Historical Events In November - 10

1964  "Something More!" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC for 15 perfs on this day in history.   

1965  Manneke Piss statue stolen in Brussels on November - 10.   

1966  Jack Lynch becomes Irish premier on this day in history.   

1968  On this day in history launch of Zond 6, 2nd unmanned circumlunar & return flight   

1968  Gerald Mohr, actor (Christopher-Foreign Intrigue), dies at 54 on November - 10.   

1969  On this day in history "Sesame Street" premieres on PBS TV   

1969  On November - 10 the children's TV show Sesame Street debuts on PBS.   

1970  On this day in history luna 17, with unmanned self-propelled Lunokhod 1, is launched   

1970  On this day in history charles DeGaulle, general/president France (Free French), dies at 79   

1971  US table tennis team arrived in China on this day in history.   

1971  Walter Van Tilburg Clark, US author (Ox-Bow Incident), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1972  On this day in history charlie Hallows, cricketer (1000 runs-May 1928, 2 Tests for Eng), dies   

1973  On this day in history stringbean, country singer/comedian/banjoist (Hee Haw), dies at 58   

1975  Ore ship Edmund Fitzgerald & crew of 29 lost in storm on Lake Superior on November - 10.   

1975  On November - 10 pLO leader Yasser Arafat addresses UN in NYC   

1975  On November - 10 the Edmund Fitzgerald, an ore-hauling freighter with a crew of 29, disappears without a trace on Lake Superior during a storm.   

1975  On November - 10 uN General Assembly approves resolution equating Zionism with racism   

1976  Utah Supreme Court OKs execution of convicted murderer Gary Gilmore on November - 10.   

1978  On this day in history israel's top negotiators broke away from Middle East peace talks   

1978  On November - 10 linda Scott, actress (Escape from Hell Island), dies at 28   

1979  On November - 10 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  On this day in history friedrich Thorberg, writer, dies at 71   

1980  On this day in history dan Rather refuses to pay his cabbie, CBS pays the $12.55 fare   

1981  Abel Gance, french movie director (J'accuse), dies at 92 on November - 10.   

1982  Leonid Brezhnev Russian leader of the Communist Party died on November - 10.   

1982  Leonid I Brezhnev Soviet first sect, dies of a heart attack at 75 on November - 10.   

1982  On November - 10 soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev dies at age 75.   

1982  The Vietnam Veterans Memorial opens to visitors in Wahsington, D.C on this day in history.   

1982  Elio Petri, Italian director (Workers Class), dies at 53 on November - 10.   

1984  On this day in history sudie Bond actress, dies at 56 of a respiratory ailment   

1984  Sudie Bond, actress (Tomorrow), dies at 56 of a respiratory ailment on November - 10.   

1985  On November - 10 pelle Lindbergh Philadelphia Flyer's goalie, dies in drunk driving accident   

1985  Pelle Lindbergh, goalie (Phila Flyers), dies in drunk driving accident on November - 10.   

1986  On November - 10 river Rhine (Germany) polluted by chemical spill   

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0745  On this day in history birth of musa al-Kazim, Shia Imam (d. 799)   

1341  Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English statesman (d. 1408) was born on this day in history.   

1433  On this day in history birth of charles of Charolais, the Bold, Duke of Burgundy/polyglot   

1467  On this day in history birth of charles of Egmond, duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen [or Nov 9]   

1480  On November - 10 birth of bridget of York, English princess and nun (d. 1517)   

1483  On this day in history birth of martin Luther, Eisleben Germany, founded Protestantism   

1565  Laurentius Paulinus Gothus, Swedish theologian and astronomer (d. 1646) was born on this day in history.   

1566  On this day in history birth of robert Devereux 2nd earl of Essex/cousin/lover of Elizabeth I   

0461  On November - 10 leo I the Great, Italian Pope (440-61), dies   

0627  Death of Justus, Archbishop of Canterbury on this day in history.   

0901  On this day in history death of adelaide of Paris, Queen of Western Francia   

1241  On November - 10 celestine IV, [Goffredo Castiglioni], Pope (1241, 16 days), dies   

1285  Pedro III, king of Aragon, dies on November - 10.   

1299  Jan I, count of Holland/Zeeland (1295-99), dies at 15 on November - 10.   

1444  Wladyslaw III Warnenczyk, king of Poland/Hungary, dies in battle at 20 on this day in history.   

1549  On this day in history paul III, [Alessandro Farnese], Italian Pope (1534-49), dies at 81