November 10 in History

Historical Events on November 10

1766 The last colonial governor of New Jersey, William Franklin, signs the charter of Queen's College (later renamed Rutgers University).

1775 The United States Marine Corps is founded at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia by Samuel Nicholas.

1898 Beginning of the Wilmington insurrection of 1898, the only instance of a municipal government being overthrown in United States history.

1942 World War II: Germany invades Vichy France following French Admiral François Darlan's agreement to an armistice with the Allies in North Africa.

1954 U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower dedicates the USMC War Memorial (Iwo Jima memorial) in Arlington Ridge Park in Arlington County, Virginia.

1970 Vietnam War: Vietnamization: For the first time in five years, an entire week ends with no reports of American combat fatalities in Southeast Asia.

1971 In Cambodia, Khmer Rouge forces attack the city of Phnom Penh and its airport, killing 44, wounding at least 30 and damaging nine aircraft.

1995 In Nigeria, playwright and environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, along with eight others from the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (Mosop), are hanged by government forces.

2008 Over five months after landing on Mars, NASA declares the Phoenix mission concluded after communications with the lander were lost.

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Famous Birthdays on November 10

1483 Martin Luther

1925 Richard Burton

1928 Ennio Morricone

1960 Neil Gaiman

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Famous Deaths on November 10

1938 Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

1982 Leonid Brezhnev

2007 Norman Mailer

2015 Helmut Schmidt

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