November 10

November 10 is the 314th day of the year (315th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 51 days remaining.

Events:

• 1674 - Netherlands cedes New Netherlands to England
• 1766 - Rutgers University was chartered as "Queen's College."
• 1775 - United States Marine Corps established.
• 1864 - Archduke Maximilian[?] becomes Emperor of Mexico
• 1871 - Henry Morton Stanley locates David Livingstone in Central Africa[?]
• 1928 - Emperor Hirohito of Japan crowned
• 1942 - Germany invades Vichy France
• 1945 - Enver Hoxha becomes leader of Albania
• 1954 - Iwo Jima Memorial[?] unveiled in Arlington National Cemetery
• 1975 - The Edmund Fitzgerald sinks in Lake Superior
• 1982 - Vietnam Veterans Memorial opens in Washington, DC
• 1989 - Communist regime in Bulgaria is overthrown.

Births:

• 1483 - Martin Luther, a leader of the Protestant Reformation (+ 1546)
• 1697 - William Hogarth, artist (+ 1764)
• 1728 - Oliver Goldsmith, playwright
• 1759 - Friedrich von Schiller, writer (+ 1805)
• 1845 - Sir John Sparrow David Thompson, fourth Prime Minister of Canada
• 1879 - Vachel Lindsay, poet
• 1887 - Arnold Zweig, author (+ 1968)
• 1889 - Claude Rains, actor (+ 1967)
• 1890 - Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Borgward[?], car manufacturer (+ 1963)
• 1890 - Eli Lissitsky[?], painter (+ 1941)
• 1919 -
  • Moise Tshombe[?], Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (+ 1969)
  • Mikhail Timofeevich Kalashnikov, Soviet inventor, AK-47
• 1925 - Richard Burton (actor) (+ 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
• 1944 - Sir Tim Rice, composer
• 1947 - David Loggins[?], musician
• 1948 - Greg Lake[?], musician
• 1949 - Ann Reinking[?], actress, dancer, choreographer
• 1956 - Sinbad[?], actor, comedian
• 1960 - Neil Gaiman, science fiction writer
• 1965 - Eddie Irvin[?], Formula One driver
• 1977 - Brittany Murphy, actress
• 1979 - Eve[?], singer

Deaths:

• 461 - Majorian, Roman Emperor
• 1865 - Henry Wirz[?], superintendent of Andersonville prison camp (executed)
• 1891 - Arthur Rimbaud, poet
• 1938 - Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of Turkey
• 1948 - Vincent Schiavelli, actor
• 1981 - Abel Gance[?], film writer, director, producer, actor
• 1982 - Leonid Brezhnev, leader of the Soviet Union
• 1992 - Chuck Connors[?], actor, baseball player
• 1994 - Carmen McRae[?], jazz singer
• 1995 - Ken Saro-Wiwa[?], Nigerian playwright and environmental activist (executed)
• 1998 - Hal Newhouser, baseball star
• 2001 - Ken Kesey, author, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Holidays and Observances:

• Ancient Latvia - Martini

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See Also:

November 9 - November 11 - October 10 - December 10 -- listing of all days

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