Birthday November 10, 1483 Martin Luther, in Eisleben, Germany, founder of Protestantism
Birthday November 10, 1668 Fran‡ois Couperin, composer
Birthday November 10, 1683 George II, king of England (1727-60)
Birthday November 10, 1697 William Hogarth, English satiric painter/engraver (Rake's Progress)
Birthday November 10, 1730 Oliver Goldsmith, Irish novelist, dramatist (She Stoops to Conquer)
Birthday November 10, 1759 Frederich von Schiller, in Germany, poet
Birthday November 10, 1793 Jared Kirtland, American physician, naturalist
Birthday November 10, 1794 Adm. Matthew Perry
Birthday November 10, 1819 Cyrus West Field, financier, success of 1st transatlantic cable
Birthday November 10, 1827 Lewis Wallace ('Ben Hur'), Soldier diploman and novelist
Birthday November 10, 1829 William Booth, founded Salvation Army
Birthday November 10, 1844 Sir John S.D. Thompson, (C), 4th prime minister of Canada (1892-94)
Birthday November 10, 1847 Joseph Pulitzer, Journalist and publisher
Birthday November 10, 1882 Frances Perkins, 1st woman Cabinet member
Birthday November 10, 1883 Kahlil Gibran
Birthday November 10, 1895 John Knudsen Northrop, aircraft designer
Birthday November 10, 1903 Clare Booth Luce, Journalist and Diplomat
Birthday November 10, 1919 Clyde (Bulldog) Turner, NFL center (Chicago Bears)
Birthday November 10, 1921 Chuck Connors
Birthday November 10, 1925 Richard Burton, Welsh Actor (Cleopatra, Virginia Woolf)
Birthday November 10, 1929 Max von Sydow
Birthday November 10, 1932 Roy Scheider, star of Jaws, is born
Birthday November 10, 1932 Omar Sharif
Birthday November 10, 1933 Ronald E. Evans, astronaut (Apollo 17)
Birthday November 10, 1936 John Madden
Birthday November 10, 1946 David Stockman, ex-budget director
Birthday November 10, 1949 Donna Fargo, in North Carolina
Birthday November 10, 1949 Ann Reinking, in Seattle Washington
Birthday November 10, 1959 MacKenzie Phillips, in Alexandra Va (One Day at a Time)
History November 10, 1775 US Marine Corps established by Congress
History November 10, 1775 Birth of the U.S. Marine Corps
History November 10, 1801 Kentucky outlaws dueling
History November 10, 1808 Osage Indians cede Missouri and Arkansas lands
History November 10, 1836 Louis Napoleon banished to America
History November 10, 1864 Austrian Archduke Maximilian became emperor of Mexico
History November 10, 1865 Henry Wirz hanged
History November 10, 1871 Stanley presumes to meet Livingston in Ujiji Central Africa
History November 10, 1891 1st Woman's Christian Temperance Union meeting held (in Boston)
History November 10, 1903 Mary Anderson patents windshield wiper
History November 10, 1928 Remarque publishes All Quiet on the Western Front
History November 10, 1928 Hirohito crowned in Japan
History November 10, 1942 Germans take Vichy France
History November 10, 1945 Nazi concentration camp at Buchenwald liberated by US
History November 10, 1950 Jacobo Arbenz Guzm n elected pres of Guatemala
History November 10, 1951 1st Long Distance telephone call without operator assistance
History November 10, 1958 Future country legend Conway Twitty earns a #1 hit as a rock-and-roll idol
History November 10, 1960 Senate passes landmark Civil Rights Bill
History November 10, 1963 Nuclear sub Thresher went down 220 miles east of Boston
History November 10, 1964 McNamara says that U.S. has no plans to send combat troops to Vietnam
History November 10, 1968 USSR launches Zond 6 to moon
History November 10, 1969 Sesame Street premiers
History November 10, 1970 No U.S. combat fatalities reported
History November 10, 1970 Luna 17 with unmanned self-propelled Lunokhod 1 is launched
History November 10, 1971 Khmer Rouge forces attack Phnom Penh airport
History November 10, 1971 US table tennis team arrived in China
History November 10, 1973 Slaughterhouse-Five is burned in North Dakota
History November 10, 1975 Cargo ship suddenly sinks in Lake Superior
History November 10, 1975 Edmund Fitzgerald sinks in Lake Superior
History November 10, 1975 Ore ship Edmund Fitzgerald lost in a storm on Lake Superior
History November 10, 1975 PLO leader Yasser Arafat speaks at UN
History November 10, 1978 Yanks trade Lyle Rajsich McCall Heath & Ramos to Texas for Righetti Mirabella Beniquez Jemison & Griffin
History November 10, 1980 Voyager I flies past Saturn
History November 10, 1982 Leonid Brezhnev dies
History November 10, 1984 Maryland gets a miracle in Miami
History November 10, 1995 Playwright and activist hanged in Nigeria
History November 10, 1997 Judge reduces sentence in nanny murder case
History November 10, 2001 Bush addresses the United Nations regarding terrorism
November 10, 1483 Martin Luther, in Eisleben, Germany, founder of Protestantism
November 10, 1668 Fran‡ois Couperin, composer
November 10, 1683 George II, king of England (1727-60)
November 10, 1697 William Hogarth, English satiric painter/engraver (Rake's Progress)
November 10, 1730 Oliver Goldsmith, Irish novelist, dramatist (She Stoops to Conquer)
November 10, 1759 Frederich von Schiller, in Germany, poet
November 10, 1793 Jared Kirtland, American physician, naturalist
November 10, 1794 Adm. Matthew Perry
November 10, 1819 Cyrus West Field, financier, success of 1st transatlantic cable
November 10, 1827 Lewis Wallace ('Ben Hur'), Soldier diploman and novelist
November 10, 1829 William Booth, founded Salvation Army
November 10, 1844 Sir John S.D. Thompson, (C), 4th prime minister of Canada (1892-94)
November 10, 1847 Joseph Pulitzer, Journalist and publisher
November 10, 1882 Frances Perkins, 1st woman Cabinet member
November 10, 1883 Kahlil Gibran
November 10, 1895 John Knudsen Northrop, aircraft designer
November 10, 1903 Clare Booth Luce, Journalist and Diplomat
November 10, 1919 Clyde (Bulldog) Turner, NFL center (Chicago Bears)
November 10, 1921 Chuck Connors
November 10, 1925 Richard Burton, Welsh Actor (Cleopatra, Virginia Woolf)
November 10, 1929 Max von Sydow
November 10, 1932 Roy Scheider, star of Jaws, is born
November 10, 1932 Omar Sharif
November 10, 1933 Ronald E. Evans, astronaut (Apollo 17)
November 10, 1936 John Madden
November 10, 1946 David Stockman, ex-budget director
November 10, 1949 Donna Fargo, in North Carolina
November 10, 1949 Ann Reinking, in Seattle Washington
November 10, 1959 MacKenzie Phillips, in Alexandra Va (One Day at a Time)
November 10, 1775 US Marine Corps established by Congress
November 10, 1775 Birth of the U.S. Marine Corps
November 10, 1801 Kentucky outlaws dueling
November 10, 1808 Osage Indians cede Missouri and Arkansas lands
November 10, 1836 Louis Napoleon banished to America
November 10, 1864 Austrian Archduke Maximilian became emperor of Mexico
November 10, 1865 Henry Wirz hanged
November 10, 1871 Stanley presumes to meet Livingston in Ujiji Central Africa
November 10, 1891 1st Woman's Christian Temperance Union meeting held (in Boston)
November 10, 1903 Mary Anderson patents windshield wiper
November 10, 1928 Remarque publishes All Quiet on the Western Front
November 10, 1928 Hirohito crowned in Japan
November 10, 1942 Germans take Vichy France
November 10, 1945 Nazi concentration camp at Buchenwald liberated by US
November 10, 1950 Jacobo Arbenz Guzm n elected pres of Guatemala
November 10, 1951 1st Long Distance telephone call without operator assistance
November 10, 1958 Future country legend Conway Twitty earns a #1 hit as a rock-and-roll idol
November 10, 1960 Senate passes landmark Civil Rights Bill
November 10, 1963 Nuclear sub Thresher went down 220 miles east of Boston
November 10, 1964 McNamara says that U.S. has no plans to send combat troops to Vietnam
November 10, 1968 USSR launches Zond 6 to moon
November 10, 1969 Sesame Street premiers
November 10, 1970 No U.S. combat fatalities reported
November 10, 1970 Luna 17 with unmanned self-propelled Lunokhod 1 is launched
November 10, 1971 Khmer Rouge forces attack Phnom Penh airport
November 10, 1971 US table tennis team arrived in China
November 10, 1973 Slaughterhouse-Five is burned in North Dakota
November 10, 1975 Cargo ship suddenly sinks in Lake Superior
November 10, 1975 Edmund Fitzgerald sinks in Lake Superior
November 10, 1975 Ore ship Edmund Fitzgerald lost in a storm on Lake Superior
November 10, 1975 PLO leader Yasser Arafat speaks at UN
November 10, 1978 Yanks trade Lyle Rajsich McCall Heath & Ramos to Texas for Righetti Mirabella Beniquez Jemison & Griffin
November 10, 1980 Voyager I flies past Saturn
November 10, 1982 Leonid Brezhnev dies
November 10, 1984 Maryland gets a miracle in Miami
November 10, 1995 Playwright and activist hanged in Nigeria
November 10, 1997 Judge reduces sentence in nanny murder case
November 10, 2001 Bush addresses the United Nations regarding terrorism