What are the important events that happened on November 10? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
November 10: Facts & Myths About This Day
November 10 is the 315th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 51 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 28, 2024 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,731,196,800 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectadecapentagon’ day.
Scorpio is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Topaz is the modern birthstone for this month. Pearl is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 80 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,342 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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November 10 Historical Events
- 1444 –Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Vladislaus III of Varna (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Wladyslaw III of Poland) are crushed by the Turks under Sultan Murad II and Vladislaus is killed.
- 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 –Anglo-Dutch War: As provided in the Treaty of Westminster, Netherlands cedes New Netherlands to England.
- 1793 –A Goddess of Reason is proclaimed by the French Convention at the suggestion of Chaumette.
- 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.
- 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?”.
- 1970 –The Soviet Lunar probe Lunokhod 1 is launched.
- 1984 –The first Breeders’ Cup takes place at Hollywood Park Racetrack.
- 1989 –Longtime leader of the People’s Republic of Bulgaria Todor Zhivkov is removed from office and replaced by Petar Mladenov.
- 2007 –¿Por qué no te callas? incident between King Juan Carlos of Spain and Venezuela’s president Hugo Chávez.
Who were born on November 10?
- 1695 –John Bevis, English physician and astronomer (d. 1771)
- 1878 –Cy Morgan, American baseball player (d. 1962)
- 1919 –Michael Strank, American flag raiser on Iwo Jima (d. 1945)
- 1944 –Silvestre Reyes, American politician
- 1949 –Ann Reinking, American dancer
- 1955 –Roland Emmerich, German film producer and director
- 1956 –Mohsen Badawi, Egyptian entrepreneur and activist
- 1968 –Steve Brookstein, English X Factor winner
- 1969 –Faustino Asprilla, Colombian footballer
- 1982 –Heather Matarazzo, American actress
Who died on November 10?
- 901 –Queen Adelaide of Paris
- 1605 –Ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian naturalist (b. 1522)
- 1624 –Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, English theater patron (b. 1573)
- 1772 –Pedro Antonio Joaquim Correa da Serra Garção, Portuguese poet (b. 1724)
- 1909 –George Essex Evans, Australian poet (b. 1863)
- 1917 –Harry Trott, Australian cricketer (b. 1866)
- 1973 –David “Stringbean” Akeman, American country music banjo player (b. 1915)
- 1986 –Gordon Richards, British jockey. (b. 1904)
- 2008 –Wannes Van de Velde, Flemish singer (b. 1937)
- 2009 –John Allen Muhammad, American convicted spree killer (b. 1960)
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