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    10 NOVEMBER IN HISTORY

    Grocott's Mail ContributorsBy Grocott's Mail ContributorsOctober 30, 2017Updated:November 10, 2017No Comments1 Min Read
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    Events:

    1775: The United States Marine Corps is founded.

    1942: Germany invades Vichy France.

    1964: The first episode of Sesame Street is broadcast in the United States.

    1983: Bill Gates introduces Windows 1.0.

    1995: Ken Saro-Wiwa, an environmental activist from the oil-rich Ogoni region is hanged by the Nigerian regime of Sani Abacha.

    2009: Ships of the South Korean and North Korean navies skirmish off Daecheong Island.

     

    Births:

    1868: Gichin Funakoshi, Japanese founder of Shotokan karate.

    1887: Arnold Zweig, German author and activist.

    1925: Richard Burton, Welsh actor and singer.

    1960: Neil Gaiman, English author, screenwriter, and illustrator.

    1968: Tracy Morgan, American comedian and actor.

    Deaths:

    461: Pope Leo I

    1241: Pope Celestine IV

    1549: Pope Paul III

    1982: Leonid Brezhnev, fourth Head of State of the USSR

    2003: Canaan Banana, first President of Zimbabwe.

    2008: Miriam Makeba, South African singer-songwriter, actress and activist.

    10 November is Cry of Independence Day in Panama, the Day of Remembrance of Ataturk in Turkey, and the Day of Russian Militsiya in Russia.

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