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Today November 10th 2009 this day in history Read more below to view events, deaths, births, Holidays observances and video clips. Last database updated: Jan 17th, 2009
Events
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.
1520 – Danish King Christian II executes dozens of people in the Stockholm Bloodbath after a successful invasion of Sweden.
1619 – René Descartes has the dreams that inspire his Meditations on First Philosophy.
1674 – Anglo-Dutch War: As provided in the Treaty of Westminster, Netherlands cedes New Netherlands to England.
1766 – The last Colonial governor of New Jersey, William Franklin, signs the charter of Queen s College (later renamed Rutgers University).
1775 – The United States Marine Corps is founded at Tun Tavern in Philidelphia by Samuel Nicholas.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
1919 – The first national convention of the American Legion is held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, ending on November 12.
1924 – Dion O Banion, leader of the North Side Gang is assassinated in his flower shop by members of Johnny Torrio s gang, sparking the bloody gang war of the 1920s in Chicago.
1928 – Michinomiya Hirohito is crowned the 124th Emperor of Japan, Emperor Showa.
1928 – In the game against Army at Yankee Stadium, Notre Dame football coach Knute Rockne gives what is considered the greatest locker room speeches of all time by saying Win one for the Gipper. The Notre Dame would win the game 12-6.
1938 – Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, dies.
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 – World War II: Germany invades Vichy France following French Admiral François Darlan s agreement to an armistice with the Allies in North Africa.
1944 – The ammunition ship USS Mount Hood (AE-11) explodes at Seeadler Harbour, Manus, Admiralty Islands
1945 – Heavy fighting in Surabaya between Indonesian nationalists and returning colonialists after World War II, is celebrated as Heroes Day (Hari Pahlawan).
1951 – Direct-dial coast-to-coast telephone service begins in the United States.
1954 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower dedicates the USMC War Memorial (Iwo Jima memorial) in Arlington National Cemetery.
1958 – The Hope Diamond is donated to the Smithsonian Institution by New York diamond merchant Harry Winston.
1969 – National Educational Television (the predecessor to the Public Broadcasting Service) in the United States debuts the children s television program Sesame Street.
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.
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.
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.
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 was repealed in December 1991 with Resolution 4686).
1989 – Fall of the communist regime in Bulgaria.
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 – WorldCom and MCI Communications announce a $37 billion merger (the largest merger in US history at the time).
2006 – Sri Lankan Tamil Parliamentarian Nadarajah Raviraj is assassinated in Colombo.
2007 – ¿Por qué no te callas? incident between King Juan Carlos of Spain and Venezuela s president Hugo Chávez.
Births
745 – Musa al-Kazim, Shia Imam (d. 799)
1341 – Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English statesman (d. 1408)
1433 – Charles, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1477)
1480 – Bridget of York, English princess and nun (d. 1517)
1483 – Martin Luther, German Protestant reformer (d. 1546)
1565 – Laurentius Paulinus Gothus, Swedish theologian and astronomer (d. 1646)
1566 – Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, English politician (d. 1601)
1577 – Jacob Cats, Dutch poet, jurist and politician (d. 1660)
1620 – Ninon de l Enclos, French courtesan and writer (d. 1705)
1668 – Louis III, Prince of Condé (d. 1710)
1668 – François Couperin, French composer (d. 1733)
1683 – George II of Great Britain (d. 1760)
1695 – John Bevis, English physician and astronomer (d. 1771)
1697 – William Hogarth, English artist (d. 1764)
1710 – Adam Gottlob Moltke, Danish statesman (d. 1792)
1728 – Oliver Goldsmith, English playwright (d. 1774)
1735 – Granville Sharp, English abolitionist (d. 1813)
1759 – Friedrich von Schiller, German writer (d. 1805)
1801 – Samuel Gridley Howe, American social reformer (d. 1876)
1801 – Vladimir Dal, Russian lexicographer (d. 1872)
1810 – George Jennings English sanitary engineer (d. 1882)
1834 – José Hernández
1844 – Henry Eyster Jacobs, American theologian (d. 1932)
1845 – Sir John Sparrow David Thompson, fourth Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1894)
1848 – Sir Surendranath Banerjea, leader, Indian National Congress (d. 1925)
1850 – Arthur Goring Thomas, English composer (d. 1892)
1868 – Gichin Funakoshi, Japanese martial artist (d. 1957)
1871 – Winston Churchill, American novelist (d. 1947)
1878 – Cy Morgan, American baseball player (d. 1962)
1879 – Vachel Lindsay, American poet (d. 1931)
1879 – Patrick Pearse, Irish political activist (d. 1916)
1880 – Jacob Epstein, American sculptor (d. 1959)
1887 – Arnold Zweig, German author (d. 1968)
1888 – Andrei Tupolev, Russian aircraft designer (d. 1972)
1889 – Claude Rains, English actor (d. 1967)
1891 – Carl Stalling, American film composer (d. 1972)
1893 – John P. Marquand, American writer (d. 1960)
1895 – John Knudsen Northrop, American airplane manufacturer (d. 1981)
1895 – Mabel Normand, American silent actress (d. 1930)
1896 – Jimmie Dykes, American baseball player and manager (d. 1976)
1906 – Josef Kramer, German concentration camp commandant (d. 1945)
1907 – John Moore, English author (d. 1967)
1907 – Jane Froman, American actor and singer (d. 1980)
1908 – Charles Merritt, Canadian Army officer and Victoria Cross recipient (d. 2000)
1909 – Pawel Jasienica, Polish historian (d. 1970)
1909 – Johnny Marks, American singer (d. 1985)
1912 – Birdie Tebbetts, American baseball player and manager (d. 1999)
1916 – Billy May, American composer, arranger and bandleader (d. 2004)
1918 – Ernst Otto Fischer, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007)
1919 – Mikhail Timofeevich Kalashnikov, Russian inventor
1919 – George Fenneman, American radio and television announcer (d. 1997)
1919 – Moise Tshombe, Congoian politician (d. 1969)
1919 – François Périer, French actor (d. 2002)
1920 – Jennifer Holt, American actress (d. 1997)
1920 – Rafael del Pino, Spanish entrepreneur (d. 2008)
1924 – Russell Johnson, American actor (Gilligan s Island)
1925 – Richard Burton, Welsh actor (d. 1984)
1927 – Sabah (singer), Lebanese singer and actress
1928 – Ennio Morricone, Italian composer
1929 – Marilyn Bergman, American composer and songwriter
1932 – Don Henderson, English actor (d. 1997)
1932 – Roy Scheider, American actor (d. 2008)
1933 – Ronald Evans, American astronaut (d. 1990)
1934 – Lucien Bianchi, Belgian racing driver (d. 1969)
1935 – Igor Dmitrievich Novikov, Russian astrophysicist
1935 – Bernard Babior, American biochemist
1937 – Albert Hall, American actor
1939 – Russell Means, Native American activist
1939 – Allan Moffat, Canadian-Australian race car driver
1940 – Screaming Lord Sutch, English musician and politician (d. 1999)
1941 – John Geoghegan, Silver Star recipient (d. 1965)
1941 – Kyu Sakamoto, Japanese singer and actor (d. 1985)
1942 – Robert F. Engle, American economist, Nobel laureate
1942 – Hans-Rudolf Merz, Swiss Federal Councilor
1943 – Saxby Chambliss, American politician
1944 – Silvestre Reyes, American politician
1944 – Sir Tim Rice, English lyricist
1945 – Donna Fargo, American singer
1946 – Roy Thomas Baker, English record producer
1947 – Greg Lake, British musician (Emerson, Lake & Palmer)
1947 – Glen Buxton, American musician (Alice Cooper) (d. 1997)
1947 – Bachir Gemayel, Lebanese military commander (d. 1982)
1947 – Dave Loggins, American songwriter and singer
1948 – Shigesato Itoi, Japanese novelist and video game designer.
1948 – Aaron Brown, American broadcast journalist
1948 – Hugh Moffatt, American songwriter
1948 – Vincent Schiavelli, American actor (d. 2005)
1949 – Ann Reinking, American dancer
1950 – Debra Hill, American screenwriter and film producer (d. 2005)
1952 – Gerry DiNardo, American football coach
1955 – James Chapman, American novelist
1955 – Jack Clark, American baseball player
1955 – Roland Emmerich, German film producer and director
1956 – Mohsen Badawi, Egyptian entrepreneur and activist
1956 – Sinbad, American actor
1958 – George Lowe, American voice actor
1958 – Massimo Morsello, Italian singer (d. 2001)
1958 – Brooks Williams, American musician
1958 – Stephen Herek, American film director
1959 – Linda Cohn, American sports reporter
1959 – Mackenzie Phillips, American actress
1960 – Neil Gaiman, English writer
1960 – Dan Hawkins, American college football coach
1961 – John Walton, English darts player
1961 – Rudolf Grimm, Austrian physics professor
1963 – Hugh Bonneville, English actor
1963 – Mike McCarthy, American football coach
1964 – Kenny Rogers, American baseball player
1964 – Magnús Scheving, Icelandic athlete
1965 – Eddie Irvine, Northern Irish race car driver
1965 – Jamie Dixon, American basketball coach
1966 – Bill DeMott, American professional wrestler
1966 – Vanessa Angel, English actress
1967 – Michael Jai White, American actor
1968 – Steve Brookstein, English X Factor winner
1968 – Tracy Morgan, American actor/comedian
1969 – Ellen Pompeo, American actress
1969 – Faustino Asprilla, Colombian footballer
1969 – Jens Lehmann, German footballer
1970 – Warren G, American rapper
1970 – Freddy Loix, Belgian rally driver
1972 – Shawn Green, American baseball player
1973 – Patrik Berger, Czech footballer
1974 – Niko Hurme, Finnish musician
1975 – Jim Adkins, American musician
1976 – Steffen Iversen, Norwegian footballer
1976 – Shefki Kuqi, Finnish footballer
1977 – Brittany Murphy, American actress
1977 – Matt Cepicky, American baseball player
1977 – Josh Barnett, American Mixed Martial Artist
1977 – Won Bin, Korean actor
1978 – Eve, American rapper
1978 – Kyla Cole, Slovak pornographic actress
1978 – Drew McConnell, Irish musician (Babyshambles)
1979 – Chris Joannou, Australian musician, (Silverchair)
1980 – Troy Bell, American basketball player
1980 – Calvin Chen, Taiwanese singer, (Fei Lun Hai/Fahrenheit)
1980 – Donté Stallworth, American football player
1981 – Tony Blanco, Dominican baseball player
1981 – Jason L. Dunham, American Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2004)
1981 – Alison Waite, American model
1982 – Clayton Fortune, English footballer
1982 – Heather Matarazzo, American actress
1983 – Miranda Lambert, American singer
1983 – Sammie Rhodes, American pornographic actress
1983 – Craig Smith, American basketball player
1984 – Kendrick Perkins, American basketball player
1985 – Ricki-Lee Coulter, New Zealand/Australian singer
1985 – Giovonnie Samuels, American television actress
1986 – Josh Peck, American actor
1987 – Jessica Tovey, Australian actress
1988 – Chisaki Hama, Japanese actress and model
Deaths
627 – Justus, Archbishop of Canterbury
901 – Adelaide of Paris, Queen of Western Francia
1241 – Pope Celestine IV
1444 – King Vladislaus III of Varna is killed in battle (b. 1424)
1549 – Pope Paul III (b. 1468)
1596 – Peter Wentworth, English Puritan politician (b. 1530)
1605 – Ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian naturalist (b. 1522)
1617 – Barnabe Rich, English soldier and writer
1624 – Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, English patron of the theater (b. 1573)
1644 – Luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (b. 1579)
1673 – Michal Wisniowiecki, King of Poland (b. 1640)
1727 – Alphonse de Tonty, French explorer and American settler (b. 1659)
1728 – Fyodor Apraksin, Russian admirals (b. 1661)
1772 – Pedro Antonio Joaquim Correa da Serra Garção, Portuguese poet (b. 1724)
1777 – Cornstalk, Shawnee chief
1808 – Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, British soldier and Governor of Quebec (b. 1724)
1848 – Christian VIII of Denmark, King of Denmark (b. 1786)
1865 – Henry Wirz, Swiss-American Confederate commandant of POW camp at Andersonville, Georgia, by hanging (b. 1822)
1891 – Arthur Rimbaud, French poet, (b. 1854)
1909 – Renee Vivien, American poet (b. 1877)
1909 – George Essex Evans, Australian poet (b. 1863)
1912 – Louis Cyr, Canadian strongman (b. 1863)
1917 – Harry Trott, Australian cricketer (b. 1866)
1936 – Louis Gustave Binger, French officer and explorer (b. 1856)
1938 – Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder and the first President of Turkey (b. 1881)
1964 – Jimmie Dodd, American actor (b. 1910)
1973 – David Stringbean Akeman, American country music banjo player (b. 1915)
1975 – Ernest M. McSorley, American ship captain (b. 1912)
1981 – Abel Gance, French film director, producer, and actor (b. 1889)
1982 – Leonid Brezhnev, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (b. 1906)
1984 – Xavier Herbert, Australian author (b. 1901)
1985 – Pelle Lindbergh, Swedish ice hockey player (b. 1959)
1986 – King Clancy, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and referee (b. 1903)
1986 – Rogelio de la Rosa, Filipino actor and politician (b. 1916)
1990 – Aurelio Monteagudo, Cuban baseball player (b. 1943)
1990 – Mário Schenberg, Brazilian physicist (b. 1914)
1991 – William Afflis, American professional wrestler (b. 1929)
1992 – Chuck Connors, American actor, baseball and basketball player (b. 1921)
1994 – Carmen McRae, American singer (b. 1920)
1995 – Ken Saro-Wiwa, Nigerian writer and activist (b. 1941)
1997 – Tommy Tedesco, American musician (b. 1930)
1998 – Mary Millar, English actress (b. 1936)
2000 – Jacques Chaban-Delmas, Prime Minister of France (b. 1915)
2001 – Ken Kesey, American author (b. 1935)
2002 – Michel Boisrond, French film director (b. 1921)
2003 – Canaan Banana, first President of Zimbabwe (b. 1936)
2003 – Irv Kup Kupcinet, American columnist and television personality (b. 1912)
2004 – Katy de la Cruz, Filipino singer (b. 1907)
2006 – Diana Coupland, British comedy actress (b. 1932)
2006 – Gerald Levert, American singer (b. 1966)
2006 – Jack Palance, American actor (b. 1919)
2006 – Nadarajah Raviraj, Sri Lankan politician (b. 1962)
2006 – Fokko du Cloux, mathematician (b. 1954)
2007 – Laraine Day, American actress (b. 1920)
2007 – Augustus F. Hawkins, American politician and civil rights lawmaker (b. 1907)
2007 – Norman Mailer, American author (b. 1923)
2008 – Miriam Makeba, South African singer and anti-apartheid activist (b. 1932)
Holidays and observances
Argentina – Day of Tradition, honouring José Hernández s birth
Christianity – the feast day of Pope Leo I the Great and Andrew Avellino
Indonesia – Heroes Day (Hari Pahlawan)
Ancient Latvia – Martini
Russia – Day of Militsiya (analogue of police in Russia)
Turkey – Day of Remembrance of Ataturk
United States – United States Marine Corps birthday ball
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