November 10 in History: Historical Events, Birthdays, Deaths & Holidays

1968  Launch of Zond 6, 2nd unmanned circumlunar and return flight.   

1968  Gerald Mohr, actor (Christopher-Foreign Intrigue), dies at 54   

1969  "Sesame Street" premieres on PBS TV.   

1969  The children's TV show Sesame Street debuts on PBS.   

1970  Luna 17, with unmanned self-propelled Lunokhod 1, is launched.   

1970  Charles DeGaulle, general/president France (Free French), dies at 79.   

1971  US table tennis team arrived in China.   

1971  Walter Van Tilburg Clark, US author (Ox-Bow Incident), dies at 62.   

1972  Charlie Hallows, cricketer (1000 runs-May 1928, 2 Tests for Eng), dies.   

1973  Stringbean, country singer/comedian/banjoist (Hee Haw), dies at 58   

1975  Ore ship Edmund Fitzgerald and crew of 29 lost in storm on Lake Superior.   

1975  PLO leader Yasser Arafat addresses UN in NYC   

1975  The Edmund Fitzgerald, an ore-hauling freighter with a crew of 29, disappears without a trace on Lake Superior during a storm.   

1975  UN General Assembly approves resolution equating Zionism with racism   

1976  Utah Supreme Court OKs execution of convicted murderer Gary Gilmore.   

1978  Israel's top negotiators broke away from Middle East peace talks   

1978  Linda Scott, actress (Escape from Hell Island), dies at 28.   

1979  CP Rail no. 54 suffers a hot axle box and derails 24 cars containing dangerous commodities, in Mississaugua, Ont. Almost a quarter of a million people were evacuated for periods of up to five days.   

1979  Friedrich Thorberg, writer, dies at 71.   

1980  Dan Rather refuses to pay his cabbie, CBS pays the $12.55 fare   

1981  Abel Gance, french movie director (J'accuse), dies at 92   

1982  Leonid Brezhnev Russian leader of the Communist Party died.   

1982  Leonid I Brezhnev Soviet inaugural sect, dies of a heart attack at 75.   

1982  Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev dies at age 75   

1982  The Vietnam Veterans Memorial opens to visitors in Wahsington, D.C   

1982  Elio Petri, Italian director (Workers Class), dies at 53.   

1984  Sudie Bond actress, dies at 56 of a respiratory ailment.   

1984  Sudie Bond, actress (Tomorrow), dies at 56 of a respiratory ailment   

1985  Pelle Lindbergh Philadelphia Flyer's goalie, dies in drunk driving accident.   

1985  Pelle Lindbergh, goalie (Phila Flyers), dies in drunk driving accident.   

1986  River Rhine (Germany) polluted by chemical spill.   

1988  China confirms earthquake death toll will rise above current 938.   

1988  NY's MTA announces it may replace tokens with credit card type passes   

1989  East German border guards begin to dismantle parts of the 'Berlin Wall'.   

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0745  Musa al-kazim: Shia imam   

1341  Henry percy: 1st earl of northumberland, english statesman   

1433  Charles of charolais: The bold, duke of burgundy/polyglot   

1467  Charles of egmond: Duke of gelre/earl of zutphen [or nov 9]   

1480  Bridget of york: English princess and nun   

1483  Martin luther: Eisleben germany, founded protestantism   

1565  Laurentius paulinus gothus: Swedish theologian and astronomer   

1566  Robert devereux 2nd earl of essex/cousin/lover of elizabeth i: Robert devereux 2nd earl of essex/cousin/lover of elizabeth i   

0461  Death of Leo i the great: Italian pope (440-61),   

0627  Justus: Archbishop of canterbury   

0901  Death of Adelaide of paris: Queen of western francia   

1241  Death of Celestine iv: [goffredo castiglioni], pope (1241, 16 days),   

1285  Pedro iii: King of aragon,   

1299  Jan i: Count of holland/zeeland (1295-99),   

1444  Wladyslaw iii warnenczyk: King of poland/hungary,   

1549  Death of Paul iii: [alessandro farnese], italian pope (1534-49),