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November 10

1871
Journalist and explorer Henry Stanley found the
missing David Livingstone in Central Africa and
made his famous comment, "Dr. Livingstone, I
presume?"

1928
Hirohito was crowned Emperor of Japan .

1951
The first long distance telephone call without
operator assistance took place.

1969
Sesame Street premiered on PBS TV.

1970
The Great Wall of China opened to the world for
tourism.

1982
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial opened in
Washington, DC.

This Day in History: November 10 | Infoplease.com
 
Born on November 10

William Hogarth
painter, satirist, engraver (1697)

Oliver Goldsmith
author (1730)

Samuel Gridley Howe
reformer and philanthropist (1801)

Claude Rains
actor (1889)

J. P. Marquand
novelist (1893)

Richard Burton
actor (1925)

Russell Means
activist, actor (1939)

Donna Fargo
singer (1945)

Ann Reinking
dancer, choreographer, and actor (1949)

Roland Emmerich
filmaker (1955)

Neil Gaiman
writer (1960)

Brittany Murphy
actor (1977)
November 10 Birthdays: Martin Luther | Infoplease.com
 
November 11

1620
The Mayflower Compact was signed by Pilgrims
aboard the Mayflower. It would provide the basis
for all governments of the American colonies.

1831
Former slave Nat Turner was executed.

1889
Washington became the 42nd state.

1918
The Allies and Germany signed an armistice
ending World War I.

1921
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier was dedicated
in Arlington National Cemetery .

1965
Rhodesia proclaimed its independence from
Britain .

1992
The Church of England voted to ordain women as
priests.

2004
Yasir Arafat, chairman of the Palestine Liberation
Organization , died in Paris. Mahmoud Abbas was
elected to take his place.
This Day in History: November 11 | Infoplease.com
 
November 12

1920
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis was elected the
first commissioner of baseball.

1927
Leon Trotsky was expelled from the Communist
Party and Joseph Stalin became the ruler of the
Soviet Union.

1942
The World War II battle of Guadalcanal begins.

1954
Ellis Island stopped serving as the chief
immigration station for the United States. Twenty
million immigrants went through Ellis Island in its
62 years of operation.

1970
A cyclone and tidal wave hit East Pakistan,
killing over 200,000 people.

1981
The space shuttle Columbia was launched for the
second time. It was the first time a space
vehicle was used more than once.

1990
Akihito becomes emperor of Japan .

1997
Ramzi Yousef, the man behind the 1993 World
Trade Center bombing, was convicted in New
York.

This Day in History: November 12 | Infoplease.com
 
Born on November 12

Auguste Rodin
sculptor (1840)

Sun Yat-Sen
founder of modern China (1866)

Harry Blackmun
Associate Justice (1908)

Grace Kelly
actress, Princess of Monaco (1929)

Neil Young
singer; songwriter; guitarist (1945)

Nadia Comaneci
gymnast (1961)

Sammy Sosa
baseball outfielder (1968)

Ryan Gosling
actor (1980)

Anne Hathaway
actor (1982)

Omarion
singer (1984)

http://www.infoplease.com/birthday?month=nov&day=12
 
November 13

1775
U.S. forces, under the command of Gen. Richard
Montgomery, captured Montreal during the
American Revolution .

1927
The world's first long, mechanically ventilated
underwater tunnel, the Holland Tunnel , opened
between New York and New Jersey .

1940
Walt Disney's Fantasia debuted.

1942
The minimum draft age was lowered from 21 to
18.

1946
Vincent Schaefer produced artificial snow from a
natural cloud for the first time at Mount Greylock
in Massachusetts.

1956
The Supreme Court struck down laws calling for
racial segregation on buses.

1982
The Vietnam War Memorial , designed by Maya
Lin , was dedicated in Washington, DC.

2001
The Taliban abandoned Afghanistan's capital of
Kabul when the Northern Alliance entered the
city.


This Day in History: November 13 | Infoplease.com
 
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