Interesting things that happened November 10th:
Birthdays on this date:
-
In 1483 Martin Luther (in Eisleben, Germany), founder of Protestantism
-
In 1668 Francois Couperin, composer
-
In 1683 George II, king of England (1727-60)
-
In 1697 William Hogarth, English satiric painter/engraver (Rake's Progress)
-
In 1730 Oliver Goldsmith, Irish novelist, dramatist (She Stoops to Conquer)
-
In 1759 Frederich von Schiller (in Germany), poet
-
In 1793 Jared Kirtland, American physician, naturalist
-
In 1794 Matthew Perry, U.S. Commodore, opened the East to Western
exploitation
-
In 1819 Cyrus West Field, financier known for the success of the first
transatlantic cable
-
In 1827 Lewis Wallace, soldier, diplomat, novelist (Ben Hur)
-
In 1829 William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army
-
In 1844 Sir John S.D. Thompson (C), 4th prime minister of Canada (1892-94)
-
In 1847 Joseph Pulitzer, journalist, publisher
-
In 1882 Frances Perkins, first female Cabinet member (Sec. of Labor, 1933-
45)
-
In 1895 John Knudsen Northrop, aircraft designer
-
In 1919 Clyde "Bulldog" Turner, NFL center (Chicago Bears, 1940-52)
+ George Fenneman, radio and TV announcer (You Bet Your Life, Dragnet)
-
In 1921 Chuck Connors, actor (Rifleman, Branded), basketball player
(Celtics), baseball player (Dodgers, Cubs, Angels), drafted by
Chicago Bears
-
In 1925 Richard Burton, Welsh actor (Cleopatra, Virginia Woolf), refused to
work on St. David's Day (March 1)
-
In 1932 Omar Sharif, actor (Lawrence of Arabia, Dr. Zhivago), bridge player
-
In 1933 Ronald E. Evans, astronaut (Apollo 17)
-
In 1935 Roy Scheider, actor (The French Connection, Jaws, All That Jazz)
-
In 1936 John Madden, football coach, sports commentator
-
In 1946 David Stockman, US OMB Director (1981-85)
-
In 1949 Ann Reinking (in Seattle, WA), actor (All That Jazz, Annie), dancer
+ Donna Fargo (in North Carolina), singer
-
In 1950 Jack Scalia, actor (Wolf, All My Children, Red Eye, End Game)
-
In 1956 Sinbad, comedian, actor (A Different World, The Sinbad Show)
-
In 1959 MacKenzie Phillips (in Alexandra, VA), actor (One Day at a Time)
-
In 1960 Neil Gaiman, author (Neverwhere, American Gods, Sandman)
Events worth noting:
-
+ Feast of St Andrew Avellino, confessor
-
In 1775 US Marine Corps established by Congress.
-
In 1801 Kentucky outlaws dueling.
-
In 1836 Louis Napoleon banished to America.
-
In 1864 Austrian Archduke Maximilian became emperor of Mexico.
-
In 1871 Stanley presumes to meet Livingston in Ujiji, Central Africa.
-
In 1891 First Woman's Christian Temperance Union meeting held (in Boston).
-
In 1945 Nazi concentration camp at Buchenwald liberated by US.
-
In 1950 Jacobo Arbenz Guzman elected president of Guatemala.
-
In 1951 First Long Distance telephone call without operator assistance.
-
In 1960 Senate passes landmark Civil Rights Bill.
-
In 1963 Nuclear sub Thresher went down 220 miles east of Boston.
-
In 1968 USSR launches Zond 6 to moon.
-
In 1969 "Sesame Street" premieres.
-
In 1970 Luna 17, with unmanned self-propelled Lunokhod 1, is launched.
-
In 1971 US table tennis team arrived in China.
-
In 1975 Ore ship Edmund Fitzgerald lost in a storm on Lake Superior.
+ PLO leader Yasser Arafat speaks at the UN.
-
In 1980 Voyager I flies past Saturn.
-
In 1982 The Vietnam Veterans Memorial opens in Washington, D.C.
And remember ...
-
National Raisin Bread Month
-
National Adoption Month
-
National Impotency Month
-
National Diabetes Month
To get back issues, send "get today today.MMDD" (where MMDD is something like
1110) in a message to majordomo@ml.mystery.com.
Although efforts have been taken to ensure the accuracy of this information,
several errors have been found in the past. Don't place any bets on the basis
of what you find here. If you spot an error, write to Poor Gabriel at
poorgabriel@mystery.com
.
Copyright © 2026 by B. Gabriel Helou