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Through history55 events, 294 births and 105 deaths in Wikipedia's lists for the date

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The front pages of November 10, 1926

What 39 American newspapers printed that day, as the Library of Congress keeps them.

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The front page of Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 10, 1926Evening starWashington, D.C.Read it, zoom in, mark it →
30 more front pages that day

All 39 front pages at the Library of Congress ↗From Chronicling America. Public domain: in the Library's words, newspapers published in the United States more than 95 years ago are in the public domain in their entirety.

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What happened on November 10

The anniversaries Wikipedia's editors chose for the date, oldest first (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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  1. 1202824 years ago

    Fourth Crusade: The Siege of Zara, the first attack on a Catholic city by Catholic crusaders, began in present-day Zadar, Croatia. · Crusades

    Photo: Loyset LiédetPublic domain
  2. 1599427 years ago

    At the culmination of a Swedish civil war, supporters of the deposed King Sigismund III Vasa were publicly executed in the Åbo Bloodbath. · Sigismund III Vasa

    Photo: Pieter SoutmanPublic domain
  3. 1865161 years ago

    Henry Wirz, the Confederate superintendent of Andersonville Prison, was hanged after a controversial conviction, becoming the only American Civil War officer executed for war crimes. · Confederate States of America

    Photo: author on the file pagePublic domain
  4. 1898128 years ago

    White supremacists seized power and massacred black Americans during the Wilmington massacre (newspaper headline depicted), the only instance of a municipal government being overthrown in United States history. · White supremacy

  5. 193789 years ago

    Brazilian president Getúlio Vargas led a coup against his own constitutional government, establishing the dictatorial Estado Novo regime. · 1937 Brazilian coup d'état

    Photo: Governo do BrasilPublic domain
  6. 194086 years ago

    An earthquake registering 7.7 Mw struck the Vrancea region of Romania. · 1940 Vrancea earthquake · Moment magnitude scale

  7. 194581 years ago

    Indonesian National Revolution: Following the killing of Brigadier A. W. S. Mallaby on 30 October, British forces retaliated by attacking Surabaya (present-day logo depicted). · Aubertin Walter Sothern Mallaby · Battle of Surabaya

    Photo: Frans Mendur (also Frans Mendoer) (1913 – 1971)Public domain
  8. 196957 years ago

    The children's television series Sesame Street premiered in the United States.

  9. 197551 years ago

    SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior, claiming all 29 of her crew's lives. · SS Edmund Fitzgerald

    Photo: GreenmarsCC BY-SA 3.0
  10. 197551 years ago

    In Angola, the MPLA decisively defeated the FNLA in the Battle of Quifangondo, while Portugal simultaneously withdrew all its colonial and military personnel from Luanda. · National Liberation Front of Angola

  11. 199531 years ago

    Writer and environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight others from the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People were executed by the Nigerian military regime led by Sani Abacha. · Military dictatorship in Nigeria

  12. 200620 years ago

    Sri Lankan Tamil politician and human rights lawyer Nadarajah Raviraj was assassinated in Colombo. · Sri Lankan Tamils

  13. 200719 years ago

    At the Ibero-American Summit in Santiago, Chile, King Juan Carlos I of Spain asked Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez "Why don't you shut up?" after Chávez repeatedly interrupted a speech by Spanish prime minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. · Juan Carlos I

    Photo: DiogoTheCoder ( talk )CC BY-SA 4.0
  14. 200917 years ago

    A skirmish occurred between South Korean and North Korean naval ships off Daecheong Island in the Yellow Sea. · Daecheong incident · Daecheongdo

    Photo: AmbleCC BY-SA 3.0
  15. 20206 years ago

    The British government announced that it had removed the last land mine from the Falkland Islands, laid by Argentine forces during the 1982 Falklands War. · Land mines in the Falkland Islands

    Photo: michael clarke stuffCC BY-SA 2.0
All 55 events Wikipedia lists for November 10, by year

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Born on November 10

The best-known first, counted by the Wikipedia languages with an article on each.

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  1. 1483Martin LutherGerman monk and priest, leader of the Protestant Reformation (died 1546)260 languagesPhoto: Lucas Cranach the ElderPublic domain
  2. 1759Friedrich SchillerGerman poet and playwright (died 1805)183 languagesPhoto: Ludovike SimanowizPublic domain
  3. 1919Mikhail KalashnikovRussian general and engineer, designed the AK-47 (died 2013)98 languages
  1. 1928Ennio Morricone, Italian trumpet player, composer, and conductor (died 2020)94
  2. 1925Richard Burton, Welsh actor and singer (died 1984)91
  3. 1697William Hogarth, English painter, illustrator, and critic (died 1764)82
  4. 1728Oliver Goldsmith, Irish-English author, poet, and playwright (died 1774)82
  5. 1960Neil Gaiman, English author, illustrator, and screenwriter82
  6. 1989Taron Egerton, Welsh actor79
  7. 1977Brittany Murphy, American actress and singer (died 2009)70
  8. 1923Hachikō, Japanese dog famous for his loyalty to his owner (died 1935)68
  9. 1433Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy (died 1477)67
  10. 1969Jens Lehmann, German footballer and actor67
  11. 1955Roland Emmerich, German director, producer, and screenwriter64
  12. 1999João Félix, Portuguese footballer62
  13. 1801Vladimir Dal, Russian lexicographer and author (died 1872)60
  14. 1918Ernst Otto Fischer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2007)60
  15. 2002Eduardo Camavinga, French footballer60
  16. 1668François Couperin, French organist and composer (died 1733)58
  17. 1620Ninon de l'Enclos, French courtier and author (died 1705)57
  18. 1888Andrei Tupolev, Russian engineer and designer, founded the Tupolev Design Bureau (died 1972)56
  19. 1944Askar Akayev, Kyrgyzstani economist and politician, 1st President of Kyrgyzstan56
  20. 1985Aleksandar Kolarov, Serbian footballer56
  21. 1932Roy Scheider, American actor (died 2008)55
Everyone else born on November 10: 270 more, by year

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Died on November 10

The best-known first, counted by the Wikipedia languages with an article on each.

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  1. 1938Mustafa Kemal Atatürkfounder of the Republic of Turkey, Turkish field marshal and statesman, 1st President of Turkey (born 1881)253 languagesPhoto: author on the file pagePublic domain
  2. 1891Arthur RimbaudFrench poet and educator (born 1854)144 languagesPhoto: Étienne CarjatPublic domain
  3. 1982Leonid BrezhnevUkrainian-Russian general and politician, 4th Head of State of the Soviet Union (born 1906)139 languagesPhoto: Vladimir MusaelyanCC0
  1. 2015Helmut Schmidt, German soldier, economist, and politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany (born 1918)111
  2. 461Pope Leo I95
  3. 1549Pope Paul III (born 1468)93
  4. 2007Norman Mailer, American novelist and essayist (born 1923)87
  5. 1241Pope Celestine IV73
  6. 2001Ken Kesey, American novelist, essayist, and poet (born 1935)70
  7. 2006Jack Palance, American boxer and actor (born 1919)60
  8. 474Leo II, Byzantine emperor (born 467)55
  9. 2009Robert Enke, German footballer (born 1977)54
  10. 1444Władysław III of Poland (born 1424)52
  11. 1995Ken Saro-Wiwa, Nigerian author and activist (born 1941)49
  12. 2003Canaan Banana, Zimbabwean minister and politician, 1st President of Zimbabwe (born 1936)47
  13. 2010Dino De Laurentiis, Italian-American actor, producer, and production manager (born 1919)47
  14. 1673Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki, King of Poland (born 1640)45
  15. 2000Jacques Chaban-Delmas, French general and politician, 153rd Prime Minister of France (born 1915)41
  16. 1290Al-Mansur Qalawun, Sultan of Egypt (born c. 1222)37
  17. 1852Gideon Mantell, English scientist (born 1790)37
  18. 2006Jack Williamson, American author, critic, and academic (born 1908)37
  19. 2015Gene Amdahl, American computer scientist, physicist, and engineer, founded the Amdahl Corporation (born 1922)36
  20. 2015André Glucksmann, French philosopher and author (born 1937)36
  21. 1994Carmen McRae, American singer, pianist, and actress (born 1920)33
Everyone else died on November 10: 81 more, by year

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Observed on November 10

Holidays, feast days and observances, as Wikipedia lists them for the date.

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