Historical Events
- 1619 René Descartes has the dream that inspires his "Meditations on First Philosophy"
- 1674 Dutch formally cede New Netherlands (New York) to the English
- 1885 German engineer Gottlieb Daimler unveils the world's first motorcycle
- 1918 Western Union Cable Office in North Sydney, Nova Scotia receives a top-secret coded message from Europe stating on November 11, 1918 all fighting would cease on land, sea and in the air
- 1989 Germans begin demolishing the Berlin Wall
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Nov 10 in Film & TV
- 1969 "Sesame Street" premieres on PBS TV
- 2010 Alan Menken, famous Disney composer, receives the 2,442nd star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Nov 10 in Sport
- 1991 South Africa's 1st cricket international since 1970 - one-day v India
Did You Know?
Henry Morton Stanley encounters David Livingstone at Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika in Central Africa, with the immortal words 'Dr Livingstone, I presume?'
On November 10, 1871
Charles the Bold
Martin Luther
George II
Mikhail Kalashnikov
Richard Burton
Kiernan ShipkaWould You Believe?
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.
On November 10, 1940
Famous Weddings
- 1926 Belgium crown prince Leopold weds princess Astrid Bernadotte of Sweden
- 1963 Actress Doris Roberts (33) weds novelist William Goyen (48)
- 1965 Netherlands 2nd Chamber accept marriage of Princess Beatrice & Claus von Amsberg
Famous Divorces
- 1947 American "Gilda" actress Rita Hayworth (28) divorces American actor-director-wunderkind Orson Welles (32) after just over 4 years of marriage
- 1975 Journalist Ben Bradlee (54) divorces Antoinette Pinchot after 19 years of marriage
- 2004 Talk show host Ricki Lake and Rob Sussman divorce after 10 years of marriage
More Weddings & Divorces
Arthur Rimbaud
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Harry Ford Sinclair
Leonid Brezhnev
Norman Mailer
Allen ToussaintArticles, Photos and Quiz
'Dr. Livingstone, I presume?'
An illustration from Henry Morton Stanley's 1872 book "How I Found Livingstone"
November 10, 1871
How Britain Fell in Love with Lady Chatterley
After a sensational trial, the courts cleared the way for the controversial novel Lady Chatterley's Lover to go on sale in Britain, causing a stampede.
November 10, 1960
Weekly Quiz for November 4 -10
Who discovered the tomb of Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun in 1922? Which world leader declared the United States The Great Satan in 1979?
