November 10
1483 - Martin Luther, leader of the Protestant Reformation, was born in Eisleben, Germany.
1775 - The U.S. Marines were organized under the authority of the Continental Congress.
1871 - Journalist and explorer Henry Stanley found the missing David Livingstone in Central Africa and made his famous comment, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"
1919 - The American Legion opened its first national convention in Minneapolis.
1928 - Hirohito was crowned emperor of Japan.
1942 - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, discussing the recent victory over Rommel at El Alamein, Egypt, said "Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning."
1944 - During World War II, the ammunition ship USS Mount Hood exploded while moored at the Manus Naval Base in the Admiralty Islands in the South Pacific, leaving 45 confirmed dead and 327 missing and presumed dead.
1951 - The first long distance telephone call without operator assistance took place between the mayors of Englewood, New Jersey and Alameda, California.
1954 - The U.S. Marine Corps Memorial, depicting the raising of the American flag on Iwo Jima in 1945, was dedicated in Arlington, Virginia.
1969 - "Sesame Street" premiered on PBS.
1970 - The Great Wall of China was opened to the world for tourism.
1975 - The ore-hauling ship Edmund Fitzgerald sank during a storm in Lake Superior; all 29 crew members were lost.
1975 - The U.N. General Assembly passed a resolution equating Zionism with racism.
1982 - Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev died at age 75.
1982 - The Vietnam Veterans Memorial opened in Washington, D.C.
1997 - A judge in Cambridge, Mass., reduced Louise Woodward's murder conviction to manslaughter and sentenced the English au pair to time served in the death of 8-month-old Matthew Eappen.
1997 - WorldCom Inc. and MCI Communications Corp. agreed to a $37 billion merger.
2001 - The World Trade Organization approved China's membership.
2009 - John Allen Muhammad, mastermind of the 2002 sniper attacks that killed 10 in the Washington, D.C. region, was executed.
2011 - The National Archives released a transcript of former President Richard Nixon’s June 1975 grand jury testimony after a judge ordered the government to do so; in it, a feisty and cagey Nixon defended his legacy and Watergate-era actions.
2016 - President-elect Donald Trump took a triumphant tour of the nation’s capital, where he held a cordial White House meeting with President Barack Obama, sketched out priorities with Republican congressional leaders and took in the majestic view from where he would be sworn in to office.
2018 - President Donald Trump, in France to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, canceled a visit to a cemetery east of Paris where Americans killed in that war are buried; rainy weather had grounded the presidential helicopter.
2020 - Democrat Cal Cunningham conceded defeat to Republican Thom Tillis in their North Carolina Senate race; Democrats would now have to win both runoff races in Georgia in January in order to seize Senate control. (The Democrats would win both.)
Birthdays
21 - Mackenzie Foy (actress)
22 - Kiernan Shipka (actress)
27 - Zoey Deutch (actress)
29 - Peyton Royce (professional wrestler)
29 - Teddy Bridgewater (football player)
30 - Genevieve Buechner (actress)
31 - Zach Ertz (football player)
35 - Josh Peck (actor)
37 - Emily Sears (model)
38 - Miranda Lambert (country singer)
39 - Heather Matarazzo (actress)
43 - Eve (rapper)
47 - Chris Lilley (actor/comedian)
50 - Walton Goggins (actor)
51 - Orny Adams (actor/comedian)
52 - Ellen Pompeo (actress)
53 - Tracy Morgan (actor/comedian)
58 - Tommy Davidson (actor/comedian)
58 - Hugh Bonneville (actor)
58 - Vanessa Angel (actress)
62 - Mackenzie Phillips (actress)
65 - Sinbad (actor/comedian)
65 - Matt Craven (actor)
71 - Jack Scalia (actor)
84 - Albert Hall (actor)
=====================================
Today in Sports History - November 10
1894 - Nebraska defeats Omaha YMCA 36-6.
1900 - Nebraska defeats Grinnell 33-0.
1906 - Nebraska defeats Pickle Smoochers 17-0.
1917 - Nebraska defeats Missouri 52-0.
1923 - Nebraska defeats Notre Dame 14-7.
1928 - Nebraska defeats Oklahoma 44-6.
1928 - Knute Rockne made his famous "win one for the Gipper" pep talk during halftime of a tied game between Notre Dame and Army.
1934 - Armand Mondou (Montreal Canadiens) was awarded the first penalty shot in the NHL. George Hainsworth (Toronto) stopped the shot.
1934 - Nebraska loses to Pittsburgh 25-6.
1945 - Nebraska defeats Kansas State 24-0.
1951 - Nebraska defeats Cockeye State 34-27.
1956 - Nebraska defeats Kansas 26-20.
1957 - 102,368 people attended the San Francisco 49ers and Los Angeles Rams game. The crowd was the largest regular-season crowd in NFL history.
1962 - Nebraska defeats Kansas 40-16.
1963 - Gordie Howe (Detroit Red Wings) became the NHL's all-time leader in goals when he scored his 545th career goal.
1973 - #11 Nebraska defeats Cockeye State 31-7.
1975 - The Kansas City Royals released Harmon Killebrew. He ended his 22-year career with 573 home runs.
1979 - #2 Nebraska defeats Kansas State 21-12.
1984 - #2 Nebraska defeats Kansas 41-7.
1990 - #13 Nebraska defeats Kansas 41-9.
1990 - The Phoenix Suns set an NBA record when they scored 107 points in the first half of a game against the Denver Nuggets. Phoenix won the game 173-143.
1991 - Bernie Kosar ended his NFL record streak of 308 passes without an interception.
1991 - Martina Navratilova tied Chris Evert's record of 157 career titles.
1996 - Dan Marino (Miami Dolphins) became the first quarterback in NFL history to pass for more than 50,000 yards.
2001 - #2 Nebraska defeats Kansas State 31-21.
2007 - Nebraska defeats Kansas State 73-31.
2012 - #18 Nebraska defeats Penn State 32-23.
2018 - Nebraska defeats Illinois 54-35.
1483 - Martin Luther, leader of the Protestant Reformation, was born in Eisleben, Germany.
1775 - The U.S. Marines were organized under the authority of the Continental Congress.
1871 - Journalist and explorer Henry Stanley found the missing David Livingstone in Central Africa and made his famous comment, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"
1919 - The American Legion opened its first national convention in Minneapolis.
1928 - Hirohito was crowned emperor of Japan.
1942 - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, discussing the recent victory over Rommel at El Alamein, Egypt, said "Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning."
1944 - During World War II, the ammunition ship USS Mount Hood exploded while moored at the Manus Naval Base in the Admiralty Islands in the South Pacific, leaving 45 confirmed dead and 327 missing and presumed dead.
1951 - The first long distance telephone call without operator assistance took place between the mayors of Englewood, New Jersey and Alameda, California.
1954 - The U.S. Marine Corps Memorial, depicting the raising of the American flag on Iwo Jima in 1945, was dedicated in Arlington, Virginia.
1969 - "Sesame Street" premiered on PBS.
1970 - The Great Wall of China was opened to the world for tourism.
1975 - The ore-hauling ship Edmund Fitzgerald sank during a storm in Lake Superior; all 29 crew members were lost.
1975 - The U.N. General Assembly passed a resolution equating Zionism with racism.
1982 - Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev died at age 75.
1982 - The Vietnam Veterans Memorial opened in Washington, D.C.
1997 - A judge in Cambridge, Mass., reduced Louise Woodward's murder conviction to manslaughter and sentenced the English au pair to time served in the death of 8-month-old Matthew Eappen.
1997 - WorldCom Inc. and MCI Communications Corp. agreed to a $37 billion merger.
2001 - The World Trade Organization approved China's membership.
2009 - John Allen Muhammad, mastermind of the 2002 sniper attacks that killed 10 in the Washington, D.C. region, was executed.
2011 - The National Archives released a transcript of former President Richard Nixon’s June 1975 grand jury testimony after a judge ordered the government to do so; in it, a feisty and cagey Nixon defended his legacy and Watergate-era actions.
2016 - President-elect Donald Trump took a triumphant tour of the nation’s capital, where he held a cordial White House meeting with President Barack Obama, sketched out priorities with Republican congressional leaders and took in the majestic view from where he would be sworn in to office.
2018 - President Donald Trump, in France to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, canceled a visit to a cemetery east of Paris where Americans killed in that war are buried; rainy weather had grounded the presidential helicopter.
2020 - Democrat Cal Cunningham conceded defeat to Republican Thom Tillis in their North Carolina Senate race; Democrats would now have to win both runoff races in Georgia in January in order to seize Senate control. (The Democrats would win both.)
Birthdays
21 - Mackenzie Foy (actress)
22 - Kiernan Shipka (actress)
27 - Zoey Deutch (actress)
29 - Peyton Royce (professional wrestler)
29 - Teddy Bridgewater (football player)
30 - Genevieve Buechner (actress)
31 - Zach Ertz (football player)
35 - Josh Peck (actor)
37 - Emily Sears (model)
38 - Miranda Lambert (country singer)
39 - Heather Matarazzo (actress)
43 - Eve (rapper)
47 - Chris Lilley (actor/comedian)
50 - Walton Goggins (actor)
51 - Orny Adams (actor/comedian)
52 - Ellen Pompeo (actress)
53 - Tracy Morgan (actor/comedian)
58 - Tommy Davidson (actor/comedian)
58 - Hugh Bonneville (actor)
58 - Vanessa Angel (actress)
62 - Mackenzie Phillips (actress)
65 - Sinbad (actor/comedian)
65 - Matt Craven (actor)
71 - Jack Scalia (actor)
84 - Albert Hall (actor)
=====================================
Today in Sports History - November 10
1894 - Nebraska defeats Omaha YMCA 36-6.
1900 - Nebraska defeats Grinnell 33-0.
1906 - Nebraska defeats Pickle Smoochers 17-0.
1917 - Nebraska defeats Missouri 52-0.
1923 - Nebraska defeats Notre Dame 14-7.
1928 - Nebraska defeats Oklahoma 44-6.
1928 - Knute Rockne made his famous "win one for the Gipper" pep talk during halftime of a tied game between Notre Dame and Army.
1934 - Armand Mondou (Montreal Canadiens) was awarded the first penalty shot in the NHL. George Hainsworth (Toronto) stopped the shot.
1934 - Nebraska loses to Pittsburgh 25-6.
1945 - Nebraska defeats Kansas State 24-0.
1951 - Nebraska defeats Cockeye State 34-27.
1956 - Nebraska defeats Kansas 26-20.
1957 - 102,368 people attended the San Francisco 49ers and Los Angeles Rams game. The crowd was the largest regular-season crowd in NFL history.
1962 - Nebraska defeats Kansas 40-16.
1963 - Gordie Howe (Detroit Red Wings) became the NHL's all-time leader in goals when he scored his 545th career goal.
1973 - #11 Nebraska defeats Cockeye State 31-7.
1975 - The Kansas City Royals released Harmon Killebrew. He ended his 22-year career with 573 home runs.
1979 - #2 Nebraska defeats Kansas State 21-12.
1984 - #2 Nebraska defeats Kansas 41-7.
1990 - #13 Nebraska defeats Kansas 41-9.
1990 - The Phoenix Suns set an NBA record when they scored 107 points in the first half of a game against the Denver Nuggets. Phoenix won the game 173-143.
1991 - Bernie Kosar ended his NFL record streak of 308 passes without an interception.
1991 - Martina Navratilova tied Chris Evert's record of 157 career titles.
1996 - Dan Marino (Miami Dolphins) became the first quarterback in NFL history to pass for more than 50,000 yards.
2001 - #2 Nebraska defeats Kansas State 31-21.
2007 - Nebraska defeats Kansas State 73-31.
2012 - #18 Nebraska defeats Penn State 32-23.
2018 - Nebraska defeats Illinois 54-35.
