November 10 - This 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. "Sesame Street," with its memorable theme... 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


General Interest
1928 : Hirohito crowned in Japan
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hirohito-crowned-in-japan

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