On This Day in History – November 10th – Almanac

Those born on this date are under the sign of Scorpio. They include Martin Luther, founder of Protestantism, in 1483; William Hogarth, English artist/engraver, in 1697; actor Richard Burton in 1925; American Indian rights activist/actor Russell Means in 1939; lyricist Tim Rice in 1944 (age 77); country singer Donna Fargo in 1945 (age 76); rock musician Greg Lake in 1947; rock musician Dave Loggins in 1947 (age 74); filmmaker Roland Emmerich in 1955 (age 66); comedian Sinbad, born David Adkins, in 1956 (age 65); actor Mackenzie Phillips in 1959 (age 62); sports journalist Linda Cohn in 1959 (age 62); author Neil Gaiman in 1960 (age 61); actor Hugh Bonneville in 1963 (age 58); actor Michael Jai White in 1964 (age 57); actor Tracy Morgan in 1968 (age 53); actor Ellen Pompeo in 1969 (age 52); rapper Warren G, born Warren Griffin III, in 1970 (age 51); actor Brittany Murphy in 1977; DJ Diplo, born Thomas Wesley Pentz, in 1978 (age 43); rapper Eve, born Eve Jihan Jeffers, in 1978 (age 43); actor Heather Matarazzo in 1982 (age 39); country singer Miranda Lambert in 1983 (age 38); actor Josh Peck in 1986 (35); actor Taron Egerton in 1989 (age 32); actor Zoey Deutch in 1994 (age 27); actor Kiernan Shipka in 1999 (age 22); actor Michael Cimino in 1999 (age 22); actor Mackenzie Foy in 2000 (age 21); actor Christian Convery in 2009 (age 12).

On this date in history:

In 1775, the United States Marine Corps, then known as the Continental Marines, was formed by order of the Second Continental Congress.

In 1871, journalist Henry Stanley found Scottish missionary David Livingstone in a small African village. His famous comment: “Dr. Livingstone, I presume?”

In 1898, a mob of more than 2,000 people, angry over the election of a Fusionist white mayor and a biracial city council, went on a rampage throughout the city of Wilmington, N.C., targeting and killing African Americans.

In 1918, a Western Union Cable Office in Nova Scotia received a top-secret message stating that all fighting related the Great War (World War I) would cease on Nov. 11, 1918.

In 1942, Nazi troops entered previously unoccupied France, the de facto government of which was centered in Vichy state. The occupation was spurred by Allied forces teaming up with free French forces in North Africa to battle Axis powers. Germany already occupied northern France in 1940 and Vichy, led by Marshal Philippe Petain in the south, was considered to be a puppet of the Germans.

In 1951, area codes were introduced in the United States, Canada and parts of the Caribbean, allowing direct-dialing of long-distance telephone calls.

In 1969, Sesame Street premiered on PBS with the lofty ideals aimed at being an “experimental laboratory to stimulate the educational development of preschool children via television.”

In 1975, the ore freighter Edmund Fitzgerald broke in two and sank during a storm on Lake Superior, killing all 29 crew members.

In 1982, Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev died at age 75 after 18 years in power.

In 1983, Microsoft released its Windows computer operating system.

In 2006, Mexico City lawmakers officially recognized same-sex civil unions.

In 2009, John Allen Muhammad, convicted as the sniper who killed 10 people in a 2002 shooting spree in the Washington area, was executed in Virginia.

In 2020, Armenia signed a peace deal with Azerbaijan and Russia, bringing an end to fighting over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

A thought for the day: “Long after they are laid to rest — when the fighting has finished, and our nation has endured; when today’s servicemen and women are veterans, and their children have grown — it will be said that this generation believed under the most trying of tests; believed in perseverance — not just when it was easy, but when it was hard; that they paid the price and bore the burden to secure this nation, and stood up for the values that live in the hearts of all free peoples.” — President Barack Obama at the Fort Hood shooting memorial service Nov. 10, 2009