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November 10th


- Christian Feast Day:
- Cry of Independence Day (Panama)
- Day of Remembrance of Ataturk (Turkey)
- Day of Russian Militsiya (Russia)
- Day of Tradition or Día de la Tradición, celebrated on the birthday of José Hernández (Argentina, especially San Antonio de Areco)
- Heroes' Day or Hari Pahlawan (Indonesia)
- M?rti?i (Ancient Latvia)
- United States Marine Corps birthday ball (United States)

November 10th


- 2007 - ¿Por qué no te callas? incident between King Juan Carlos of Spain and Venezuela's president Hugo Chávez.
- 2006 - Sri Lankan Tamil Parliamentarian Nadarajah Raviraj is assassinated in Colombo.
- 1997 - WorldCom and MCI Communications announce a $37 billion merger (the largest merger in US history at the time).
- 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.
- 1989 - Fall of the communist regime in Bulgaria.
- 1979 - A 106-car Canadian Pacific freight train carrying explosive and poisonous chemicals from Windsor, Ontario, Canada derails in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada just west of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, causing a massive explosion and the largest peacetime evacuation in Canadian history and one of the largest in North American history.
- 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 Resolution 3379: United Nations General Assembly approves a resolution equating Zionism with racism (the resolution is repealed in December 1991 by Resolution 4686).
- 1972 - Southern Airways Flight 49 from Birmingham, Alabama 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.
- 1971 - In Cambodia, Khmer Rouge forces attack the city of Phnom Penh and its airport, killing 44, wounding at least 30 and damaging nine aircraft.
- 1970 - Vietnam War: Vietnamization – For the first time in five years, an entire week ends with no reports of American combat fatalities in Southeast Asia.
- 1970 - The Soviet Lunar probe Lunokhod 1 is launched.
- 1969 - National Educational Television (the predecessor to the Public Broadcasting Service) in the United States debuts the children's television program Sesame Street.
- 1958 - The Hope Diamond is donated to the Smithsonian Institution by New York diamond merchant Harry Winston.
- 1954 - U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower dedicates the USMC War Memorial (Iwo Jima memorial) in Arlington National Cemetery.
- 1951 - Direct-dial coast-to-coast telephone service begins in the United States.
- 1945 - Heavy fighting in Surabaya between Indonesian nationalists and returning colonialists after World War II, is celebrated as Heroes' Day (Hari Pahlawan).
- 1944 - The ammunition ship USS Mount Hood explodes at Seeadler Harbour, Manus, Admiralty Islands
- 1942 - World War II: Germany invades Vichy France following French Admiral François Darlan's agreement to an armistice with the Allies in North Africa.
- 1919 - The first national convention of the American Legion is held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, ending on November 12.
- 1918 - The Western Union Cable Office in North Sydney, Nova Scotia receives a top-secret coded message from Europe (that would be sent to Ottawa, Ontario and Washington, DC) that said on November 11, 1918 all fighting would cease on land, sea and in the air.
- 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.
- 1898 - Beginning of the Wilmington Insurrection of 1898, the only instance of a municipal government being overthrown in US history.
- 1871 - Henry Morton Stanley locates missing explorer and missionary, Dr. David Livingstone in Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika, allegedly greeting him with the words, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?".
- 1865 - Major Henry Wirz, the superintendent of a prison camp in Andersonville, Georgia, is hanged, becoming the only American Civil War soldier executed for war crimes.
- 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 of the Fastnet Rock lighthouse.
- 1821 - Cry of Independence by Rufina Alfaro at La Villa de Los Santos, Panama setting into motion a revolt which lead to Panama's independence from Spain and to it immediately becoming part of Colombia
- 1793 - A Goddess of Reason is proclaimed by the French Convention at the suggestion of Chaumette.
- 1775 - The United States Marine Corps is founded at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia by Samuel Nicholas.
- 1766 - The last colonial governor of New Jersey, William Franklin, signs the charter of Queen's College (later renamed Rutgers University).
- 1674 - Anglo-Dutch War: As provided in the Treaty of Westminster, Netherlands cedes New Netherlands to England.
- 1659 - Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Maratha King killed Afzal Khan, Adilshahi in the battle popularly known as Battle of Pratapgarh. This is also recognised as the first defence of Swarajya
- 1619 - René Descartes has the dreams that inspire his Meditations on First Philosophy.
- 1520 - Danish King Christian II executes dozens of people in the Stockholm Bloodbath after a successful invasion of Sweden.
- 1444 - Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Vladislaus III of Varna (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Wladyslaw III of Poland) are crushed by the Turks under Sultan Murad II and Vladislaus is killed.

November 10th


- 1987 - Charles Hamilton, American hip-hop artist
- 1987 - Jessica Tovey, Australian actress
- 1986 - Ilias Iliadis, Greek judoka
- 1986 - Josh Peck, American actor
- 1985 - Ricki-Lee Coulter, New Zealand/Australian singer
- 1985 - Giovonnie Samuels, American television actress
- 1985 - Krystian Trochowski, German rugby player
- 1983 - Miranda Lambert, American singer
- 1983 - Sammie Rhodes, American pornographic actress
- 1983 - Craig Smith, American basketball player
- 1982 - Heather Matarazzo, American actress
- 1981 - Tony Blanco, Dominican baseball player
- 1981 - Jason L. Dunham, American Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2004)
- 1980 - Troy Bell, American basketball player
- 1980 - Calvin Chen, Taiwanese singer, (Fei Lun Hai/Fahrenheit)
- 1980 - Donté Stallworth, American football player
- 1979 - Chris Joannou, Australian musician, (Silverchair)
- 1978 - Kyla Cole, Slovak pornographic actress
- 1978 - Eve, American rapper
- 1978 - Drew McConnell, Irish musician (Babyshambles)
- 1977 - Josh Barnett, American Mixed Martial Artist
- 1977 - Brittany Murphy, American actress (d. 2009)
- 1977 - Won Bin, Korean actor
- 1976 - Steffen Iversen, Norwegian footballer
- 1976 - Shefki Kuqi, Finnish footballer
- 1974 - Niko Hurme, Finnish musician
- 1974 - Chris Lilley, Australian comedian
- 1973 - Patrik Berger, Czech footballer
- 1972 - DJ Ashba, American musician (Guns N' Roses)
- 1972 - Isaac Bruce, American football player
- 1972 - Shawn Green, American baseball player
- 1971 - Walton Goggins, American actor
- 1970 - Warren G, American rapper
- 1970 - Freddy Loix, Belgian rally driver
- 1970 - Vince Vieluf, American actor
- 1970 - Tay Ping Hui, Singaporean actor
- 1969 - Faustino Asprilla, Colombian footballer
- 1969 - Jens Lehmann, German footballer
- 1969 - Ellen Pompeo, American actress
- 1968 - Steve Brookstein, English X Factor winner
- 1968 - Tracy Morgan, American actor/comedian
- 1967 - Michael Jai White, American actor
- 1966 - Vanessa Angel, English actress
- 1966 - Bill DeMott, American wrestler
- 1965 - Jamie Dixon, American basketball coach
- 1965 - Eddie Irvine, Northern Irish racing driver
- 1964 - Kenny Rogers, American baseball player
- 1964 - Magnús Scheving, Icelandic athlete
- 1963 - Hugh Bonneville, English actor
- 1961 - Rudolf Grimm, Austrian physics professor
- 1961 - John Walton, English darts player
- 1960 - Neil Gaiman, English writer
- 1960 - Dan Hawkins, American college football coach
- 1959 - Linda Cohn, American sports reporter
- 1959 - Mackenzie Phillips, American actress
- 1959 - Mike McCarthy, American football coach
- 1958 - Stephen Herek, American film director
- 1958 - George Lowe, American voice actor
- 1958 - Massimo Morsello, Italian singer (d. 2001)
- 1958 - Brooks Williams, American musician
- 1956 - Mohsen Badawi, Egyptian entrepreneur and activist
- 1956 - Sinbad, American actor
- 1955 - Jack Clark, American baseball player
- 1955 - Roland Emmerich, German film producer and director
- 1955 - James Chapman, American novelist
- 1952 - Gerry DiNardo, American football coach
- 1950 - Debra Hill, American screenwriter and film producer (d. 2005)
- 1950 - Bob Orton, Jr., American wrestler
- 1949 - Ann Reinking, American dancer
- 1948 - Aaron Brown, American broadcast journalist
- 1948 - Shigesato Itoi, Japanese novelist and video game designer.
- 1948 - Hugh Moffatt, American songwriter
- 1948 - Vincent Schiavelli, American actor (d. 2005)
- 1947 - Glen Buxton, American musician (Alice Cooper) (d. 1997)
- 1947 - Bachir Gemayel, Lebanese military commander (d. 1982)
- 1947 - Greg Lake, British musician (Emerson, Lake & Palmer)
- 1947 - Dave Loggins, American songwriter and singer
- 1946 - Roy Thomas Baker, English record producer
- 1945 - Donna Fargo, American singer
- 1944 - Silvestre Reyes, American politician
- 1944 - Sir Tim Rice, English lyricist
- 1943 - Saxby Chambliss, American politician
- 1942 - Robert F. Engle, American economist, Nobel laureate
- 1942 - Hans-Rudolf Merz, Swiss Federal Councilor
- 1941 - John Geoghegan, Silver Star recipient (d. 1965)
- 1940 - Screaming Lord Sutch, English musician and politician (d. 1999)
- 1939 - Russell Means, Native American activist
- 1939 - Allan Moffat, Canadian-Australian race car driver
- 1937 - Albert Hall, American actor
- 1935 - Bernard Babior, American biochemist
- 1935 - Igor Dmitrievich Novikov, Russian astrophysicist
- 1934 - Lucien Bianchi, Belgian racing driver (d. 1969)
- 1933 - Ronald Evans, American astronaut (d. 1990)
- 1932 - Don Henderson, English actor (d. 1997)
- 1932 - Roy Scheider, American actor (d. 2008)
- 1929 - Marilyn Bergman, American composer and songwriter
- 1928 - Ennio Morricone, Italian composer
- 1927 - Sabah (singer), Lebanese singer and actress
- 1925 - Richard Burton, Welsh actor (d. 1984)
- 1924 - Russell Johnson, American actor (Gilligan's Island)
- 1923 - Hachiko, world famous dog (d. 1935)
- 1920 - Jennifer Holt, American actress (d. 1997)
- 1920 - Rafael del Pino, Spanish entrepreneur (d. 2008)
- 1919 - George Fenneman, American radio and television announcer (d. 1997)
- 1919 - Mikhail Kalashnikov, Russian inventor
- 1919 - François Périer, French actor (d. 2002)
- 1919 - Moise Tshombe, Congoian politician (d. 1969)
- 1918 - Ernst Otto Fischer, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007)
- 1916 - Billy May, American composer, arranger and bandleader (d. 2004)
- 1916 - Louis le Brocquy, Irish painter
- 1912 - Birdie Tebbetts, American baseball player and manager (d. 1999)
- 1909 - Pawe? Jasienica, Polish historian (d. 1970)
- 1909 - Johnny Marks, American songwriter (d. 1985)
- 1908 - Charles Merritt, Canadian Army officer and Victoria Cross recipient (d. 2000)
- 1907 - Jane Froman, American actor and singer (d. 1980)
- 1907 - John Moore, English author (d. 1967)
- 1906 - Josef Kramer, German concentration camp commandant (d. 1945)
- 1896 - Jimmie Dykes, American baseball player and manager (d. 1976)
- 1896 - Olga Grey, Hungarian-born American silent actress (d. 1973)
- 1895 - Mabel Normand, American silent actress (d. 1930)
- 1895 - John Knudsen Northrop, American airplane manufacturer (d. 1981)
- 1894 - Boris Furlan, Slovenian legal theorist and politician (d. 1957)
- 1893 - John P. Marquand, American writer (d. 1960)
- 1891 - Carl Stalling, American film composer (d. 1972)
- 1889 - Claude Rains, English actor (d. 1967)
- 1888 - Andrei Tupolev, Russian aircraft designer (d. 1972)
- 1887 - Arnold Zweig, German author (d. 1968)
- 1880 - Jacob Epstein, American sculptor (d. 1959)
- 1879 - Vachel Lindsay, American poet (d. 1931)
- 1879 - Patrick Pearse, Irish political activist (d. 1916)
- 1878 - Cy Morgan, American baseball player (d. 1962)
- 1874 - Idabelle Smith Firestone, American composer and songwriter (d. 1954)
- 1871 - Winston Churchill, American novelist (d. 1947)
- 1868 - Gichin Funakoshi, Japanese martial artist (d. 1957)
- 1850 - Arthur Goring Thomas, English composer (d. 1892)
- 1848 - Sir Surendranath Banerjea, leader, Indian National Congress (d. 1925)
- 1845 - Sir John Sparrow David Thompson, fourth Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1894)
- 1844 - Henry Eyster Jacobs, American theologian (d. 1932)
- 1834 - José Hernández, Argentine author of Martín Fierro (d. 1886)
- 1810 - George Jennings, English sanitary engineer (d. 1882)
- 1801 - Samuel Gridley Howe, American social reformer (d. 1876)
- 1801 - Vladimir Dal, Russian lexicographer (d. 1872)
- 1759 - Friedrich Schiller, German writer (d. 1805)
- 1735 - Granville Sharp, English abolitionist (d. 1813)
- 1728 - Oliver Goldsmith, English playwright (d. 1774)
- 1710 - Adam Gottlob Moltke, Danish statesman (d. 1792)
- 1697 - William Hogarth, English artist (d. 1764)
- 1695 - John Bevis, English physician and astronomer (d. 1771)
- 1683 - George II of Great Britain (d. 1760)
- 1668 - Louis III, Prince of Condé (d. 1710)
- 1668 - François Couperin, French composer (d. 1733)
- 1620 - Ninon de l'Enclos, French courtesan and writer (d. 1705)
- 1577 - Jacob Cats, Dutch poet, jurist and politician (d. 1660)
- 1566 - Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, English politician (d. 1601)
- 1565 - Laurentius Paulinus Gothus, Swedish theologian and astronomer (d. 1646)
- 1483 - Martin Luther, German Protestant reformer (d. 1546)
- 1480 - Bridget of York, English princess and nun (d. 1517)
- 1433 - Charles, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1477)
- 1341 - Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English statesman (d. 1408)