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November 10

A look at November 10 through the almanac — historic events, famous birthdays including Anthony Réveillère and Martin Luther, and the day's notable deaths and observances.

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Events

10 notable moments
  1. 2020

    Armenia

    Armenia and Azerbaijan sign a ceasefire agreement, ending the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War, and prompting protests in Armenia.

    Country in West Asia
  2. 2009

    Daecheong incident

    Ships of the South and North Korean navies skirmish off Daecheong Island in the Yellow Sea.

    2009 South and North
  3. 2008

    Mars

    Over five months after landing on Mars, NASA declares the Phoenix mission concluded after communications with the lander were lost.

    Fourth planet from the
  4. 1975

    SS Edmund Fitzgerald

    The 729-foot-long freighter SS Edmund Fitzgerald sinks during a storm on Lake Superior, killing all 29 crew on board.

    Great Lakes freighter sunk
  5. 1971

    Cambodia

    In Cambodia, Khmer Rouge forces attack the city of Phnom Penh and its airport, killing 44, wounding at least 30 and damaging nine aircraft.

    Country in Southeast Asia
  6. 1940

    1940 Vrancea earthquake

    The 1940 Vrancea earthquake strikes Romania killing an estimated 1,000 and injuring approximately 4,000 more.

    1940 earthquake in eastern
  7. 1898

    White supremacy

    White supremacists seized power and massacred black Americans during the Wilmington massacre, the only instance of a municipal government being overthrown in United States history.

    Belief in the superiority
  8. 1871

    Henry Morton Stanley

    Henry Morton Stanley locates missing explorer and missionary, David Livingstone in Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika, famously greeting him with the words, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"

    Welsh journalist and explorer
  9. 1865

    Henry Wirz

    Major Henry Wirz, the superintendent of a prison camp in Andersonville, Georgia, is hanged, becoming one of only three American Civil War soldiers executed for war crimes.

    Confederate States Army officer
  10. 1202

    Fourth Crusade

    Fourth Crusade: Despite letters from Pope Innocent III forbidding it and threatening excommunication, Catholic crusaders begin a siege of Zara (now Zadar, Croatia).

    Latin Christian armed expedition
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Famous birthday twins

Born on November 10

Anthony Réveillère

b. 1979

French footballer

Martin Luther

b. 1483

German monk and priest, leader of the Protestant Reformation

Tracy Morgan

b. 1968

American comedian and actor

Samuel Wanjiru

b. 1986

Kenyan runner

Friedrich Schiller

b. 1759

German poet and playwright

Ennio Morricone

b. 1928

Italian trumpet player, composer, and conductor

Gichin Funakoshi

b. 1868

Japanese martial artist and educator, founded Shotokan

Ernst Otto Fischer

b. 1918

German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

Deaths

  • 2015Helmut Schmidt, German soldier, economist, and politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany
  • 2006Nadarajah Raviraj, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician
  • 1995Ken Saro-Wiwa, Nigerian author and activist
  • 1975SS Edmund Fitzgerald, Canadian-American captain
  • 1891Arthur Rimbaud, French poet and educator
  • 1865Henry Wirz, Swiss-American captain in Confederate army, commandant of Andersonville Prison

Holidays & observances

  • —Christian feast day: Adelin of Séez
  • —Christian feast day: Áed mac Bricc
  • —Christian feast day: Andrew Avellino
  • —Christian feast day: Baudolino
  • —Christian feast day: Elaeth
  • —Christian feast day: Grellan
  • —Christian feast day: Justus
  • —Christian feast day: Lübeck martyrs

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