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November 10November 10 is the 314th day of the year (315th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 51 days remaining. == Events == *1444 - Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Ladislaus III of Poland (or Ulaszlo I of Hungary) are crushed by the Turks under Sultan Murad II and Ladislaus is killed. *1674 - Anglo-Dutch War: As provided in the Treaty of Westminster (1674), 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 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 Andersonville, Georgia#History, is hanging, becoming the only American Civil War soldier execution (legal) 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). *1926 - In San Francisco, California, a necrophiliac serial killer named Earle Nelson (dubbed "Gorilla Man") kills and then rapes his 9th victim, Mrs. William Edmonds. *1926 - Hirohito is crowned the 124th Emperor of Japan *1938 - Kate Smith, on her weekly radio show, sings Irving Berlin God Bless America for the first time. *1940 - Walt Disney begins serving as a 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. *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''. *1970 - Vietnam War: Vietnamization - For the first time in five years, an entire week ends with no reports of United States 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 General Assembly Resolution 3379: United Nations General Assembly approves a resolution equating Zionism with racism (the resolution was repealed in December 1991). *1989 - After 35 years of communism rule in Bulgaria, Bulgarian Communist Party leader Todor Zhivkov is replaced by former Prime Minister Petre Mladenov who changes the party's name to the 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 US$37 billion merger (the largest merger in US history). *1997 - A jury in Fairfax, Virginia finds Mir Aimal Kasi guilty of the murder of two CIA employees in 1993. *1997 - Seymore 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 and brought to a Washington, D.C. gallery for framing by a Secret Service agent. *1999 - Prishtina, Kosova - The First Edition of the International Trade Fair KOSOVA was opened, 4 months after the war in Kosova *2004 - John Ashcroft and Don Evans resign their posts as U.S. Attorney General and U.S. Secretary of Commerce respectively. == Births == *745 - Musa al-Kazim, Shia Imam (d. 799) *1342 - Henry Percy, English statesman (d. 1408) *1433 - Charles, Duke of Burgundy, known as "the Bold" (d. 1477) *1483 - Martin Luther, German leader of the Protestant Reformation (d. 1546) *1566 or 1567 - Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, English soldier (d. 1601) *1668 - François Couperin, French composer (d. 1733) *1697 - William Hogarth, English artist (d. 1764) *1728 - Oliver Goldsmith, English playwright (d. 1774) *1759 - Friedrich Schiller, German writer (d. 1805) *1801 - Samuel Gridley Howe, American social reformer (d. 1876) *1845 - Sir John Sparrow David Thompson, fourth Prime Minister of Canada *1871 - Winston Churchill (novelist), American novelist (d. 1947) *1879 - Vachel Lindsay, American poet (d. 1931) *1887 - Arnold Zweig, author (d. 1968) *1888 - Andrei Tupolev, aircraft designer *1889 - Claude Rains, actor (d. 1967) *1890 - Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Borgward, car manufacturer (d. 1963) * 1890 - Eli Lissitsky, American painter (d. 1941) *1893 - John P. Marquand, American writer (d. 1960) *1896 - Jimmy Dykes, Major League Baseball player and manager (d. 1976) *1909 - Pawel Jasienica, Poland historian (d. 1970) *1912 - Birdie Tebbetts, Major League Baseball catcher and manager (d. 1999) *1919 - Moise Tshombe, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (d. 1969) * 1919 - Mikhail Kalashnikov, Soviet inventor, AK-47 *1925 - Richard Burton, actor (d. 1984) *1928 - Ennio Morricone, composer *1932 - Roy Scheider, actor *1935 - Igor Dmitrievich Novikov, theoretical astrophisicist, cosmologist *1940 - Screaming Lord Sutch, musician, founder of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party * 1940 - Russell Means, Native American activist *1942 - Hans-Rudolf Merz, elected member of the Swiss Federal Council *1944 - Silvestre Reyes, American politician * 1944 - Sir Tim Rice, composer *1947 - David Loggins, musician *1948 - Greg Lake, musician *1949 - Ann Reinking, actress, dancer, choreographer *1956 - Sinbad (actor), actor, comedian *1959 - Linda Cohn, sports anchor * 1959 - Mackenzie Phillips, actress * 1959 - Carmen Ramos, spanish señorita *1960 - Neil Gaiman, science fiction writer *1964 - Kenny Rogers (baseball player), baseball player *1965 - Eddie Irvine, Formula One driver *1972 - Shawn Green, baseball player *1975 - Ryan Woods,NASCAR FAN *1977 - Brittany Murphy, actress *1979 - Eve (rapper), rapper *1985 - Giovonnie Samuels, television actress *1987 - Pedro el Terrible (WC), Government == Deaths == * 627 - Justus, Archbishop of Canterbury * 1891 - Arthur Rimbaud, French poet, (b. 1854) * 1909 - Renee Vivien, poet, (b. 1877) * 1912 - Louis Cyr, Canadian strongman (b. 1863) * 1938 - Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, first President of Turkey (b. 1881) * 1990 - Aurelio Monteagudo, Major League Baseball player (b. 1943) * 1995 - Ken Saro-Wiwa, Nigerian writer and activist * 2001 - Ken Kesey, American author (b. 1935) * 2003 - Canaan Banana, first President of Zimbabwe * 2003 - Irv Kupcinet, columnist and television personality == Holidays and observances == * Ancient Latvia - Martini (festival) == External links == * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/10 BBC: On This Day] ---- November 9 - November 11 - October 10 - December 10 -- historical anniversaries November 10--User:Maveric149 00:45, 1 Mar 2004 (UTC) Template:November 10 selected anniversaries - Template talk:November 10 selected anniversaries - [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Template:November_10_selected_anniversaries&action=edit edit] ---- Removed: *1864 - Emperor Maximilian of Mexico becomes Emperor of Mexico. Well it did happen in 1864, but I could not confirm the Nov 10 date outside of 'this day in history'-type webpages (very bad source). --User:Maveric149 01:41, 10 Nov 2003 (UTC) Removed: *1945 - Enver Hoxha becomes leader of Albania. Could not be confirmed at this date. --User:Maveric149 01:41, 10 Nov 2003 (UTC) Moved to November 13: *1982 - The Wall, the first part of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, is dedicated in Washington, DC. Nope. It happened on November 13. --User:Maveric149 01:41, 10 Nov 2003 (UTC) ---- Moved birth from article: *1971 - Michael McMullen, fella Just some fella... User:Lupo 15:35, 13 Apr 2004 (UTC) == Inconsistent Birth Year == *1979 - Eve (rapper), rapper Born in 1979 in the list, but 1978 in the Eve (rapper). Can anyone check? User:LittleY 04:12, 10 Nov 2004 (UTC) See other meanings of words starting from letter: NNA | NB | NC | ND | NE | NF | NG | NH | NI | NJ | NK | NL | NM | NO | NP | NR | NS | NT | NU | NW | NX | NY | NZ |Words begining with November_10: November_10 November_10 November_10th November_10_selected_anniversaries November_10_selected_anniversaries |
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