Historical Events on 10th November ◀ Oct November Dec ▶ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 All Events Birthdays Weddings Deaths Events 1 - 163 of 163 911 - Conrad I elecect German King 1444 - Battle at Varna, Black Sea: Sultan Murad II beats crusaders 1526 - John I Zapolyai of Transsylvania chosen as king of Hungary 1544 - Antwerps painter John Matsys banished 1567 - Battle at St-Denis: French government army vs Huguenots 1584 - Willem Louis of Nassau appointed viceroy of Friesland 1619 - René Descartes has the dreams that inspire his Meditations on First Philosophy. 1630 - Failed palace revolution in France against Richelieu 1674 - Dutch formally cede New Netherlands (NY) to English 1687 - Pope Innocent XI publishes decree Coelestis pastor 1697 - English parliament accept army reduction 1766 - The last Colonial governor of New Jersey, William Franklin, signs the charter of Queens College (later renamed Rutgers University). 1775 - Congress forms US Marine Corps 1785 - Netherlands & France sign treaty 1793 - France ends forced worship of God 1801 - Kentucky outlaws dueling 1808 - Osage Treaty signed Naturalist Charles DarwinNaturalist Charles Darwin 1834 - HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin sails from Valparaiso 1836 - Louis Napoleon banished to America 1847 - The passenger ship Stephen Whitney is wrecked in thick fog off the southern coast of Ireland, killing 92 of the 110 on board. The disaster results in the construction the Fastnet Rock lighthouse. 1864 - Kingston, GA burned during Shermans March to the Sea 1871 - Henry Morton Stanley encounters David Livingstone at Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika in Central Africa, with the immortal words Dr Livingstone, I presume? 1878 - Aleksandr Ostrovskys Bespridannitsa premieres in Moscow 1883 - Toronto Argonauts defeat Ottawa FC 9-7, for 1st ORFU Championship Physician and Explorer David LivingstonePhysician and Explorer David Livingstone 1885 - Gottlieb Daimlers motorcycle, worlds 1st, unveiled 1891 - 1st Womens Christian Temperance Union meeting held (in Boston) 1891 - Granville T Woods patents electric railway 1892 - 1st CRU championship game: Osgoode Hall defeats Montreal, 45-5 1894 - Fred Lugard signs accord with king Lafia Absalamu of Nikki 1898 - Race riot in Wilmington NC (8 blacks killed) 1905 - Sailors revolt in Kronstadt, Russia 1908 - 1st Gideon Bible put in a hotel room 1910 - The date of Thomas A. Davis opening of the San Diego Army and Navy Academy, though the official founding date is November 23, 1910. Industrialist and Philanthropist Andrew CarnegieIndustrialist and Philanthropist Andrew Carnegie 1911 - Andrew Carnegie forms Carnegie Corporation (for scholarly & charitable works) 1911 - Chinese Imperial army recaptures Nanking (blood bath) 1917 - 41 suffragists are arrested in front of White House 1917 - Faures 2nd Violo Sonate, premieres 1917 - New bolshevik government under Lenin suspends freedom of press (temporary) during October Revolution 1918 - German emperor Wilhelm II flees to Netherlands 1918 - Independence of Poland proclaimed by Józef Pilsudski 1918 - The Western Union Cable Office in North Sydney, NS received a top-secret coded message from Europe (that would be sent to Ottawa, ON and Washington, DC) that said on November 11, 1918 all fighting would cease on land, sea and in the air. 1919 - 1st observance of National Book Week Marxist Revolutionary and Russian Leader Vladimir LeninMarxist Revolutionary and Russian Leader Vladimir Lenin 1919 - American Legions 1st national convention (Minneapolis) 1920 - George Bernard Shaws Heartbreak House premieres in NYC 1923 - German ex-crown prince flees Netherlands for Germany 1924 - Dion OBanion, leader of the North Side Gang is assassinated in his flower shop by members of Johnny Torrios gang, sparking the bloody gang war of the 1920s in Chicago. 1926 - Bradman plays his 1st State selection trial He only made 37 1926 - Guomindang-regring deallocates seat of Kanton to Wuhan (Hankou) 1926 - Vincent Massey becomes 1st Canadian minister to USA 1928 - Emperor Hirohitos official coronation as Emperor of Japan Governor General of Canada Vincent MasseyGovernor General of Canada Vincent Massey 1931 - 4th Academy Awards - Cimarron, Lionel Barrymore & Marie Dressler win 1933 - Black Blizzard snowstorm-duststorm rages from SD to Atlantic 1937 - Brazilian dictator Getulio Vargas proclaims Estado novo 1938 - 8.3 earthquake shakes East of Shumagin Islands, Alaska 1938 - Nobel for literature awarded to Pearl Buck (Good Earth) 1940 - Pittsburgh & Philadelphia play a penalty free NFL game 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 - Philip Barrys Without Love premieres in NYC 1942 - US troops occupy airport of Port-Lyautey, Morocco Animator Walt DisneyAnimator Walt Disney 1942 - US-British troops occupies Oran, Algeria 1944 - German riots in Rotterdam/Schiedam 52,000 men sent to Germany 1944 - US 9th Army takes Margraten cemetery 1944 - Ammunition ship USS Mount Hood (AE-11) exploded at Seeadler Harbour, Manus, Admiralty Islands 1945 - Are You with It? opens at Century Theater NYC for 264 performances 1945 - College footballs #1 Army beats #2 Notre Dame 48-0 1945 - General Enver Hoxha becomes leader of Albania 1945 - Heavy battle in Surabaya between Indonesian nationalists and returning colonialists after World War II, celebrated as Heroes Day (Hari Pahlawan). 1946 - Communists win many seats at French parliamentary election 1950 - After 9 years, Cleve Indians fire manager Lou Boudreau 1950 - Clifford Odets Country Girl premieres in NYC 1950 - Jacobo Arbenz Guzman elected president of Guatemala Author and Nobel Laureate William FaulknerAuthor and Nobel Laureate William Faulkner 1950 - Nobel for literature awarded to William Faulkner 1951 - 1st long distance telephone call without operator assistance 1952 - Trygve Halvdan Lie resigns as 1st secretary-genraal of UN 1953 - Giants end their tour of Japan (players got $331 of $3,000 promised) 1954 - Iwo Jima Memorial (servicemen raising US flag) dedicated in Arlington 1954 - Lt Col John Stapp travels 632 mph in a rocket sled 1955 - Vamp opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 60 performances 1956 - Gene de Paul/John Meyers musical Lil Abner premieres in NYC 1957 - NFL record crowd (102,368), 49ers vs Rams in LA 1957 - Cleveland Browns Don Paul sets club record for longest fumble return with a 89-yard run (and TD), beating Pittsburgh 24-0 1958 - Bertolt Brechts Der aufhaltsame Aufstieg des Arturo o Ui premieres 1958 - WUFT TV channel 5 in Gainesville, FL (PBS) begins broadcasting 1959 - Corinne Rottschaeffer of the Netherlands elected Miss World 1962 - Nowhere to Go, But Up opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 9 perfs Ice Hockey Legend Gordie HoweIce Hockey Legend Gordie Howe 1963 - Gordie Howe takes over NHL career goal lead at 545 1963 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA San Antonio Civitan Golf Open 1964 - Something More! opens at Eugene ONeill Theater NYC for 15 perfs 1964 - Braves sign a 25-year lease to play in the new Atlanta stadium 1965 - Manneke Piss statue stolen in Brussels 1966 - Jack Lynch becomes Irish premier (Taoiseach) 1966 - Lunar Orbiter 2 reaches 196-1871 km around Moon 1967 - KXNE TV channel 19 in Norfolk, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 - Judy Rankin wins LPGA Corpus Christi Civitan Golf Open 1968 - Launch of Zond 6, 2nd unmanned circumlunar & return flight LPGA Golfer Kathy WhitworthLPGA Golfer Kathy Whitworth 1968 - Portuguese socialist Mario Soares freed 1969 - Sesame Street premieres on PBS TV 1970 - 2 by 2 opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 343 performances 1970 - Luna 17, with unmanned self-propelled Lunokhod 1, is launched 1970 - R Rodgers/M Charnins musical Two by Two premieres in NYC 1971 - Joe Torre wins NL MVP, Vida Blue wins AL MVP 1971 - US table tennis team arrived in China 1974 - 2nd meeting of Giants-Jets, Jets even series at 1 with 26-20 OT win 1974 - Montreal Canadiens shutout Washington Capitals 11-0 1975 - Ore ship Edmund Fitzgerald & crew of 29 lost in storm on Lake Superior Palestinian Leader Yasser ArafatPalestinian Leader Yasser Arafat 1975 - PLO leader Yasser Arafat addresses UN in NYC 1975 - Royals release slugger Harmon Killebrew, ending his 22-year career 1975 - UN General Assembly approves resolution equating Zionism with racism 1976 - Utah Supreme Court approves execution of convicted murderer Gary Gilmore 1977 - Amsterdam: Red Army Faction terrorists Gert Schneider/Christof Wackernagel arrested 1977 - Major Indoor Soccer League officially organized (NYC) 1978 - Israels top negotiators broke away from Middle East peace talks 1978 - Larry Holmes KOs Alfredo Evangelist in 7 for heavyweight boxing title WBC Heavyweight Champion Larry HolmesWBC Heavyweight Champion Larry Holmes 1978 - Yanks trade Lyle, Rajsich, McCall, Heath & Ramos to Texas for Righetti, Mirabella, Beniquez, Jemison & Griffin 1979 - Mississauga train detrailment. In Mississauga Ontario a 106 car train derails and more than 200,000 people evacuated. 1980 - Dan Rather refuses to pay his cabbie, CBS pays $12.55 fare 1980 - Poland acknowledges Solidarity union 1980 - Iraq captures southern port of Khorramshahr 1981 - Oh, Brother! opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 3 performances 1981 - Ernest Thompsons West Side Waltz premieres in NYC 1982 - IMF lends Mexico $3.8 billion due to threatened bankrupcy 1982 - Susan Cooper/Hume Cronyns Foxfire premieres in NYC 1982 - Vietnam Veterans Memorial opened 1983 - Amen Corner opens at Nederlander Theater NYC for 83 performances 1983 - Federal government shut down 1984 - Australia all out for 76 v West Indies at cricket WACA, Holding 6-21 1984 - Miami Hurricanes blows 31-0 lead in 3rd quarter lose to Md 42-40 1984 - Horse Racing Breeders Cup Champs: Chiefs Crown, Eillo, Lashkari, Outstandingly, Princess Rooney, Royal Heroine, Wild Again at Hollywood 1985 - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic 1986 - Bangladeshi Constitution restored 1987 - Steve Bedrosian edges Rick Sutcliffe 57-55 to win NL Cy Young Award 1988 - China confirms earthquake death toll will rise above current 938 1988 - MLB All-Star team beats Japan 3-1 in Tokyo (Game 5 of 7) 1988 - NYs MTA announces it may replace tokens with credit card type passes 1988 - Orel Hershiser (23-8) is a unanimous choice as NL Cy Young Award 1989 - Bulgarian party president Todor Zjikov resigns 1989 - Germans begin demolishing Berlin Wall 1989 - Word Perfect 5.1 is shipped 1990 - Lebanon releases 2 French hostages (Camille Sontag & Marcel Coudari) 1991 - Bernie Kosar ends NFL record of 308 passes without an interception 1991 - Browns set club record for largest lead blown (led 23-0), Phila 32-30 1991 - Liselotte Neumann wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic Tennis Player Martina NavratilovaTennis Player Martina Navratilova 1991 - Martina Navratilova ties Chris Evert, 157 pro tennis tournament wins 1991 - Marty Glickman broadcasts his 1,000th football game 1991 - South Africas 1st cricket international since 1970 - one-day v India 1993 - Joseph & the Amazing opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 223 perfs 1993 - Slovakian government of Vladimír Mečiar forms 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 - Jackie - An American Life opens at Belasco Theater NYC Psychedelic Artist Peter MaxPsychedelic Artist Peter Max 1997 - Artist Peter Max pleads guilty to tax fraud & time served 1997 - Nanny Louise Woodward murder conviction downgraded to manslaughter 2001 - An agreement is reached at talks in Marrakech, Morocco, on rules for implementation of the Kyoto climate change treaty 2006 - Sri Lankan Tamil Parliamentarian Nadarajah Raviraj assassinated in Colombo. 2007 - ¿Por qué no te callas? incident between King Juan Carlos of Spain and Venezuelas president Hugo Chávez. 2010 - 44th Country Music Association Award: Brad Paisley, Miranda Lambert & Blake Shelton wins Disney Composer Alan MenkenDisney Composer Alan Menken 2010 - Alan Menken, famous Disney composer, receives the 2,442nd star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame 2012 - 20 Syrian troops are killed by suicide bombings in Daara 2012 - 27 people are killed and dozens injured in a prison conflict in Colombo, Sri Lanka 2012 - Israeli counter strike on Palestinian militants in Gaza kills 5 and injure 30 2012 - 17 people are killed in a helicopter crash as a result of bad weather in Turkey 2012 - The final US presidential election results are declared after Barack Obama wins Florida to defeate Mitt Romney 332-206 in Electoral College votes 44th US President Barack Obama44th US President Barack Obama 2013 - Spaniard Marc Márquez wins the 2013 MotoGP World Championship to become its youngest ever winner at 20 2084 - Transit of Earth as seen from Mars
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