November 10 - The Day in History

November 10 : General Interest 1969: Sesame Street debuts On this day in 1969, "Sesame Street," a pioneering TV show that would teach generations of young children the alphabet and how to count, makes its broadcast debut... read more American Revolution 1775 : Birth of the U.S. Marine Corps http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/birth-of-the-us-marine-corps Automotive 1903 : Mary Anderson patents windshield wiper http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mary-anderson-patents-windshield-wiper Civil War 1865 : Confederate prison camp commander Henry Wirz is executed http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/henry-wirz-hanged Cold War 1982 : Leonid Brezhnev dies http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/leonid-brezhnev-dies Crime 1997 : Judge reduces sentence in nanny murder case http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/judge-reduces-sentence-in-nanny-murder-case Disaster 1975 : Cargo ship suddenly sinks in Lake Superior http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/cargo-ship-suddenly-sinks-in-lake-superior General Interest 1928 : Hirohito crowned in Japan http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hirohito-crowned-in-japan 1975 : Edmund Fitzgerald sinks in Lake Superior http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/iedmund-fitzgeraldi-sinks-in-lake-superior 1995 : Playwright and activist hanged in Nigeria http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/playwright-and-activist-hanged-in-nigeria Hollywood 1932 : Roy Scheider, star of Jaws, is born http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/roy-scheider-star-of-jaws-is-born Literary 1973 : Slaughterhouse-Five is burned in North Dakota http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/slaughterhouse-five-is-burned-in-north-dakota Music 1958 : Future country legend Conway Twitty earns a #1 hit as a rock-and-roll idol http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/future-country-legend-conway-twitty-earns-a-1-hit-as-a-rock-and-roll-idol Old West 1808 : Osage Indians cede Missouri and Arkansas lands http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/osage-indians-cede-missouri-and-arkansas-lands Presidential 2001 : Bush addresses the United Nations regarding terrorism http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bush-addresses-the-united-nations-regarding-terrorism Sports 1984 : Maryland gets a miracle in Miami http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/maryland-gets-a-miracle-in-miami Vietnam War 1964 : McNamara says that U.S. has no plans to send combat troops to Vietnam http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mcnamara-says-that-us-has-no-plans-to-send-combat-troops-to-vietnam 1970 : No U.S. combat fatalities reported http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/no-us-combat-fatalities-reported 1971 : Khmer Rouge forces attack Phnom Penh airport http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/khmer-rouge-forces-attack-phnom-penh-airport World War I 1928 : Remarque publishes All Quiet on the Western Front http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/remarque-publishes-all-quiet-on-the-western-front World War II 1942 : Germans take Vichy France http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germans-take-vichy-france

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