Page 7: Historical Events In November - 10
Tuesday, 10 February 2026
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'. 

1989 Germans begin punching holes in the Berlin Wall 

1989 Guerrillas battle with government forces in El Salvador 

1989 Word Perfect 5.1 is shipped great word processor but not windows!. 

1990 In this year, Lebanon releases 2 French hostages (Camille Sontag and Marcel Coudari). 

1990 Lisa Kirk, US Broadway-singer, dies 

1991 Marty Glickman broadcasts his 1000th football game. 

1991 Alessandro Lessona, Minister of Ital Colonies (1931-38), dies 

1992 Antoine C J Rottier, Dutch CEO (DSM), dies 

1993 Wensley Pithey, actor (Oh What a Lovely War), dies at 79 

1994 Carmen McRae [Clark], US jazz singer/pianist, dies at about 73. 

1995 Boty Goodwin, artist, dies at 29 

1996 Beecher Moore, sailor, dies at 88 

1997 William Alland, actor (Citizen Kane), dies at 81. 

1998 "The Legend of Mulan" is recorded as becoming the inaugural commercially available DVD to include a DTS audio track 

2012 20 Syrian troops are killed by suicide bombings in Daara. 

2013 In this year, Spaniard Marc Márquez claims the 2013 MotoGP World Championship to become its youngest ever winner at 20. 

2017 BBC removes drama from Christmas line-up after one of its stars, Ed Westwick, accused of rape by two women 

2017 Louis C.K. admits the stories of sexual misconduct about him are true. 

2019 Iranian President Hassan Rouhani announces the discovery of a new oil field with an estimated 53 million barrels of oil in Khuzestan province 

2019 The November 2019 Spanish general election takes place, for all 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies and 208 (of the 266) seats in the Senate 

2019 Bolivian protests: President Evo Morales steps down after calling for a re-vote in the disputed elections. 

2021 New Zealand filmmaker Peter Jackson sells Weta Digital's technology division to video games company Unity for US$1.6 billion [1]. 

2023 Columbia begins a campaign to sterilize its invasive hippos, the escaped ex-pets of drug cartel head Pablo Escobar [1]. 

2024 Mauritian general election: The electoral alliance Lepep of incumbent Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth is defeated by that of opposition leader and former Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam, with the latter taking all but two seats. 

2024 COP29 is held in Baku, Azerbaijan from November 11-22 

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