladimir Dal, Russian lexicographer (d. 1872)
- 1801 - Samuel Gridley Howe, American social reformer (d. 1876)
- 1807 – Robert Blum, German politician and revolutionary (d. 1848)
- 1834 – Jose Hernandez, Argentine journalist, poet and politician (d. 1886)
- 1845 – John Sparrow David Thompson, Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1894)
- 1859 - Theophile Steinlen, Swiss-French artist (d. 1923)
- 1862 - Chester Hardy Aldrich, 17th Governor of Nebraska (d. 1924)
- 1871 - Winston Churchill, American novelist (d. 1947)
- 1873 - Henri Rabaud, French composer (d. 1949)
- 1878 - Jorge Unico Castaneda, President of Guatemala (d. 1946)
- 1879 – Patrick Pearse, Irish writer and political activist (d. 1916)
- 1880 - Jacob Epstein, American sculptor (d. 1959)
- 1883 - Olaf Bull, Norwegian poet (d. 1933)
- 1886 - Edward Joseph Collins, American pianist, conductor and composer (d. 1951)
- 1887 – Arnold Zweig, German writer (d. 1968)
- 1888 – Andrei Tupolev, Russian aircraft designer (d. 1972)
- 1888 - Juan Antonio Rios, President of Chile (d. 1946)
- 1889 - Claude Rains, British-American actor (d. 1967)
- 1890 - El Lissitzky, American artist (d. 1941)
- 1892 - Mabel Normand, American actress and director (d. 1930)
- 1893 - John P. Marquand, American writer (d. 1960)
- 1905 - Louis Harold Gray, British physicist and radiologist (d. 1965)
- 1909 - Pawel Jasienica, Polish historian (d. 1970)
- 1909 - Johnny Marks, American songwriter (d. 1985)
- 1912 - Jean-Hilaire Aubame, Prime Minister of Gabon (d. 1989)
- 1914 – Edmund Conen, German footballer (d. 1990)
- 1918 – Ernst Otto Fischer, German chemist (d. 2007)
- 1919 – Mikhail Kalashnikov, Russian inventor of the AK-47
- 1920 – Jennifer Holt, American actress (d. 1997)
- 1923 – Hachiko, world famous Japanese Akita dog (d. 1935)
- 1924 - Russell Johnson, American actor
- 1925 – Richard Burton, Welsh actor (d. 1984)
- 1928 – Ennio Morricone, Italian composer
- 1932 – Roy Scheider, American actor (d. 2008)
- 1937 – Albert Hall, American actor
- 1938 – Jiri Grusa, Czech diplomat and writer (d. 2011)
- 1939 - Russell Means, Native American activist and actor (d. 2012)
- 1940 – Screaming Lord Sutch, British musician and politician (d. 1999)
- 1942 – Hans-Rudolf Merz, Swiss Federal Councillor
- 1942 – Robert F. Engle, American economist
- 1943 - Saxby Chambliss, American politician
- 1944 – Sir Tim Rice, English lyricist
- 1944 - Askar Akayev, former President of Kyrgyzstan
- 1944 - Silvestre Reyes, American politician
- 1947 – Greg Lake, English musician
- 1947 – Bachir Gemayel, Lebanese politician (d. 1982)
- 1947 - Glen Buxton, American musician
- 1948 – Vincent Schiavelli, American actor (d. 2005)
- 1949 - Ann Reinking, American actress and dancer
- 1955 – Roland Emmerich, German movie director
- 1955 – Bruno Peyron, French sailor
- 1956 - Mohsen Badawi, Egyptian entrepreneur and activist
- 1956 - Sinbad, American actor and comedian
- 1959 – Mackenzie Phillips, American actress
- 1960 – Neil Gaiman, British writer
- 1963 – Hugh Bonneville, British actor
- 1964 - Magnus Scheving, Icelandic athlete, producer and actor
- 1965 – Eddie Irvine, Northern Irish racing driver
- 1968 – Tracy Morgan, American actor and comedian
- 1969 – Faustino Asprilla, Colombian footballer
- 1969 – Jens Lehmann, German footballer
- 1969 – Ellen Pompeo, American actress
- 1970 – Warren G, American rapper
- 1972 - DJ Ashba, American musician (Guns N' Roses)
- 1973 – Patrik Berger, Czech footballer
- 1976 – Steffen Iversen, Norwegian footballer
- 1976 – Shefki Kuqi, Finnish footballer
- 1977 - Erik Nevland, Norwegian footballer
- 1977 – Brittany Murphy, American actress (d. 2009)
- 1978 - Kyla Cole, Slovakian model, fashion designer and pornographic actress
- 1978 - Ruth Davidson, Scottish politician
- 1978 – Eve, American rapper and actress
- 1978 – Nadine Angerer, German footballer
- 1981 - Miroslav Slepicka, Czech footballer
- 1982 – Heather Matarazzo, American actress
- 1983 – Miranda Lambert, American singer
- 1985 – Aleksandar Kolarov, Serbian footballer
- 1986 – Samuel Wanjiru, Kenyan marathon runner (d. 2011)
- 1986 - Josh Peck, American actor
- 1987 - Jessica Tovey, Australian actress
- 1999 - Kiernan Shipka, American actress
- 2000 – Mackenzie Foy, American actress and model
Deaths [change]
- 461 - Pope Leo I
- 627 - Justus, Archbishop of Canterbury
- 1241 - Pope Celestine IV
- 1444 – Wladyslaw of Poland (b. 1424)
- 1549 – Pope Paul III, last of the Renaissance popes (b. 1468)
- 1605 – Ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian naturalist (b. 1522)
- 1644 - Luis Velez de Guevara, Spanish writer (b. 1579)
- 1673 - Michael of Poland (b. 1640)
- 1838 - Ivan Kotlyarevsky, Ukrainian poet (b. 1769)
- 1848 – King Christian VIII of Denmark (b. 1786)
- 1848 – Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt (b. 1789)
- 1852 - Gideon Mantell, British geologist, physician and palaeontologist (b. 1790)
- 1865 - Henry Wirz, Swiss-born American POW commandant (b. 1823)
- 1891 – Arthur Rimbaud, French poet (b. 1854)
- 1916 – Walter Sutton, American biologist (b. 1877)
- 1937 - Lev Shubnikov, Russian physicist (b. 1901)
- 1938 – Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, first President of Turkey (b. 1881)
- 1959 – Felix Jacoby, German classical philologist (b. 1896)
- 1982 – Leonid Brezhnev, leader of the Soviet Union (b.1906)
- 1990 - Mario Schenberg, Brazilian physicist (b. 1914)
- 1991 – Gunnar Gren, Swedish footballer (b. 1920)
- 1992 - Chuck Connors, American actor and athlete (b. 1921)
- 1994 - Carmen McRae, American singer (b. 1920)
- 1995 – Ken Saro-Wiwa, Nigerian writer and human rights activist (b. 1941)
- 2000 – Jacques Chaban-Delmas, Prime Minister of France (b. 1915)
- 2001 – Ken Kesey, American author (b. 1935)
- 2003 – Canaan Banana, first President of Zimbabwe (b. 1936)
- 2003 - Irv Kupcinet, American columnist and television presenter (b. 1912)
- 2006 – Jack Palance, American actor (b. 1919)
- 2007 – Laraine Day, American actress (b. 1920)
- 2007 – Norman Mailer, American author (b. 1923)
- 2008 – Miriam Makeba, South African singer (b. 1932)
- 2009 – Robert Enke, German footballer (b. 1977)
- 2009 – John Allen Muhammad, American spree killer (b. 1960)
- 2010 – Dino De Laurentiis, Italian movie producer (b. 1919)
