November 10

Events
Up to 1950
1444 - Battle of Varna: King Wladyslaw of Poland and Hungary is killed, after defeat to the Turks under Murad II.
1520 - King Christian II of Denmark orders the execution of dozens of people in the Stockholm Bloodbath, after successfully invading Sweden.
1619 - Rene Descartes has the dreams that inspire his Meditations on First Philosophy.
1674 - The Netherlands cedes the New Netherland to England.
1775 - United States Marine Corps is created.
1799 - Napoleon Bonaparte becomes French consul.
1821 - Cry of Independence by Rufina Alfaro at La Villa de los Santos, Panama, sets into motion a revolt which will lead to Panama's independence from Spain and to it immediately becoming part of Colombia.
1847 - Passenger ship Stephen Whitney is wrecked in thick fog off Ireland, killing 92 out of the 110 people on board.
1865 - Major Henry Wirz, superintendent of a prison camp in Andersonville, Georgia, US, is hanged.
1871 - Henry Morton Stanley locates the explorer David Livingstone in Ujiji, Tanzania.
1890 - At Cabo Vilan, Spain, British ship HMS Serpent of the Royal Navy sinks in stormy seas, killing 172 people, with 3 being able to swim to safety.
1909 - The first outdoor ice rink opens in Vienna.
1918 - Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, following the declaring of a Republic in Germany, goes into exile in the Netherlands.
1928 - Coronation of Hirohito as Emperor of Japan.
1938 - The Kristallnacht ends. About 30 000 Jews are moved to concentration camps, and over 1500 synagogues are partly destroyed.
1938 - President of Turkey Mustafa Kemal Ataturk dies.
1940 - The 1940 Vrancea earthquake in Romania kills around 1,000 people.
1942 - World War II: Germany invades Vichy France following French admiral Francois Darlan's agreement to an armistice with the allies in North Africa.
1944 - The ammunition ship USS Mount Hood explodes at Manus, Admiralty Islands, killing at least 432 people.
1945 - Heavy fighting in Surabaya between Indonesian nationalists and returning colonists after World War II.
1946 - An earthquake in the Ancash region of Peru kills 1,400 people.
From 1951
1951 - The US' first direct coast-to-coast service begins, between New Jersey and California.
1954 - US President Dwight D. Eisenhower dedicates the USMC War Memorial in Arlington National Cemetery.
1958 - The Hope Diamond is donated to the Smithsonian Institution by New York diamond merchant Harry Winston.
1969 - The television show Sesame Street airs for the first time in the United States.
1970 - For the first time in five years, a week passes without reports of US Military casualties in Vietnam.
1970 - Soviet lunar probe Lunokhod 1 is launched.
1971 - In Cambodia, Khmer Rouge forces attack Phnom Penh and its airport, killing 44 people.
1975 - The SS Edmund Fitzgerald sinks during a storm on Lake Superior, killing all 29 crew members on board.
1975 - The UN General Assembly approves a resolution equating Zionism with Racism. This is repealed (removed) by 1991.
1978 - Larry Holmes wins the World Heavyweight Boxing title against Alfredo Evangelista.
1982 - Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev dies, being succeeded by Yuri Andropov, who himself dies only 15 months later, in February 1984.
1989 - Bulgaria's Communist regime under Todor Zhivkov falls.
1995 - Nine Nigerian human rights activists are executed, including the writer Ken Saro-Wiwa.
2001 - Apple Inc. starts selling the IPod.
2008 - Over five months after landing on Mars, NASA declares the Phoenix mission finished, after communication with the lander was lost.
2009 - Ships from the North Korean and South Korean navies clash off Daecheong Island in the Yellow Sea.
2009 - John Allen Muhammad is executed for the Beltway sniper attacks.
2011 - Lucas Papademos is chosen to lead a caretaker government in Greece.
2012 - Four days after the United States Presidential Election, Florida is given to Barack Obama, sealing his 332-206 Electoral College win over Mitt Romney.
2013 - Marc Marquez becomes the youngest Moto GP world champion.
2014 - A suicide bomb attack at a school in northeastern Nigeria kills 48 people.
2019 - Spain holds its second general election in less than seven months, with the governing Socialist Party under Pedro Sanchez remaining the largest party but the far-right Vox Party doubling its number of seats.
2019 - Evo Morales resigns as President of Bolivia during a political crisis in the country over his disputed re-election on October 20.
Births
Up to 1800
1232 - Haakon the Young, King of Norway (d. 1257)
1341 - Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English statesman (d. 1408)
1433 - Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1477)
1480 - Bridget of York, English nun and princess (d. 1517)
1483 - Martin Luther, German Protestant reformer (d. 1546)
1547 - Gerhard Truchsess von Waldburg, Archbishop-Elector of Cologne (d. 1601)
1565 - Laurentius Paulinus Gothus, Swedish theologian and astronomer (d. 1646)
1577 - Jacob Cats, Dutch poet, jurist and politician (d. 1660)
1668 - Francois Couperin, French composer (d. 1733)
1683 - George II, German-born King of Britain (d. 1760)
1695 - John Bevis, English physician and astronomer (d. 1771)
1697 - Louise Hippolyte, Princess of Monaco (d. 1731)
1697 - William Hogarth, English artist (d. 1764)
1710 - Adam Gottlob Moltke, Danish statesman (d. 1792)
1720 - Honore III, Prince of Monaco (d. 1795)
1728 - Oliver Goldsmith, Anglo-Irish playwright (d. 1774)
1735 - Granville Sharp, English abolitionist (d. 1813)
1740 - Maria Kunigunde of Saxony (d. 1826)
1755 - Franz Anton Ries, German violinist (d. 1846)
1759 - Friedrich Schiller, German writer (d. 1805)
1801 1900
1801 - Vladimir Dal, Russian lexicographer (d. 1872)
1801 - Samuel Gridley Howe, American social reformer (d. 1876)
1807 - Robert Blum, German politician and revolutionary (d. 1848)
1810 - George Jennings, English plumber and engineer (d. 1882)
1829 - Elwin Bruno Christoffel, German astronomer (d. 1900)
1834 - Jose Hernandez, Argentine journalist, poet and politician (d. 1886)
1845 - Miguel Antonio Caro, 2nd President of Colombia (d. 1909)
1845 - John Sparrow David Thompson, Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1894)
1851 - Francis Maitland Balfour, Scottish biologist (d. 1882)
1859 - Theophile Steinlen, Swiss-French artist (d. 1923)
1861 - Robert T. A. Innes, Scottish astronomer (d. 1933)
1862 - Chester Hardy Aldrich, 17th Governor of Nebraska (d. 1924)
1868 - Gichin Funakoshi, Japanese martial artist (d. 1957)
1871 - Winston Churchill, American novelist (d. 1947)
1873 - Henri Rabaud, French composer (d. 1949)
1875 - Hansi Niese, Austrian actress (d. 1934)
1878 - Jorge Ubico, President of Guatemala (d. 1946)
1879 - Patrick Pearse, Irish writer and political activist (d. 1916)
1880 - Jacob Epstein, American sculptor (d. 1959)
1883 - Olaf Bull, Norwegian poet (d. 1933)
1886 - Edward Joseph Collins, American pianist, conductor and composer (d. 1951)
1887 - Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu, Romanian engineer (d. 1973)
1887 - Arnold Zweig, German writer (d. 1968)
1888 - Andrei Tupolev, Russian aircraft designer (d. 1972)
1888 - Juan Antonio Rios, President of Chile (d. 1946)
1889 - Claude Rains, British-American actor (d. 1967)
1890 - El Lissitzky, American artist (d. 1941)
1892 - Mabel Normand, American actress and director (d. 1930)
1893 - John P. Marquand, American writer (d. 1960)
1895 - John Knudsen Northrop, American industrialist and aircraft designer (d. 1981)
1896 - Jimmy Dykes, American baseball player and manager (d. 1976)
1897 - Antonio Pons, Acting President of Ecuador (d. 1980)
1899 - Swami Satyabhakta, Indian guru, philosopher and scholar (d. 1998)
1901 1950
1905 - Louis Harold Gray, British physicist and radiologist (d. 1965)
1907 - Jane Froman, American actress and singer (d. 1980)
1909 - Pawel Jasienica, Polish historian (d. 1970)
1909 - Johnny Marks, American songwriter (d. 1985)
1911 - Harry Andrews, English actor (d. 1989)
1912 - Jean-Hilaire Aubame, Prime Minister of Gabon (d. 1989)
1914 - Edmund Conen, German footballer (d. 1990)
1916 - Dr. Tangalanga, Argentine comedian (d. 2013)
1918 - Ernst Otto Fischer, German chemist (d. 2007)
1919 - Mikhail Kalashnikov, Russian inventor of the AK-47 (d. 2013)
1920 - Maurice Clavel, French writer and philosopher (d. 1979)
1920 - Jennifer Holt, American actress (d. 1997)
1923 - Hachiko, world famous Japanese Akita dog (d. 1935)
1924 - Russell Johnson, American actor (d. 2014)
1925 - Richard Burton, Welsh actor (d. 1984)
1927 - Vaughn O. Lang, American general (d. 2014)
1927 - Sabah, Lebanese singer and actress (d. 2014)
1928 - Ennio Morricone, Italian composer
1930 - Gene Conley, American basketball player (d. 2017)
1930 - Adam Purple, American activist and gardener (d. 2015)
1931 - Lilly Pulitzer, American fashion designer (d. 2013)
1932 - Roy Scheider, American actor (d. 2008)
1932 - Paul Bley, Canadian pianist (d. 2016)
1933 - Ronald Evans, American astronaut (d. 1982)
1934 - Lucien Bianchi, Belgian racing driver (d. 1969)
1935 - Igor Dmitriyevich Novikov, Russian astronomer and astrophysicist
1937 - Albert Hall, American actor
1937 - Archie Macpherson, Scottish sports commentator
1938 - Jiri Grusa, Czech diplomat and writer (d. 2011)
1939 - Russell Means, Native American activist and actor (d. 2012)
1940 - Screaming Lord Sutch, British musician and politician (d. 1999)
1942 - Hans-Rudolf Merz, Swiss Federal Councillor
1942 - Robert F. Engle, American economist
1943 - Saxby Chambliss, American politician
1944 - Sir Tim Rice, English songwriter
1944 - Askar Akayev, former President of Kyrgyzstan
1944 - Silvestre Reyes, American politician
1945 - Terence Davies, English screenwriter, director, novelist and actor
1947 - Greg Lake, English musician (d. 2016)
1947 - Bachir Gemayel, Lebanese politician (d. 1982)
1947 - Glen Buxton, American musician
1948 - Vincent Schiavelli, American actor (d. 2005)
1948 - Shigesato Itoi, Japanese video game designer, voice actor and author
1949 - Ann Reinking, American actress and dancer
1949 - Michio Yasuda, Japanese footballer
1951 1975
1954 - Jaume Bartumeu, 5th Prime Minister of Andorra
1955 - Roland Emmerich, German movie director
1955 - Bruno Peyron, French sailor
1956 - Mohsen Badawi, Egyptian entrepreneur and activist
1956 - Matt Craven, Canadian actor
1956 - Sinbad, American actor and comedian
1957 - Nigel Evans, British politician
1958 - Stephen Herek, American film director
1958 - George Lowe, American actor and comedian
1959 - Mackenzie Phillips, American actress
1959 - Randy Mamola, American racing driver
1960 - Neil Gaiman, English writer
1961 - John Walton, English darts player
1963 - Hugh Bonneville, English actor
1963 - Mike Powell, American athlete
1963 - Antoni Marti, 6th Prime Minister of Andorra
1964 - Magnus Scheving, Icelandic sportsperson, producer and actor
1965 - Sean Hughes, Irish actor and comedian (d. 2017)
1965 - Eddie Irvine, Northern Irish racing driver
1967 - Andreas Scholl, German tenor
1967 - Michael Jai White, American actor and martial artist
1968 - Tracy Morgan, American actor and comedian
1968 - Daphne Deckers, Dutch model
1968 - Steve Brookstein, British singer
1969 - Faustino Asprilla, Colombian footballer
1969 - Jens Lehmann, German footballer
1969 - Ellen Pompeo, American actress
1970 - Warren G, American rapper
1970 - Sergei Ovchinnikov, Russian footballer and manager
1971 - Mario Abdo Benitez, Paraguayan politician, President of Paraguay
1971 - Jose Peralta, American politician (d. 2018)
1971 - Magnus Johansson, Swedish footballer
1971 - Niki Karimi, Iranian actress, director and screenwriter
1971 - Holly Black, American writer
1972 - DJ Ashba, American musician (Guns N' Roses)
1973 - Patrik Berger, Czech footballer
From 1976
1976 - Steffen Iversen, Norwegian footballer
1976 - Shefki Kuqi, Finnish footballer
1977 - Erik Nevland, Norwegian footballer
1977 - Brittany Murphy, American actress (d. 2009)
1978 - Kyla Cole, Slovakian model, fashion designer and pornographic actress
1978 - Ruth Davidson, Scottish journalist and politician, former Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party
1978 - Eve, American rapper and actress
1978 - Nadine Angerer, German footballer
1979 - Anthony Reveillere, French footballer
1981 - Miroslav Slepicka, Czech footballer
1981 - Ryback, American professional wrestler
1982 - Ruth Lorenzo, Spanish singer
1982 - Heather Matarazzo, American actress
1983 - Miranda Lambert, American singer
1983 - Craig Smith, American basketball player
1984 - Kendrick Perkins, American basketball player
1985 - Aleksandar Kolarov, Serbian footballer
1986 - Samuel Wanjiru, Kenyan marathon runner (d. 2011)
1986 - Josh Peck, American actor
1987 - Jessica Tovey, Australian actress
1989 - Taron Egerton, Welsh actor
1990 - Kristina Vogel, German track cyclist
1990 - Vanessa Ferrari, Italian gymnast
1990 - Aron Johansson, American soccer player
1990 - Mireia Belmonte, Spanish swimmer
1991 - Genevieve Buechner, Canadian actress
1991 - Tony Snell, American basketball player
1992 - Wilfried Zaha, Ivorian-English footballer
1994 - Takuma Asano, Japanese footballer
1994 - Zoey Deutch, American actress
1999 - Kiernan Shipka, American actress
2000 - Mackenzie Foy, American actress and model
Deaths
Up to 1900
461 - Pope Leo I
627 - Justus, Archbishop of Canterbury
901 - Adelaide of Paris (b. 850)
1241 - Pope Celestine IV
1444 - Wladyslaw of Poland (b. 1424)
1549 - Pope Paul III, last of the Renaissance popes (b. 1468)
1605 - Ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian naturalist (b. 1522)
1644 - Luis Velez de Guevara, Spanish writer (b. 1579)
1673 - Michael of Poland (b. 1640)
1777 - Cornstalk, American tribal chief (b. 1720)
1808 - Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, 21st Governor General of Canada (b. 1724)
1838 - Ivan Kotlyarevsky, Ukrainian poet (b. 1769)
1848 - King Christian VIII of Denmark (b. 1786)
1848 - Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt (b. 1789)
1852 - Gideon Mantell, British geologist, physician and palaeontologist (b. 1790)
1865 - Henry Wirz, Swiss-born American POW commandant (b. 1823)
1891 - Arthur Rimbaud, French poet (b. 1854)
1901 2000
1911 - Christian Lundeberg, Prime Minister of Sweden (b. 1842)
1912 - Louis Cyr, Canadian strongman (b. 1863)
1916 - Walter Sutton, American biologist (b. 1877)
1936 - Louis Gustave Binger, French army officer and explorer (b. 1856)
1937 - Lev Shubnikov, Russian physicist (b. 1901)
1938 - Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, first President of Turkey (b. 1881)
1940 - Ilie Pintilie, Romanian activist (b. 1903)
1943 - Johannes Prassek, German activist (b. 1911)
1959 - Felix Jacoby, German classical philologist (b. 1896)
1977 - Dennis Wheatley, English writer (b. 1897)
1981 - Abel Gance, French actor, director and producer (b. 1889)
1982 - Leonid Brezhnev, leader of the Soviet Union (b. 1906)
1987 - Seyni Kountche, President of Niger (b. 1931)
1987 - Noor Hossain, Bangladeshi activist (b. 1961)
1990 - Mario Schenberg, Brazilian physicist (b. 1914)
1991 - Gunnar Gren, Swedish footballer (b. 1920)
1992 - Chuck Connors, American actor and athlete (b. 1921)
1994 - Carmen McRae, American singer (b. 1920)
1995 - Ken Saro-Wiwa, Nigerian writer and human rights activist (b. 1941)
1997 - Ave Ninchi, Italian actress (b. 1914)
1998 - Mary Millar, British actress (b. 1936)
2000 - Jacques Chaban-Delmas, Prime Minister of France (b. 1915)
2000 - Adamantios Androutsopoulos, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1919)
From 2001
2001 - Ken Kesey, American writer (b. 1935)
2002 - Michel Boisrond, French actor, director and screenwriter (b. 1921)
2003 - Canaan Banana, first President of Zimbabwe (b. 1936)
2003 - Irv Kupcinet, American columnist and television presenter (b. 1912)
2006 - Jack Palance, American actor (b. 1919)
2007 - Laraine Day, American actress (b. 1920)
2007 - Norman Mailer, American writer (b. 1923)
2008 - Miriam Makeba, South African singer (b. 1932)
2009 - Robert Enke, German footballer (b. 1977)
2009 - John Allen Muhammad, American spree killer (b. 1960)
2010 - Dino De Laurentiis, Italian movie producer (b. 1919)
2011 - Ivan Martin Jirous, Czech poet (b. 1944)
2013 - Giorgio Orelli, Swiss poet (b. 1921)
2014 - Wayne Goss, Australian politician, Premier of Queensland (b. 1951)
2014 - Steve Dodd, Australian actor (b. 1928)
2014 - Al Renfrew, American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1924)
2014 - Ken Takakura, Japanese actor (b. 1931)
2014 - Doc Paskowitz, American surfer (b. 1921)
2014 - Jovian, American lemur actor (b. 1994)
2015 - Allen Toussaint, American musician, songwriter and producer (b. 1938)
2015 - Laurent Vidal, French triathlete (b. 1984)
2015 - Andre Glucksmann, French philosopher (b. 1937)
2015 - Pat Eddery, Irish jockey (b. 1952)
2015 - Helmut Schmidt, Chancellor of West Germany (b. 1918)
2015 - Tim Valentine, American politician (b. 1926)
2015 - Klaus Roth, German-British mathematician (b. 1925)
2015 - Gene Amdahl, American computer scientist, physicist and engineer (b. 1922)
2017 - Ray Lovelock, Italian actor and rock musician (b. 1950)
2017 - Mikhail Nikolayevich Zadornov, Latvian-born Russian comedian and writer (b. 1948)
2017 - Bernhard Eckstein, German racing cyclist (b. 1935)
2017 - Erika Remberg, Austrian actress (b. 1932)
2018 - Raffaele Baldassarre, Italian politician (b. 1956)
2018 - Joel Barcellos, Brazilian actor (b. 1936)
2018 - Ron Johnson, American football player (b. 1947)
2018 - Herbert London, American political activist and conservative commentator (b. 1939)
2018 - Liz J. Patterson, American politician (b. 1939)
2019 - T. N. Seshan, Indian politician (b. 1932)
2019 - Istvan Szivos, Hungarian water polo player (b. 1948)
Observances
Ataturk Remembrance Day (Turkey)
Heroes' Day, or Hari Pahlawan (Indonesia)
World Science Day
Days of the year