November 10

Events

1202 – Fourth Crusade: Despite letters from Pope Innocent III forbidding it and threatening excommunication, Catholic crusaders begin a siege of Zara (now Zadar, Croatia).

1293 – Raden Wijaya is crowned as the first monarch of Majapahit kingdom of Java, taking throne name Kertarajasa Jayawardhana.

1444 – Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Władysław III of Poland (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Władysław III of Varna) are defeated by the Turks under Sultan Murad II and Władysław is killed.

1580 – After a three-day siege, the English Army beheads over 600 people, including papal soldiers and civilians, at Dún an Óir, Ireland.

1659 – Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Maratha King kills Afzal Khan, Adilshahi in the battle popularly known as Battle of Pratapgarh. This is also recognised as the first defence of Swarajya

1674 – Third Anglo-Dutch War: As provided in the Treaty of Westminster, Netherlands cedes New Netherland to England.

1702 – English colonists under the command of James Moore besiege Spanish St. Augustine during Queen Anne's War.

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.

1793 – A Goddess of Reason is proclaimed by the French Convention at the suggestion of Pierre Gaspard Chaumette.

1821 – Cry of Independence by Rufina Alfaro at La Villa de Los Santos, Panama setting into motion a revolt which led to Panama's independence from Spain and to it immediately becoming part of Colombia

1847 – The passenger ship Stephen Whitney is wrecked in thick fog off the southern coast of Ireland, killing 92 of the 110 on board. The disaster results in the construction of the Fastnet Rock lighthouse.

1865 – Major Henry Wirz, the superintendent of a prison camp in Andersonville, Georgia, is hanged, becoming one of only three American Civil War soldiers executed for war crimes.

1871 – Henry Morton Stanley locates missing explorer and missionary, Dr. David Livingstone in Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika, famously greeting him with the words, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?".

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

1910 – The date of Thomas A. Davis' opening of the San Diego Army and Navy Academy, although the official founding date is November 23, 1910.

1918 – The Western Union Cable Office in North Sydney, Nova Scotia, receives a top-secret coded message from Europe (that would be sent to Ottawa and Washington, D.C.) that said on November 11, 1918, all fighting would cease on land, sea and in the air.

1919 – The first national convention of the American Legion is held in Minneapolis, ending two days later.

1940 – The 1940 Vrancea earthquake strikes Romania killing an estimated 1,000 and injuring approximately 4,000 more.

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

1944 – The ammunition ship USS Mount Hood explodes at Seeadler Harbour, Manus, Admiralty Islands, killing at least 432 and wounding 371.

1945 – Heavy fighting in Surabaya between Indonesian nationalists and returning colonialists after World War II, today celebrated as Heroes' Day (Hari Pahlawan).

1951 – With the rollout of the North American Numbering Plan, direct-dial coast-to-coast telephone service begins in the United States.

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

1958 – The Hope Diamond is donated to the Smithsonian Institution by New York diamond merchant Harry Winston.

1969 – National Educational Television (the predecessor to the Public Broadcasting Service) in the United States debuts Sesame Street.

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.

1972 – Southern Airways Flight 49 from Birmingham, Alabama is hijacked and, at one point, is threatened with crashing into the nuclear installation at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. After two days, the plane lands in Havana, Cuba, where the hijackers are jailed by Fidel Castro.

1975 – The 729-foot-long freighter SS Edmund Fitzgerald sinks during a storm on Lake Superior, killing all 29 crew on board.

1979 – A 106-car Canadian Pacific freight train carrying explosive and poisonous chemicals from Windsor, Ontario, Canada derails in Mississauga, Ontario, just west of Toronto, causing a massive explosion and the largest peacetime evacuation in Canadian history and one of the largest in North American history.

1983 – Bill Gates introduces Windows 1.0.

1989 – The longtime leader of the People's Republic of Bulgaria Todor Zhivkov is removed from office and replaced by Petar Mladenov.

1989 – Germans begin to tear down the Berlin Wall.

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.

1997 – WorldCom and MCI Communications announce a $37 billion merger (the largest merger in US history at the time).

2002 – Veteran's Day Weekend Tornado Outbreak: A tornado outbreak stretching from Northern Ohio to the Gulf Coast, one of the largest outbreaks recorded in November. The strongest tornado, an F4, hits Van Wert, Ohio, during the early to mid afternoon and destroys a movie theater, which had been evacuated.

2006 – Sri Lankan Tamil politician Nadarajah Raviraj is assassinated in Colombo.

2006 – The National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, Virginia is opened and dedicated by U.S. President George W. Bush, who announces that Marine Corporal Jason Dunham will posthumously receive the Medal of Honor.

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

2009 – Ships of the South and North Korean navies skirmish off Daecheong Island in the Yellow Sea.

Births

1278 – Philip I, Prince of Taranto (d. 1332)

1341 – Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English politician (d. 1408)

1433 – Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1477)

1433 – Jeanne de Laval, French noble (d. 1498)

1480 – Bridget of York, English nun (d. 1517)

1483 – Martin Luther, German monk and priest, leader of the Protestant Reformation (d. 1546)

1489 – Henry V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Prince of Wolfenbüttel (d. 1568)

1490 – John III, Duke of Cleves (d. 1539)

1565 – Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1601)

1565 – Laurentius Paulinus Gothus, Swedish astronomer and theologian (d. 1646)

1577 – Jacob Cats, Dutch poet, jurist, and politician (d. 1660)

1620 – Ninon de l'Enclos, French courtier and author (d. 1705)

1668 – François Couperin, French organist and composer (d. 1733)

1668 – Louis, Prince of Condé (d. 1710)

1695 – John Bevis, English physician and astronomer (d. 1771)

1697 – William Hogarth, English painter, illustrator, and critic (d. 1764)

1710 – Adam Gottlob Moltke, Danish courtier, politician, and diplomat (d. 1792)

1728 – Oliver Goldsmith, Irish-English author, poet, and playwright (d. 1774)

1735 – Granville Sharp, English activist and scholar, co-founded the Sierra Leone Company (d. 1813)

1755 – Franz Anton Ries, German violinist and educator (d. 1846)

1759 – Friedrich Schiller, German poet, playwright, and historian (d. 1805)

1764 – Andrés Manuel del Rio, Spanish-Mexican scientist and discoverer of vanadium (d. 1849)

1779 –Anne-Marie Javouheynun,founder of the Sisters of St Joseph of Cluny

1801 – Vladimir Dal, Russian lexicographer and author (d. 1872)

1801 – Samuel Gridley Howe, American physician and activist (d. 1876)

1810 – George Jennings, English plumber and engineer, invented the flush toilet (d. 1882)

1834 – José Hernández, Argentinian journalist, poet, and politician (d. 1886)

1844 – Henry Eyster Jacobs, American educator and theologian (d. 1932)

1845 – John Sparrow David Thompson, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1894)

1848 – Surendranath Banerjee, Indian academic and politician (d. 1925)

1850 – Arthur Goring Thomas, English composer (d. 1892)

1851 – Richard Armstedt, German philologist, historian, and educator (d. 1931)

1858 – Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line (d. 1928)

1868 – Gichin Funakoshi, Japanese martial artist and educator, founded Shotokan (d. 1957)

1869 – Gaetano Bresci, Italian-American assassin of Umberto I of Italy (d. 1901)

1871 – Winston Churchill, American author and painter (d. 1947)

1873 – Henri Rabaud, French conductor and composer (d. 1949)

1874 – Idabelle Smith Firestone, American composer and songwriter (d. 1954)

1878 – Cy Morgan, American baseball player (d. 1962)

1879 – Vachel Lindsay, American poet and educator (d. 1931)

1879 – Patrick Pearse, Irish lawyer, poet, and teacher turned rebel; executed for his role in the Easter Rising (d. 1916)

1880 – Jacob Epstein, American-English sculptor (d. 1959)

1884 – Zofia Nałkowska, Polish author and playwright (d. 1954)

1886 – Edward Joseph Collins, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1951)

1887 – Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu, Romanian engineer and academic (d. 1973)

1887 – Arnold Zweig, German author and activist (d. 1968)

1888 – Andrei Tupolev, Russian engineer and designer, founded the Tupolev Company (d. 1972)

1889 – Claude Rains, English-American actor (d. 1967)

1891 – Carl Stalling, American pianist and composer (d. 1972)

1893 – John P. Marquand, American author (d. 1960)

1894 – Boris Furlan, Slovenian lawyer, jurist, and politician (d. 1957)

1895 – József Mátyás Baló, Hungarian physician and academic (d. 1979)

1895 – Jack Northrop, American businessman, founded the Northrop Corporation (d. 1981)

1896 – Jimmy Dykes, American baseball player and manager (d. 1976)

1896 – Olga Grey, Hungarian-American actress (d. 1973)

1899 – Swami Satyabhakta, Indian guru, philosopher, and scholar (d. 1998)

1906 – Josef Kramer, German SS officer (d. 1945)

1907 – Jane Froman, American actor and singer (d. 1980)

1907 – John Moore, English activist and author (d. 1967)

1908 – Noemí Gerstein, Argentinian sculptor and illustrator (d. 1996)

1908 – Charles Merritt, Canadian colonel and politician, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 2000)

1909 – Paweł Jasienica, Russian-Polish soldier, journalist, and historian (d. 1970)

1909 – Johnny Marks, American composer and songwriter (d. 1985)

1910 – Angelo Frattini, Italian sculptor (d. 1975)

1912 – Birdie Tebbetts, American baseball player and manager (d. 1999)

1913 – Karl Shapiro, American poet and academic (d. 2000)

1916 – Louis le Brocquy, Irish painter and illustrator (d. 2012)

1916 – Billy May, American trumpet player and composer (d. 2004)

1918 – Ernst Otto Fischer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007)

1919 – George Fenneman, American radio and television announcer (d. 1997)

1919 – Mikhail Kalashnikov, Russian general and engineer, designed the AK-47 (d. 2013)

1919 – Moise Tshombe, Congolese accountant and politician, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (d. 1969)

1920 – Ina Clough, English actress (d. 2003)

1920 – Rafael del Pino, Spanish businessman, founded the Ferrovial Company (d. 2008)

1924 – Bobby Limb, Australian comedian, actor, and bandleader (d. 1999)

1925 – Richard Burton, Welsh actor (d. 1984)

1927 – Vaughn O. Lang, American general (d. 2014)

1927 – Sohei Miyashita, Japanese politician, Japanese Minister of Defense (d. 2013)

1927 – Vedat Dalokay, Turkish architect and a former mayor of Ankara (d. 1991)

1928 – Ennio Morricone, Italian trumpet player, composer, and conductor

1929 – Marilyn Bergman, American composer and songwriter

1929 – W. E. B. Griffin, American soldier and author

1929 – Ninón Sevilla, Cuban-Mexican actress and dancer (d. 2015)

1931 – Lilly Pulitzer, American fashion designer (d. 2013)

1932 – Paul Bley, Canadian-American pianist and composer (d. 2016)

1932 – Necmettin Hacıeminoğlu, Turkish linguist, author, and academic (d. 1996)

1932 – Roy Scheider, American actor (d. 2008)

1932 – Arthur K. Snyder American lawyer and politician (d. 2012)

1933 – Ronald Evans, American captain, engineer, and astronaut (d. 1990)

1934 – Lucien Bianchi, Italian-Belgian race car driver (d. 1969)

1934 – Garry Runciman, 3rd Viscount Runciman of Doxford, English sociologist and academic

1934 – A. Thurairajah, Sri Lankan engineer and academic (d. 1994)

1935 – Bernard Babior, American physician and biochemist (d. 2004)

1935 – Igor Dmitriyevich Novikov, Russian astronomer, astrophysicist, and cosmologist

1939 – Anscar Chupungco, Filipino monk and theologian (d. 2013)

1939 – Tommy Facenda, American rock & roll singer and guitarist

1939 – Allan Moffat, Canadian-Australian race car driver

1940 – Richard Cotton, Australian geneticist and academic (d. 2015)

1940 – Screaming Lord Sutch, English singer-songwriter and politician (d. 1999)

1941 – John Geoghegan, American lieutenant (d. 1965)

1942 – Robert F. Engle, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

1942 – James Hood, American activist (d. 2013)

1942 – Hans-Rudolf Merz, Swiss lawyer and politician, 92nd President of the Swiss Confederation

1943 – Saxby Chambliss, American lawyer and politician

1944 – Askar Akayev, Kyrgyzstani economist and politician, 1st President of Kyrgyzstan

1944 – Mark E. Neely, Jr., American historian, author, and academic

1944 – Silvestre Reyes, American sergeant and politician

1944 – Tim Rice, English composer and author

1945 – Terence Davies, English actor, director, and screenwriter

1945 – Donna Fargo, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1947 – Glen Buxton, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 1997)

1947 – Bachir Gemayel, Lebanese commander and politician (d. 1982)

1947 – Greg Lake, English bassist, singer and songwriter (d. 2016)

1948 – Aaron Brown, American journalist and academic

1948 – Shigesato Itoi, Japanese video game designer and voice actor, created EarthBound

1948 – Steven Utley, American author and poet (d. 2013)

1949 – Ann Reinking, American actress, dancer, and choreographer

1949 – Don Saleski, Canadian ice hockey player

1949 – Mustafa Denizli, Turkish footballer and manager

1950 – Debra Hill, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2005)

1950 – Bram Tchaikovsky, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

1953 – Les Miles, American football player and coach

1954 – Kevin Spraggett, Canadian chess player

1954 – Bob Stanley, American baseball player and coach

1955 – Jack Clark, American baseball player, coach, and manager

1955 – Roland Emmerich, German director, producer, and screenwriter

1956 – Mohsen Badawi, Egyptian businessman and activist

1956 – Sinbad, American comedian, actor, and producer

1957 – Nigel Evans, Welsh politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Wales

1958 – Deborah Cameron, English linguist, anthropologist, and academic

1958 – Stephen Herek, American director and producer

1958 – Omar Minaya, American baseball player and manager

1958 – Massimo Morsello, Italian singer-songwriter and activist (d. 2001)

1958 – Brooks Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1959 – Mackenzie Phillips, American actress

1959 – Michael Schröder, German footballer and manager

1960 – Neil Gaiman, English author, illustrator, and screenwriter

1960 – Dan Hawkins, American football player, coach, and sportscaster

1960 – Naomi Kawashima, Japanese actress and singer (d. 2015)

1960 – Maeve Sherlock, English politician

1961 – Rudolf Grimm, German-Austrian physicist and academic

1961 – John Walton, English darts player

1962 – Bob Lindner, Australian rugby league player and coach

1962 – Daniel Waters, American director and screenwriter

1963 – Hugh Bonneville, English actor

1963 – Mike McCarthy, American football player and coach

1963 – Mike Powell, American long jumper

1964 – Kenny Rogers, American baseball player and coach

1965 – Jamie Dixon, American basketball player and coach

1965 – Eddie Irvine, Northern Irish race car driver

1965 – Robert Jones, Welsh rugby player and coach

1967 – Jackie Fairweather, Australian runner and coach (d. 2014)

1968 – Tracy Morgan, American comedian, actor, and producer

1968 – Tom Papa, American comedian, actor, television host

1969 – Faustino Asprilla, Colombian footballer and coach

1969 – Jens Lehmann, German footballer and actor

1969 – Ellen Pompeo, American actress and producer

1970 – Freddy Loix, Belgian race car driver

1970 – Sergei Ovchinnikov, Russian footballer and manager

1971 – Holly Black, American journalist, author, and poet

1971 – Walton Goggins, American actor and producer

1971 – Magnus Johansson, Swedish footballer

1971 – Niki Karimi, Iranian actress, director, and screenwriter

1971 – Terry Pearson, American baseball player

1972 – Lou Brutus, American singer-songwriter, radio host, and photographer

1972 – Virág Csurgó, Hungarian tennis player

1972 – Shawn Green, American baseball player

1972 – Greg LaRocca, American baseball player

1973 – Patrik Berger, Czech footballer

1973 – Marco Antonio Rodríguez, Mexican footballer and referee

1974 – Nick Gore, Finnish bass player

1974 – Chris Lilley, Australian comedian and producer

1975 – Markko Märtin, Estonian race car driver

1976 – Martin Åslund, Swedish footballer and sportscaster

1976 – Sergio González Soriano, Spanish footballer and manager

1976 – Steffen Iversen, Norwegian footballer

1976 – Shefki Kuqi, Finnish footballer and manager

1976 – Mike Leclerc, Canadian ice hockey player

1977 – Josh Barnett, American mixed martial artist and wrestler

1977 – Brittany Murphy, American actress (d. 2009)

1977 – Erik Nevland, Norwegian footballer

1978 – Ruth Davidson, Scottish politician

1978 – Jorge DePaula, Dominican baseball player

1978 – Eve, American rapper and producer

1978 – Kristian Huselius, Swedish ice hockey player

1978 – Drew McConnell, Irish bass player

1978 – David Paetkau, Canadian actor

1979 – Chris Joannou, Australian bass player

1979 – Anthony Réveillère, French footballer

1979 – Ragnvald Soma, Norwegian footballer

1980 – Danilo Belić, Serbian footballer

1980 – Troy Bell, American basketball player

1980 – Calvin Chen, Taiwanese singer and actor

1980 – Agustín De La Canal, Argentinian footballer

1980 – Jeroen Ketting, Dutch footballer

1980 – Yevhen Lutsenko, Ukrainian footballer

1980 – Matt Mullins, American actor, director, producer, and martial artist

1980 – Donté Stallworth, American football player

1981 – Ryback, American wrestler

1981 – Tony Blanco, Dominican baseball player

1981 – Jason Dunham, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2004)

1981 – Ezequiel Garré, Argentinian footballer

1981 – Paul Kipsiele Koech, Kenyan runner

1981 – Miroslav Slepička, Czech footballer

1981 – Brett Tamburrino, Australian baseball player

1982 – Shane Cansdell-Sherriff, Australian footballer

1982 – Chris Canty, American football player

1982 – Clayton Fortune, English footballer

1982 – Heather Matarazzo, American actress

1982 – Matt Pagnozzi, American baseball player

1982 – Rafael Rosell, Filipino actor and model

1983 – Brian Dinkelman, American baseball player

1983 – Dinko Felić, Norwegian footballer

1983 – Miranda Lambert, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1983 – Ryan Mattheus, American baseball player

1983 – Craig Smith, American basketball player

1983 – Marius Žaliūkas, Lithuanian footballer

1984 – Britt Irvin, Canadian actress and singer

1984 – Jean-Martial Kipré, Ivorian footballer

1984 – Jarno Mattila, Finnish footballer

1984 – Ludovic Obraniak, Polish footballer

1984 – Kendrick Perkins, American basketball player

1985 – Ricki-Lee Coulter, New Zealand singer-songwriter and dancer

1985 – Daan Huiskamp, Dutch footballer

1985 – Aleksandar Kolarov, Serbian footballer

1985 – Krystian Trochowski, German rugby player

1986 – Aaron Crow, American baseball player

1986 – Will Hendry, English footballer

1986 – Goran Jerković, French footballer

1986 – Stanislav Namașco, Moldovan footballer

1986 – Eric Thames, American baseball player

1987 – Sam Malsom, English footballer

1987 – Kana Oya, Japanese model and actress

1987 – Theo Peckham, Canadian ice hockey player

1988 – Massimo Coda, Italian footballer

1988 – Aiden Tolman, Australian rugby league player

1989 – Daniel Agyei, Ghanaian footballer

1989 – Luke Daley, English footballer

1989 – Matt Magill, American baseball player

1989 – Adrian Nikçi, Swiss footballer

1989 – Sarah Wells, Canadian hurdler

1990 – Andre Blackman, English footballer

1990 – Mireia Belmonte, Spanish swimmer

1990 – Marcus Browne, American boxer

1990 – Aaron Murray, American football player

1992 – Marko Blaževski, Macedonian swimmer

1992 – Teddy Bridgewater, American football player

1992 – Marek Frimmel, Slovak footballer

1992 – Dimitri Petratos, Australian footballer

1992 – Rafał Wolski, Polish footballer

1992 – Wilfried Zaha, English footballer

1994 – Zoey Deutch, American actress

Deaths

461 – Pope Leo I (b. 400)

627 – Justus, Italian-English archbishop and saint

901 – Adelaide of Paris (b. 850)

1066 – John Scotus, bishop of Mecklenburg

1241 – Pope Celestine IV

1258 – William de Bondington, Bishop of Glasgow

1290 – Al-Mansur Qalawun, Sultan of Egypt (b. c. 1222)

1293 – Isabella de Forz, Countess of Devon (b. 1237)

1299 – John I, Count of Holland (b. 1284)

1444 – Władysław III of Poland (b. 1424)

1549 – Pope Paul III (b. 1468)

1617 – Barnabe Rich, English soldier and author (b. 1540)

1624 – Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire (b. 1573)

1644 – Luis Vélez de Guevara, Spanish author and playwright (b. 1579)

1727 – Alphonse de Tonty, French-American sailor and explorer (b. 1659)

1728 – Fyodor Apraksin, Russian admiral (b. 1661)

1772 – Pedro Correia Garção, Portuguese poet and author (b. 1724)

1777 – Cornstalk, American tribal chief (b. 1720)

1808 – Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, Irish-born English general and politician, 21st Governor General of Canada (b. 1724)

1865 – Henry Wirz, Swiss-American captain (b. 1823)

1869 – John E. Wool, American general (b. 1784)

1887 – Louis Lingg, German-American carpenter and activist (b. 1864)

1891 – Arthur Rimbaud, French poet and educator (b. 1854)

1909 – George Essex Evans, Australian poet and educator (b. 1863)

1917 – Harry Trott, Australian cricketer (b. 1866)

1936 – Louis Gustave Binger, French general and explorer (b. 1856)

1938 – Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Turkish field marshal and politician, 1st President of Turkey (b. 1881)

1946 – Louis Zutter, Swiss gymnast (b. 1856)

1956 – Gordon MacQuarrie, American author and journalist (b. 1900)

1962 – Julius Lenhart, Austrian gymnast and engineer (b. 1875)

1963 – Klara Dan von Neumann, Hungarian-American computer scientist (b. 1911)

1971 – Walter Van Tilburg Clark, American author and academic (b. 1909)

1975 – Ernest M. McSorley, Canadian-American captain (b. 1912)

1982 – Leonid Brezhnev, Ukrainian-Russian general and politician, 4th Head of State of the Soviet Union (b. 1906)

1984 – Xavier Herbert, Australian author (b. 1901)

1986 – Rogelio de la Rosa, Filipino actor and politician (b. 1916)

1986 – Gordon Richards, English jockey and manager (b. 1904)

1987 – Noor Hossain, Bangladeshi activist (b. 1961)

1990 – Aurelio Monteagudo, Cuban baseball player and manager (b. 1943)

1990 – Mário Schenberg, Brazilian physicist and academic (b. 1914)

1991 – William Afflis, American football player and wrestler (b. 1929)

1992 – Chuck Connors, American actor (b. 1921)

1994 – Carmen McRae, American singer, pianist, and actress (b. 1920)

1995 – Ken Saro-Wiwa, Nigerian author and activist (b. 1941)

1998 – Mary Millar, English actress (b. 1936)

2000 – Adamantios Androutsopoulos, Greek lawyer and politician, 171st Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1919)

2000 – Jacques Chaban-Delmas, French general and politician, 153rd Prime Minister of France (b. 1915)

2001 – Ken Kesey, American novelist, essayist, and poet (b. 1935)

2002 – Michel Boisrond, French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1921)

2003 – Canaan Banana, Zimbabwean minister and politician, 1st President of Zimbabwe (b. 1936)

2003 – Irv Kupcinet, American journalist and talk show host (b. 1912)

2004 – Katy de la Cruz, Filipino-American singer and actress (b. 1907)

2004 – Şeref Görkey, Turkish footballer and manager (b. 1913)

2006 – Diana Coupland, English actress and singer (b. 1932)

2006 – Fokko du Cloux, Dutch mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1954)

2006 – Gerald Levert, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1966)

2006 – Jack Palance, American boxer and actor (b. 1919)

2006 – Nadarajah Raviraj, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (b. 1962)

2006 – Jack Williamson, American author, critic, and academic (b. 1908)

2007 – Laraine Day, American actress (b. 1920)

2007 – Augustus F. Hawkins, American engineer and politician (b. 1907)

2007 – Norman Mailer, American novelist and essayist (b. 1923)

2008 – Miriam Makeba, South African singer-songwriter, actress, and activist (b. 1932)

2008 – Wannes Van de Velde, Belgian singer and poet (b. 1937)

2008 – Kiyosi Itô, Japanese mathematician and academic (b. 1915)

2009 – Robert Enke, German footballer (b. 1977)

2009 – John Allen Muhammad, American spree killer (b. 1960)

2010 – Dino De Laurentiis, Italian-American actor, producer, and production manager (b. 1919)

2011 – Peter J. Biondi, American soldier and politician (b. 1942)

2011 – Ivan Martin Jirous, Czech poet (b. 1944)

2012 – John Louis Coffey, American lawyer and judge (b. 1922)

2012 – Mitsuko Mori, Japanese actress (b. 1920)

2012 – Piet van Zeil, Dutch lawyer and politician, Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs (b. 1927)

2013 – Vijaydan Detha, Indian author (b. 1926)

2013 – John Grant, Australian neurosurgeon (b. 1922)

2013 – John Matchefts, American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1931)

2013 – Giorgio Orelli, Swiss poet and translator (b. 1921)

2014 – Josip Boljkovac, Croatian soldier and politician, 1st Croatia Minister of the Interior (b. 1920)

2014 – Wayne Goss, Australian lawyer and politician, 34th Premier of Queensland (b. 1951)

2014 – John Hans Krebs, American lawyer and politician (b. 1926)

2014 – Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz, American surfer and physician (b. 1921)

2014 – Al Renfrew, American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1924)

2015 – Gene Amdahl, American computer scientist, physicist, and engineer, founded the Amdahl Corporation (b. 1922)

2015 – Pat Eddery, Irish jockey and trainer (b. 1952)

2015 – André Glucksmann, French philosopher and author (b. 1937)

2015 – Helmut Schmidt, German soldier, economist, and politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1918)

2015 – Allen Toussaint, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1938)

2015 – Michael Wright, American-Turkish basketball player (b. 1980)

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day:

Andrew Avellino

Justus

Lübeck martyrs

Pope Leo I

November 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Cry of Independence Day (Panama)

Day of Remembrance of Ataturk (Turkey)

Day of Russian Militsiya (Russia)

Day of Tradition or Día de la Tradición, celebrated on the birthday of José Hernández (Argentina, especially San Antonio de Areco)

Heroes Day (Indonesia) or Hari Pahlawan

Martinisingen (Germany)

United States Marine Corps birthday ball (United States)