Updated November 9, 2012, 1:28 pm
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.
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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. Current Birthdays
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Rapper-actress Eve turns 34 years old today.
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Country singer Miranda Lambert turns 29 years old today.
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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 Historic Birthdays
Richard Burton 11/10/1925 – 8/5/1984 British stage and film actor.Go to obituary »
66 Henry Percy Northumberland 11/10/1341 – 2/20/1408
English statesman62 Martin Luther 11/10/1483 – 2/18/1546
German religious leader and reformer33 Robert Devereux Essex 11/10/1567 – 2/25/1601
English soldier64 Francois Couperin 11/10/1668 – 9/12/1733
French composer66 William Hogarth 11/10/1697 – 10/26/1764
English artist43 Oliver Goldsmith 11/10/1730 – 4/4/1774
Irish-born English writer74 Samuel Gridley Howe 11/10/1801 – 1/9/1876
American educator and social reformer30 Francis Maitland Balfour 11/10/1851 – 7/19/1882
British zoologist and embryologist52 Vachel Lindsay 11/10/1879 – 12/5/1931
American poet51 El Lissitzky 11/10/1890 – 12/30/1941
American artist66 John Phillips Marquand 11/10/1893 – 7/16/1960
American novelist85 John Knudsen Northrop 11/10/1895 – 2/18/1981
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