On Nov. 10, 1982, the newly finished Vietnam Veterans Memorial was opened to its first visitors in Washington, D.C.
On Nov. 10, 1925, Richard Burton, British stage and film actor, was born. Following his death on Aug. 5, 1984, his obituary appeared in The Times.
| 1483 |
Martin Luther, leader of the Protestant Reformation, was born in Eisleben, Germany. |
| 1775 |
The U.S. Marines were organized under authority of the Continental Congress. |
| 1871 |
Journalist-explorer Henry M. Stanley found missing Scottish missionary David Livingstone in central Africa and delivered his famous greeting: “Dr. Livingstone, I presume?” |
| 1928 |
Hirohito was enthroned as Emperor of Japan. |
| 1938 |
Kate Smith first sang Irving Berlin’s “God Bless America” on network radio. |
| 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.” |
| 1951 |
Direct-dial, coast-to-coast telephone service began with a call between the mayors of Englewood, N.J., and Alameda, Calif. |
| 1954 |
The U.S. Marine Corps Memorial, depicting the raising of the American flag on Iwo Jima in 1945, was dedicated in Arlington, Va. |
| 1961 |
The satirical anti-war novel “Catch-22” by Joseph Heller was published. |
| 1969 |
“Sesame Street” debuted on PBS. |
| 1975 |
The U.N. General Assembly approved a resolution equating Zionism with racism. |
| 1982 |
Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev died at age 75. |
| 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. |
| 2007 |
Author Norman Mailer died at age 84. |
| 2009 |
John Allen Muhammad, mastermind of the 2002 sniper attacks that killed 10 in the Washington, D.C. region, was executed. |
| 1924 |
Russell Johnson, Actor (“Gilligan’s Island”), turns 88 |
| 1943 |
Saxby Chambliss, U.S. senator, R-Ga., turns 69 |
| 1944 |
Tim Rice, Lyricist, turns 68 |
| 1947 |
Greg Lake, Rock singer, musician (Emerson, Lake and Palmer), turns 65 |
| 1949 |
Ann Reinking, Actress, dancer, turns 63 |
| 1956 |
Sinbad, Actor, comedian, turns 56 |
| 1959 |
Mackenzie Phillips, Actress (“One Day at a Time”), turns 53 |
| 1963 |
Hugh Bonneville, Actor (“Downton Abbey”), turns 49 |
| 1963 |
Mike McCarthy, Football coach, turns 49 |
| 1964 |
Kenny Rogers, Baseball player, turns 48 |
| 1968 |
Tracy Morgan, Actor (“30 Rock,” “Saturday Night Live”), turns 44 |
| 1969 |
Ellen Pompeo, Actress (“Grey’s Anatomy”), turns 43 |
| 1982 |
Heather Matarazzo, Actress, turns 30 |
| 1999 |
Kiernan Shipka, Actress (“Mad Men”), turns 13 |
| 66 |
Henry Percy Northumberland 11/10/1341 – 2/20/1408
English statesman |
| 62 |
Martin Luther 11/10/1483 – 2/18/1546
German religious leader and reformer |
| 33 |
Robert Devereux Essex 11/10/1567 – 2/25/1601
English soldier |
| 64 |
Francois Couperin 11/10/1668 – 9/12/1733
French composer |
| 66 |
William Hogarth 11/10/1697 – 10/26/1764
English artist |
| 43 |
Oliver Goldsmith 11/10/1730 – 4/4/1774
Irish-born English writer |
| 74 |
Samuel Gridley Howe 11/10/1801 – 1/9/1876
American educator and social reformer |
| 30 |
Francis Maitland Balfour 11/10/1851 – 7/19/1882
British zoologist and embryologist |
| 52 |
Vachel Lindsay 11/10/1879 – 12/5/1931
American poet |
| 51 |
El Lissitzky 11/10/1890 – 12/30/1941
American artist |
| 66 |
John Phillips Marquand 11/10/1893 – 7/16/1960
American novelist |
| 85 |
John Knudsen Northrop 11/10/1895 – 2/18/1981
American aircraft designer |
Richard Burton 11/10/1925 – 8/5/1984 
