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TODAY IN HISTORY

November 10

Tuesday, November 10, 2026

Day 314 of 2026 | Week 46 | 45 days until Christmas 🎅

HISTORIC EVENTS

1
2020

Armenia and Azerbaijan sign a ceasefire agreement, ending the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War, and prompting protests in Armenia.

2
2019

President of Bolivia Evo Morales and several of his government resign after 19 days of civil protests and a recommendation from the military.

3
2009

Ships of the South and North Korean navies skirmish off Daecheong Island in the Yellow Sea.

4
2008

Over five months after landing on Mars, NASA declares the Phoenix mission concluded after communications with the lander were lost.

5
2006

Sri Lankan Tamil politician Nadarajah Raviraj is assassinated in Colombo.

6
2006

The National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, Virginia is opened and dedicated by U.S. President George W. Bush, who announces that Marine Corporal Jason Dunham will posthumously receive the Medal of Honor.

7
2002

Veteran's Day Weekend Tornado Outbreak: A tornado outbreak stretching from Northern Ohio to the Gulf Coast, one of the largest outbreaks recorded in November.

8
1999

World Anti-Doping Agency is formed in Lausanne.

9
1997

WorldCom and MCI Communications announce a $37 billion merger (the largest merger in US history at the time).

10
1995

In Nigeria, playwright and environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, along with eight others from the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (Mosop), are hanged by government forces.

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

1961 Beatrice Hess

French Paralympian swimmer (20 gold

1961 John Walton

English darts player (BDO World Champion 2001)

1961 Ramona Pagel

American shot putter

1961 Rudolf Grimm

Austrian physics professor (Bose–Einstein condensation of molecules)

1960 Dan Hawkins

American college football coach (University of Colorado 2006-10)

1960 Neil Gaiman

English writer of graphic novels

1959 Ajay Banga

Indian-American businessman (President of the World Bank 2023-)

1959 Andrzej Iwan

Polish soccer forward (29 caps; Wisła Kraków

1959 Frank Maudsley

English rock bassist and vocalist (Flock Of Seagulls)

1959 Linda Cohn

American sportscaster (ESPN's SportsCenter)

1959 MacKenzie Phillips

American actress (Julie-1 Day at a Time)

1958 Brooks Williams

American musician

1958 Deborah Cameron

Scottish sociolinguist

1958 George Lowe

American voice actor (Space Ghost Coast to Coast)

1958 Massimo Morsello

Italian fascist political singer and songwriter

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