Today in History — Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022
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Today is Thursday, Nov. 10, the 314th day of 2022. There are 51 days left in the year.
Kansas City sports history, Nov. 10:
• 1975, The Kansas City Royals released veteran slugger Harmon Killebrew, ending his 22-year Major League career. One of the most feared power hitters in the history of the game, Killebrew topped 40 home runs in a season eight times and finished with a total of 573. He will be elected to the Hall of Fame in 1984. Killebrew died on May 17, 2011, at the age of 74.
• 2010, The Oakland A’s acquired David DeJesus from the Kansas City Royals for right-hander Vin Mazzaro and minor league southpaw prospect Justin Marks. The 30-year-old corner outfielder missed the last two months of the season due to surgery on his right thumb.
Beatles history, Nov. 10:
• 1964, The Beatles ended their British tour in Bristol, England.
• 1965, Recording and mixing takes place on Beatles songs “Run For Your Life,” “We Can Work It Out,” “The Word” and “I’m Looking Through You.”
• 1967, The Beatles filmed promotional footage for their forthcoming single “Hello, Goodbye” at London’s Saville Theatre on this day.
• 1968, The ninth Los Angeles recording session for Jackie Lomax’s debut album “Is This What You Want?” took place on this day at Sound Recorders Studio. George Harrison produced the album for fellow Liverpudlian Lomax. It was released by Apple in March 1969.
• 2010, Sir Paul McCartney’s second concert on the South American leg of his “Up And Coming” tour took place at the River Plate Stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was the first of two shows in the city.
• 2014, The 61st concert of Paul McCartney’s “Out There” tour took place at the Estádio Kléber Andrade in Cariacica, Brazil.
Elvis Presley history, Nov. 10:
• 1955, Elvis Presley heard the melody of “Heartbreak Hotel” in his room at The Jackson Hotel in Nashville, Tenn.
• 1957, Elvis Presley performed shows at The Honolulu Stadium at 3 p.m. and 8:15 p.m. The shows were attended by more than 14,000 fans.
• 1970, Elvis Presley performed at the Oakland-Alameda Coliseum at 8:30 p.m. for more than 14,000 fans. It was the opening show of the November tour. Elvis performed more ballads on this tour, including "How Great Thou Art."
• 1971, Elvis Presley performed at the Boston Garden at 8:30 p.m. ifor 15,500 fans.
• 1972, Elvis Presley performed at the Coliseum, El Paso, Texas, at 8:30 p.m. The crowd was estimated at 9,000 fans.
• 1975, The Lisa Marie was delivered to Memphis. Together with the 1960 JetStar and a 1966 Dessault-Falcon, which Elvis had bought as an investment, he now owned three planes.
Music history, Nov. 10:
• 1958, Singers Sam Cooke and Lou Rawls were injured in an auto accident while on tour together. Their chauffeur was killed.
• 1969, The album “Led Zeppelin 2” was certified gold.
• 1976, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers began their first major tour, opening for Kiss.
• 1989, The first Career Achievement Awards were given out by the Rhythm and Blues Foundation in Washington. LaVern Baker, Percy Sledge and Mary Wells were among the recipients.
• 1992, A judge found Axl Rose guilty of assault and property damage in connection with a riot at a 1991 Guns N’ Roses concert near St. Louis. Rose’s sentence was suspended, and he was put on probation. Rose also was ordered to pay $10,000 each to five charities.
• 2001, The musical “Lady Diana, A Smile Charms the World” opened in Germany.
• 2010, Miranda Lambert received three Country Music Association Awards on her 27th birthday, including album of the year. Brad Paisley was named entertainer of the year.
• 2014, TheGeorge StraitDVD/CD concert set “The Cowboy Rides Away: Live from AT&T Stadium” was released. The album version of the show had been released Sept. 16, 2014.
• 2014, Cranberries singer Dolores O’Riordan was arrested following an alleged air rage incident on a flight from the U.S. O’Riordan was found dead at the age of 46 in a Paris hotel bathtub on Jan. 15, 2018. The coroner’s report ruled O’Riordan died from accidental drowning due to alcohol intoxication.
• 2021, Chris Stapleton was the big winner with six trophies including song and album of the year and Luke Combs claimed the biggest prize with entertainer of the year at the Country Music Association Awards.
U.S. presidency/cabinet/Congress/Supreme Court history, Nov. 10:
• 1992, President George H.W. Bush dismissed State Department official Elizabeth Tamposi for her role in a pre-election search for passport records of his rivals, Democrat Bill Clinton and Ross Perot.
• 1993, The U.S. House of Representatives passed the “Brady Bill,” which called for a five-day waiting period for purchasing handguns. The bill was named in honor of the late great press secretary James Brady, who was seriously wounded in the March 30, 1981, assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan’s life.
• 1999, President Bill Clinton decided to delay and shorten a trip to Greece in reaction to growing security concerns and the prospect of violent anti-American demonstrations.
• 2000, The battle over Florida's disputed presidential election continued, with George W. Bush’s camp pressing Al Gore to concede without pursuing multiple recounts, and Democrats pressing ahead with protests, determined to find enough votes to erase Bush’s razor-thin lead in initial counting.
• 2001, President George W. Bush, in an address to the U.N. General Assembly, warned that all nations were possible targets of terrorism, and he urged them to join with the United States in a campaign to prevent more attacks.
• 2002, Bush administration officials promised “zero tolerance” if Saddam Hussein refused to comply with international calls to disarm.
• 2003, Democrat John Kerry shook up his faltering presidential campaign, replacing campaign manager Jim Jordan with Mary Beth Cahill.
• 2004, President George W. Bush nominated White House counsel Alberto Gonzales to be attorney general, succeeding John Ashcroft.
• 2006, The National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, Va., 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.
• 2006, A new recording attributed to the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq (Abu Hamza al-Muhajir) mocked U.S. President George W. Bush as a coward whose conduct of the war had been rejected in U.S. midterm elections, and challenged him to keep U.S. troops in Iraq to face more bloodshed.
• 2008, President George W. Bush and his wife, Laura, welcomed Barack and Michelle Obama to the White House for a nearly two-hour visit. The president and president-elect conferred in the Oval Office, while the current and future first ladies talked in the White House residence.
• 2009, President Barack Obama visited Fort Hood, Texas, where he somberly saluted the 13 Americans killed in a shooting rampage, and pledged that the killer would be “met with justice — in this world, and the next.”
• 2010, President Barack Obama cut short his visit to his boyhood home in Indonesia because of an ash cloud from Mount Merapi, and flew to South Korea for an economic summit.
• 2011, The National Archives released a transcript of former President Richard Nixon’s June 1975 grand jury testimony after a judge ordered the government to do so; in it, a feisty and cagey Nixon defended his legacy and Watergate-era actions.
• 2014, President Barack Obama, at the start of a visit to Beijing, announced that the United States and China would start granting visas to each other’s citizens valid for up to a decade.
• 2015, Jeb Bush and Ben Carson sought to steady their presidential campaigns during a GOP debate held in Milwaukee, with Bush taking advantage of a policy-focused contest to detail positions on the economy and immigration while Carson swatted away mounting questions about the veracity of his celebrated biography.
• 2016, President-elect Donald Trump took a triumphant tour of the nation’s capital, where he held a cordial White House meeting with President Barack Obama, sketched out priorities with Republican congressional leaders and took in the majestic view from where he would be sworn in to office.
• 2017, The National Republican Senatorial committee ended its fundraising agreement with Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore in light of allegations of sexual contact with a teenager decades ago.
• 2017, President Donald Trump arrived in Vietnam to attend an international economic summit, telling CEOs on the sidelines of the summit, “We are not going to let the United States be taken advantage of anymore.”
• 2018, President Donald Trump, in France to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, canceled a visit to a cemetery east of Paris where Americans killed in that war are buried. Rainy weather grounded the presidential helicopter.
• 2018, Florida’s secretary of state ordered recounts in the races for governor and U.S. Senate.
• 2018, On “Saturday Night Live,” Pete Davidson apologized for earlier mocking the appearance of newly-elected Republican Congressman Dan Crenshaw of Texas, a veteran who had lost an eye in Afghanistan. He was joined on the “Weekend Update” segment by Crenshaw, a Navy SEAL.
• 2020, Democrat Cal Cunningham conceded defeat to Republican Thom Tillis in their North Carolina Senate race. Democrats would now have to win both runoff races in Georgia in January in order to seize Senate control. The Democrats won both Georgia Senate races.
American Revolution history, Nov. 10:
• 1775, The U.S. Marines were organized under authority of the Continental Congress. The Marines went out of existence after the end of the Revolutionary War in April of 1783. The Marine Corps were formally re-established on July 11, 1798. This day is observed as the birth date of the United States Marine Corps.
American Civil War history, Nov. 10:
• 1865, Maj. Henry Wirz, the superintendent of a prison camp in Andersonville, Ga., is hanged, becoming one of only three American Civil War soldiers executed for war crimes.
World War I history, Nov. 10:
• 1911, The Chinese Imperial army recaptures Nanking.
• 1918, The Western Union Cable Office in North Sydney, Nova Scotia, receives a top-secret coded message from Europe (that would be sent to Ottawa and Washington, D.C.) that said on Nov. 11, 1918, all fighting would cease on land, sea and in the air.
World War II history, Nov. 10:
• 1928, Japanese Emperor Hirohito was formally enthroned, almost two years after his ascension.
• 1942, Winston Churchill delivered a speech in London in which he said, “I have not become the King’s First Minister to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire.”
• 1942, Nazi troops entered previously unoccupied France, the de facto government of which was centered in Vichy state. The occupation was spurred by Allied forces teaming up with free French forces in North Africa to battle Axis powers. Germany already occupied northern France in 1940. Vichy, led by Marshal Philippe Petain in the south, was considered to be a puppet of the Germans.
• 1944, The ammunition ship USS Mount Hood (AE-11) exploded while moored at the Manus Naval Base in the Admiralty Islands in the South Pacific, leaving 45 confirmed dead and 327 missing and presumed dead.
• 1945, Heavy fighting in Surabaya between Indonesian nationalists and returning colonialists after World War II.
• 1954, The U.S. Marine Corps Memorial, depicting the raising of the American flag on Iwo Jima in 1945, was dedicated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in Arlington, Va.
Vietnam War history, Nov. 10:
• 1970, For the first time in five years, an entire week ends with no reports of American combat fatalities in Southeast Asia.
• 1971, In Cambodia, Khmer Rouge forces attack the city of Phnom Penh and its airport, killing 44, wounding at least 30 and damaging nine aircraft.
• 1982, The newly finished Vietnam Veterans Memorial was opened to its first visitors in Washington, D.C., three days before its dedication.
• 1984, TheU.S.Postal Service issued a commemorative stamp of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
Nuclear/chemical/biological testing/weapons/accident, Nov. 10:
• 1959, The nuclear submarine USS Triton was commissioned by the U.S. Navy.
• 1979, A 106-car Canadian Pacific freight train carrying explosive and poisonous chemicals from Windsor, Ontario, Canada derails in Mississauga, Ontario, just west of Toronto, causing a massive explosion and the largest peacetime evacuation in Canadian history and one of the largest in North American history.
• 1988, TheU.S.Department of Energy announced thatTexaswould be the home of the atom-smashing super-collider. The project was canceled by a vote of theU.S.Congress in October 1993.
Space travel/exploration/aviation history, Nov. 10:
• 1954, Lt. Col. John Stapp travels at 632 mph in a rocket sled.
• 2008, Nearly five months after landing on Mars, NASA declares the Phoenix mission concluded after communications with the lander were lost.
Today’s Highlights in History:
On Nov. 10, 1766, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, had its beginnings as William Franklin, the Royal Governor of New Jersey, signed a charter establishing Queen’s College in New Brunswick.
On Nov. 10, 1801, TheU.S.state ofTennesseeoutlawed the practice of dueling.
On Nov. 10, 1871, Journalist-explorer Henry M. Stanley found Scottish missionary David Livingstone, who had not been heard from for years, near Lake Tanganyika in central Africa. Stanley delivered his famous greeting: “Dr. Livingstone, I presume?”
On Nov. 10, 1898, Beginning of the Wilmington insurrection of 1898, the only instance of a municipal government being overthrown in United States history. A mob of more than 2,000 people, angry over the election of a Fusionist white mayor and a biracial city council, went on a rampage throughout the city of Wilmington, N.C., targeting and killing African Americans.
On Nov. 10, 1917, 41 suffragists were arrested for picketing in front of the White House.
On Nov. 10, 1919, The American Legion opened its first national convention in Minneapolis.
On Nov. 10, 1925, Actor/singer Richard Burton was born Richard Walter Jenkins in Pontrhydyfen, Wales. Burton starred in The Robe, Cleopatra, Camelot, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Beckett, Where Eagles Dare, The Wild Geese and The Taming of the Shrew and many more films. He was married twice to actor Elizabeth Taylor. Burton died in 1984.
On Nov. 10, 1938, Kate Smith first sang Irving Berlin’s “God Bless America” on her CBS radio program.
On Nov. 10, 1940, Walt Disney begins serving as an informer for the Los Angeles office of the FBI. His job is to report back information on Hollywood subversives.
On Nov. 10, 1951, Customer-dialed long-distance telephone service began as Mayor M. Leslie Denning of Englewood, N.J., called Alameda, Calif., Mayor Frank Osborne without operator assistance.
On Nov. 10, 1961, The satirical war novel “Catch-22” by Joseph Heller was first published by Simon & Schuster.
On Nov. 10, 1969, The children’s educational program “Sesame Street” made its debut on National Educational Television (later PBS). Sesame Streetpremiered with the lofty ideals aimed at being an “experimental laboratoryto stimulate the educational development of preschool children via television.”
On Nov. 10, 1975, The ore-hauling ship SS Edmund Fitzgerald mysteriously sank during a storm in Lake Superior with the loss of all 29 crew members.
On Nov. 10, 1975, The U.N. General Assembly approved a resolution equating Zionism with racism (the world body repealed the resolution in Dec. 1991).
On Nov. 10, 1986, Camille Sontag and Marcel Coudari, two Frenchmen who had been held hostage in Lebanon, were released.
On Nov. 10, 1987, In the closest voting in the history of the National League Cy Young Award, Atlanta Braves closer Steve Bedrosian narrowly edges Cubs right-hander Rick Sutcliffe by two points (57-55) to cop the prestigious pitching prize. Bedrosian is the third reliever in the National League, joining Mike Marshall (Los Angeles Dodgers, 1974) and Bruce Sutter (Chicago Cubs, 1979) in accomplishing the feat.
On Nov. 10, 1988, Los Angeles Dodgers’ hurler Orel Hershiser (23-8, 2.26) becomes the ninth pitcher in National League history to win the Cy Young Award unanimously when he receives all 24 first-place votes from the sportswriters. The 29-year-old right-hander, known as the “Bulldog” to his teammates, is the only player to win the Cy Young Award, the NLCS MVP Award and the World Series MVP Award during the same season.
It was 32 years ago today — On Nov. 10, 1990 …
• Chandra Shekhar was sworn in as India's new prime minister.
• The movie comedy “Home Alone,” starring Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern premiered in Chicago.
• The Phoenix Suns shattered the NBA record with 107 points in the first half of a 173-143 victory over the Denver Nuggets.
It was 31 years ago today — On Nov. 10, 1991 …
• Publishing magnate Robert Maxwell was buried in Israel, five days after his body was recovered off the Canary Islands.
• Martina Navratilova beats Monica Seles for the California Virginia Slims tournament, her 157th title, equaling Chris Evert’s record for career victories.
It was 30 years ago today — On Nov. 10, 1992 …
• A judge found Axl Rose guilty of assault and property damage in connection with a riot at a 1991 Guns N’ Roses concert near St. Louis. Rose’s sentence was suspended and he was put on probation. Rose also was ordered to pay $10,000 each to five charities.
It was 29 years ago today — On Nov. 10, 1993 …
• John Wayne Bobbitt was acquitted on the charge of marital sexual assault against his wife who sexually mutilated him. Lorena Bobbitt was later acquitted of malicious wounding her husband.
It was 28 years ago today — On Nov. 10, 1994 …
• U.S. officials said the United States planned to stop enforcing the arms embargo against the Bosnian government the following week, despite opposition in the U.N. Security Council to lifting the ban.
• Iraq, hoping to win an end to trade sanctions, recognized Kuwait’s borders.
• The only privately owned manuscript of Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci was sold at auction at Christie's in New York for $30.8 million, the highest amount paid for a manuscript. Bill Gates purchased the codex.
It was 27 years ago today — On Nov. 10, 1995 …
• Defying international appeals for clemency, Nigeria’s military rulers hanged playwright Ken Saro-Wiwa along with eight other anti-government activists.
• Searchers in Katmandu, Nepal, rescued 549 hikers after a massive avalanche struck the Himalayan foothills, killing 24 tourists and 32 Nepalese.
• Nigeria's military rulers hanged playwright Ken Saro-Wiwa along with several other anti-government activists.
It was 26 years ago today — On Nov. 10, 1996 …
• A bomb ripped through a crowd of mourners in a Moscow cemetery, killing 14 people and wounding nearly 50.
• The Bosnian Serbs’ new military commander (Major General Pero Colic), was sworn in, a day after General Ratko Mladic, a war crimes suspect, was dismissed.
• Miami Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino surpasses 50,000 career yards passing in a 37-13 win over Indianapolis. Marino also reaches 4,000 completions, another NFL first, with his 10th completion of the game.
• Rookie Tony Banks leads the St. Louis Rams to a 59-16 win over the Atlanta Falcons. It's the most points scored by a team with a rookie starting at quarterback and the most in the NFL since 1989, when Cincinnati beat Houston 61-7.
It was 25 years ago today — On Nov. 10, 1997 …
• A judge in Cambridge, Mass., reduced Louise Woodward’s murder conviction to manslaughter and sentenced the English au pair to the 279 days she had already served in the death of 8-month-old Matthew Eappen.
• A jury in Fairfax, Va., convicted Mir Aimal Kasi of one count of capital murder, one count of first-degree murder and eight additional charges stemming from a shooting attack outside CIA headquarters in January 1993.
• WorldCom Inc. and MCI Communications Corp. agreed to a $37 billion merger.
It was 24 years ago today — On Nov. 10, 1998 …
• The Pentagon stepped up the movement of warships to the Persian Gulf as the Clinton administration swept aside the idea of negotiations with Iraq over U.N. weapons inspections rejected by the Iraqis.
It was 22 years ago today — On Nov. 10, 1999 …
• Investigators said the flight data recorder from EgyptAir Flight 990 showed things were normal until the autopilot mysteriously disconnected and the Boeing 767 began what appeared to be a controlled descent toward the Atlantic Ocean.
• Actor Ted Danson (Cheers, Becker) received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
It was 22 years ago today — On Nov. 10, 2000 …
• The U.S. Nasdaq market fell 171 points to 3,028.99, its lowest reading since Nov. 3, 1999.
• More than 125 Karen guerrillas overran a Burmese military camp near the Thai border. More than 30 people escaped and one soldier was killed.
• A car bomb in Cali, Colombia, injured 11 civilians. The ELN was blamed.
• Thousands of people began converging on Banda Aceh, capital of Aceh province, Indonesia, for demonstrations on independence.
• Israel sealed Bethlehem and Ramallah. Israeli troops killed five Palestinians in clashes in the West Bank and Gaza. One Israeli soldier was killed in shooting following a funeral for militia commander Hussein Abayat.
• Montenegro’s President Milo Djukanovic called for international recognition as an independent state from Serbia. He threatened a referendum on seceding from Yugoslavia unless their union is radically revamped
• A landslide buried 11 children in Kabugao, Apayao province, Philippines.
• The Supreme Court in Zimbabwe ruled that the government’s land reform plan and occupations of white-owned farms were illegal.
It was 21 years ago today — On Nov. 10, 2001 …
• The World Trade Organization formally approved China’s membership.
• Algeria found itself caught in a fierce 36-hour storm that killed an estimated 886 people.
• Australian Prime Minister John Howard and his conservative government won a third term in national elections.
• San Jose State beats Nevada 64-45, setting an NCAA single-game record for total offense with 1,640 yards. San Jose State has 849 yards to Nevada’s 791, eclipsing the previous record of 1,563 yards set by Houston and TCU on Nov. 3, 1990.
It was 20 years ago today — On Nov. 10, 2002 …
• About a dozen tornadoes killed 36 people in Tennessee, Ohio, Alabama, Mississippi and Pennsylvania.
It was 19 years ago today — On Nov. 10, 2003 …
• Federal regulators allowed customers to switch home phone numbers to their cell phones.
• A World Trade Organization panel upheld a ruling that U.S. duties on steel imports were illegal.
• Dontrelle Willis (14-6, 3.30), the only player in either league to be listed on every ballot, wins the National League Rookie of the Year award. The 21-year-old Florida Marlins’ starter is named first on 17 of the 32 ballots cast by the writers, with Milwaukee Brewers’ outfielder Scott Podsednik (8) and Diamondback right-hander Brandon Webb (7) receiving the other first-place votes.
It was 18 years ago today — On Nov. 10, 2004 …
• Word reached the United States of the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat at age 75. Because of the time difference, it was the early hours of Nov.11 in Paris, where Arafat died.
• France, the United States and other nations began evacuating thousands of foreigners from Ivory Coast following attacks on civilians and peacekeeping troops.
• Bill Carrigan, skipper of the 1915-16 World Series champion teams, infielders Billy Goodman (1947-57) and Pete Runnels (1958-62), southpaw Bruce Hurst (1980-88), Pawtucket Red Sox owner Ben Mondor and former GM Haywood Sullivan are inducted into the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame. Also enshrined for their contributions to the team are Cooperstown Hall of Famers Wade Boggs (1982-92), Jimmy Collins (1901-07) and right-hander Dennis Eckersley (1978-84).
• After piloting the third-place Texas Rangers (89-73) to an 18-game improvement from the previous season, Buck Showalter wins his second American League Manager of the Year Award. The former New York Yankees’ manager also copped the honor in 1994, piloting the Bronx Bombers in the strike-shorten season.
• The BBWAA selects Bobby Cox as the National League Manager of the Year. Although the team loses Greg Maddux, Gary Sheffield, Javy Lopez and Vinny Castilla to free agency, the Atlanta Braves (96-58) still captured their 13th straight and unexpected, division flag.
It was 17 years ago today — On Nov. 10, 2005 …
• A suicide bomber killed some three dozen people at a Baghdad restaurant frequented by police.
• Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, a former finance minister of Liberia, claimed victory in the country’s presidential election.
• Chris Carpenter (21-5, 2.83) is elected by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America as the National League’s Cy Young Award winner. The St. Louis Cardinals’ right-hander, who has been sidelined with injuries during the past two seasons, outpoints Florida Marlins’ southpaw Dontrelle Willis (22-10, 2.63), becoming the first Redbird to cop the honor since Bob Gibson was selected in 1970.
It was 16 years ago today — On Nov. 10, 2006 …
• Mexico City lawmakers officially recognized same-sex civil unions.
• In the first big move of the offseason, the Detroit Tigers traded three talented pitching prospects (Humberto Sanchez, Kevin Whelan and Anthony Claggett) to the New York Yankees for Gary Sheffield. The deal, which includes a two-year, $28 million contract extension through 2009, reunites the outfield slugger with his 1997 World Series champion Florida Marlins general manager (Dave Dombrowski) and field manager (Jim Leyland).
• The Calgary Flames are the first team to beat Anaheim in regulation this season with a 3-0 shutout. The Ducks had started the season without a loss in an NHL-record 16 games.
It was 15 years ago today — On Nov. 10, 2007 …
• During an Ibero-American summit in Santiago, Chile, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez kept interrupting Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero as he defended his predecessor, Jose Maria Aznar, whom Chavez had repeatedly referred to as a “fascist.” Spain’s King Juan Carlos finally told Chavez, “Why don’t you shut up?”
• Six U.S. troops died in an insurgent ambush, making 2007 the deadliest year for American forces in Afghanistan since 2001.
• A stagehands strike shut down most Broadway shows, with curtains rising again 19 days later.
• Miami ended its 70-year stay at the famed Orange Bowl with a lopsided 48-0 loss to Virginia.
• San Jose center Jeremy Roenick scores his 500th NHL goal at the expense of his former team in a 4-1 win over Phoenix.
• Navy and North Texas set a major-college record by combining for 136 points in the Midshipmen’s 74-62 win. The previous record for college football’s top tier of competition was 133 points in San Jose State’s 70-63 win over Rice on Oct. 2, 2004.
• Notre Dame loses for the ninth time this season, a school-record, falling 41-24 to Air Force. The last time the Irish lost to two military academies in the same season was 1944.
It was 14 years ago today — On Nov. 10, 2008 …
• Evan Longoria (.272, 27, 85), the unanimous choice of the BBWAA, wins the American League Rookie of the Year award. The Tampa Bay Rays’ slugging third baseman becomes the first player in franchise history to win a major postseason award.
• Chicago Cubs’ freshman Geovany Soto (.285, 23, 86), garnering 31 of 32 first-place votes, wins the National League Rookie of the Year award. The 25-year-old catcher becomes the first backstop to be selected since Mike Piazza won the freshman honor while playing for the Dodgers in 1993.
It was 13 years ago today — On Nov. 10, 2009 …
• John Allen Muhammad, mastermind of the 2002 sniper attacks that killed 10 in the Washington, D.C. region, was executed.
• Ships of the South and North Korean navies skirmish off Daecheong Island in the Yellow Sea.
It was 12 years ago today — On Nov. 10, 2010 …
• French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s reform raising the retirement age from 60 to 62 became law, a victory for the conservative government and a defeat for unions that had waged massive strikes and street protests.
• For the first time since the glory days of the “Big Red Machine,” Cincinnati has more than one Gold Glove winner in a season when third baseman Scott Rolen, second baseman Brandon Phillips and pitcher Bronson Arroyo are recognized for their fielding prowess. For four consecutive seasons from 1974-77, catcher Johnny Bench, second baseman Joe Morgan, shortstop Dave Concepcion and center fielder Cesar Geronimo were routinely selected by the managers and coaches as the top defensive players in their positions.
It was 11 years ago today — On Nov. 10, 2011 …
• Calle 13, the Puerto Rican hip-hop duo, swept the Latin Grammy Awards in Las Vegas.
It was 10 years ago today — On Nov. 10, 2012 …
• Two people were killed when a powerful gas explosion rocked an Indianapolis neighborhood, damaging or destroying more than 80 homes. Five people were later convicted of charges in connection with the blast, which prosecutors said stemmed from a plot to collect insurance money.
• Ka’Deem Carey of Arizona rushes for a Pac-12 record 366 yards and ties the conference record with five TDs in the Wildcats’ 56-31 rout of Colorado.
• The Washington Nationals announce Davey Johnson will return for one more season as the team’s manager. The 69-year-old skipper, who led Washington to their first NL East title with a franchise-high 98 victories, will become a consultant for the club in 2014.
• R.A. Dickey receives the 21st annual Rotary Club of Denver’s Branch Rickey Award, an honor given to just one of the 30 nominees selected from each major league team for their humanitarian service off the field. Prior to the start of the season, the New York Mets’ 38-year-old knuckleballer climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, helping to raise more than $100,000 to help the Bombay Teen organization rescue young women from forced prostitution in India.
It was 9 years ago today — On Nov. 10, 2013 …
• Talks in Geneva on curbing Iran’s nuclear program ended with no deal after France objected that the proposed measures did not go far enough.
• Drew Brees completes 34 of 41 passes for 392 yards and four touchdowns, and New Orleans with an NFL-record 40 first downs and a franchise-record 625 total yards, beat Dallas 49-17.
• Marc Marquez becomes the first rookie in 35 years to win the MotoGP championship after protecting his points lead in the Valencia Grand Prix. Needing a top-four finish to secure the title, the 20-year-old Marquez finishes third on his Honda behind race winner and defending champion Jorge Lorenzo. The last rookie to win the title was American Kenny Roberts in 1978.
It was 8 years ago today — On Nov. 10, 2014 …
• A suicide bomber set off explosives at a school in northern Nigeria, killing at least 48 students in the latest attack by suspected Boko Haram militants.
• Jose Abreu (.317, 36, 107), receiving all 30 first-place votes cast by the BBWAA, is unanimously named the American League Rookie of the Year. The 27-year-old first baseman joins Ozzie Guillen (1985), Ron Kittle (1983), Tommie Agee (1966), Gary Peters (1963) and Luis Aparicio (1956) as the sixth Chicago White Sox player to win the prestigious freshman award since its inception in 1947. New York Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom was voted NL Rookie of the Year.
It was 7 years ago today — On Nov. 10, 2015 …
• Nine people were killed when a small jet crashed into an apartment house in Akron, Ohio. Seven of the dead worked for a Florida real estate development company.
It was 6 years ago today — On Nov. 10, 2016 …
• After seven times as finalists for the National Toy Hall of Fame, the Little People of Fisher-Price’s house, barn and school bus were enshrined along with the swing and Dungeons & Dragons in the hall’s class of 2016.
It was 5 years ago today — On Nov. 10, 2017 …
• Facing allegations of sexual misconduct, comedian Louis C.K. said the harassment claims by five women that were detailed in a New York Times report “are true,” and he expressed remorse for using his influence “irresponsibly.”
• John Carlson and T.J. Oshie scored rare home power-play goals, and Braden Holtby becomes the second-fastest goalie in NHL history to 200 victories in Washington’s 4-1 win over Pittsburgh. Holtby stops 27 of the 28 shots he faces to pick up victory No. 200 in his 319th game, second only to Hall of Famer and six-time Stanley Cup winner Ken Dryden, who did it in 311.
It was 4 years ago today — On Nov. 10, 2018 …
• Authorities in Northern California said 14 additional bodies had been found in the ruins from a fire that virtually destroyed the town of Paradise.
• Earlham ends the football season with a 70-6 loss to Rose-Hulman, extending the longest losing streak in Division III history to 53 straight games. Three days later the school announces it is canceling the 2019 football season because of its lack of competitiveness.
It was 3 years ago today — On Nov. 10, 2019 …
• Bolivian President Evo Morales resigned under mounting pressure from the country’s military and public after his re-election victory triggered weeks of fraud allegations and deadly protests.
It was 2 years ago today — On Nov. 10, 2020 …
• The U.S. hit a record number of coronavirus hospitalizations and surpassed 1 million new confirmed cases in just the first 10 days of November amid a nationwide surge of infections.
• A Vatican investigation found that bishops, cardinals and popes downplayed or dismissed reports of sexual misconduct by former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick. Much of the blame went to Pope John Paul II, who appointed McCarrick archbishop of Washington, D.C., in 2000 despite an investigation that confirmed he had slept with seminarians.
• The Baseball Writers’ Association of America select Kevin Cash as the AL’s Manager of the Year after he guided the Tampa Bay Rays to a first-place finish in the East, compiling the circuit’s best record (40-20) in the COVID- shorten season. The 42-year-old skipper, in his sixth season in Tampa, led the franchise to its second World Series appearance, knocking off the Yankees and Astros out of the playoffs before losing the Fall Classic in six games to the Dodgers.
• The Baseball Writers’ Association of America unanimously select Seattle Mariners’ center fielder Kyle Lewis as the American League’s Rookie of the Year. The 25 year-old, Seattle’s first-round pick in 2016, led the team in batting average (.262), on-base percentage (.364) and homers (11) in the covid-shorten sixty-game season.
• The writers, casting 14 of 30 first-place votes, select Milwaukee Brewers right-handed reliever Devin Williams as the National League’s Rookie of the Year, with infielders Alec Bohm of the Philadelphia Phillies and San Diego Padres’ Jake Cronenworth, finishing tied for second place for the freshman honor. The 26-year-old Missourian, the second-round draft pick by Milwaukee in 2013, posted a 0.33 ERA, allowed four runs (one earned) and gave up eight hits while striking out 53 of the 100 batters he faced in 27 innings he pitched.
• The writers selected Don Mattingly as the National League’s Manager of the Year after he guides Miami to its first playoff appearance since the team won the World Series in 2003. Joining Jack McKeon (2003) and Joe Girardi (2006), the 59 year-old veteran skipper becomes the third Marlins skipper to receive the honor and the fifth person to win both an MVP award (1985) and named Manager of the Year.
It was 1 year ago today — On Nov. 10, 2021 …
• Kyle Rittenhouse took the stand in his murder trial, testifying that he was under attack and acting in self-defense when he shot and killed two men and wounded a third during a turbulent night of street protests in Kenosha, Wis. Rittenhouse was acquitted of all charges.
• A judge in Michigan approved a $626 million settlement for Flint residents and others who were exposed to lead-contaminated water; most of the money would come from the state.
• A New Jersey gym owner, Scott Fairlamb, who punched a police officer during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, was sentenced to more than three years in prison.
• The government said prices for U.S. consumers jumped 6.2% in October compared with a year earlier, leaving families facing their highest inflation rate since 1990.
Notable deaths, Nov. 10 …
• 474, Emperor Leo II dies after a reign of 10 months. He is succeeded by his father Zeno, who becomes sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire.
• 1881, French poet Arthur Rimbaud dies aged 37.
• 1938, Turkish statesman Mustafa Kemal Ataturk died in Istanbul at age 57.
• 1982, Soviet leader Leonid I. Brezhnev died of a heart attack at age 75 after 18 years in power. He was succeeded by Yuri V. Andropov.
• 1994, Prominent attorney Louis Nizer died in New York at age 92.
• 2001, Author/activist Ken Kesey died in Eugene, Ore., at age 66.
• 2003, Chicago newspaper columnist and TV personality Irv Kupcinet died at age 91.
• 2004, Word reached the United States of the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat at age 75. Because of the time difference, it was the early hours of Nov.11 in Paris, where Arafat died.
• 2006, Actor Jack Palance died in Montecito, Calif., at age 87. He was born Vladimir Palahniuk.
• 2006, Sri Lankan Tamil politician Nadarajah Raviraj is assassinated in Colombo.
• 2007, Author Norman Mailer, 84, died in New York.
• 2007, The mother of rapper Kanye West, Donda West, died at a Los Angeles-area hospital at age 58 a day after undergoing plastic surgery.
• 2008, Miriam Makeba, the South African folk singer and anti-apartheid activist, died at age 76 after performing at a concert in Castel Volturno, Italy.
• 2010, Movie producer Dino De Laurentiis, 91, died in Beverly Hills, Calif.
• 2010, At the age of 75, legendary Seattle Mariners’ broadcaster Dave Niehaus dies at his home after suffering a heart attack. The 2008 Ford C. Frick award recipient and Seattle’s only representative in baseball’s Hall of Fame, best known for trademark calls of “My Oh My” and “It will fly away,” called all but 101 of the 5,385 games for 34 seasons that the team has played, including the very first pitch in franchise history thrown by Diego Segui in 1977.
• 2015, Former West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, 96, died in Hamburg.
• 2015, Legendary New Orleans musician and composer Allen Toussaint, 77, died in Madrid.
• 2020, Tommy Heinsohn, who as a Boston Celtics player, coach and broadcaster over more than 60 years was with the team for all 17 of its NBA championships, died at 86.
Notable birthdays, Nov. 10 (passed away) …
• Martin Luther (founder of Protestantism) in 1483 (died 1546)
• William Hogarth (English artist/engraver) in 1697 (died 1764)
• MLB player Cy Morgan in 1878 (died 1962)
• Poet/educator Vachel Lindsay in 1879 (committed suicide 1931 by drinking a bottle of lye)
• Businessman Jack Northrop (founder of Northrop Corporation) in 1895 (died 1981)
• MLB Hall of Fame player/manager Jimmy Dykes in 1896 (died 1976)
• MLB Hall of Fame player/manager Birdie Tebbetts in 1912 (died 1999)
• Actor Claude Rains (The Invisible Man, Louie in Casablanca) in 1889 (died 1967)
• Composer/songwriter Marilyn Bergman (married to composer Alan Bergman, born Sept. 11, 1925) in 1928 (died 2022)
• Actor Russell Johnson (The Professor Roy Hinkley on Gilligan’s Island) in 1924 (died 2014)
• Actor/singer Richard Burton (The Robe, Cleopatra, Camelot, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Beckett, The Taming of the Shrew, Where Eagles Dare, The Wild Geese) in 1925 (died 1984)
• Film composer Ennio Morricone in 1928 (died 2020)
• Soldier/author W.E.B. Griffin in 1929 (died 2019)
• Fashion designer Lily Pulitzer in 1931 (died 2013)
• Actor Roy Scheider (Jaws, Seaquest DSV, The French Connection) in 1932 (died 2008)
• American Indian rights activist/actor Russell Means (co-starred in The Last of the Mohicans, Natural Born Killers) in 1939 (died 2012)
• Rock musician Greg Lake (Emerson, Lake and Palmer, King Crimson, Asia) in 1947 (died 2016)
• Guitarist/songwriter Glen Buxton (The Alice Cooper Group) in 1947 (died 2007)
• Dancer/actor/choreographer/singer Ann Reinking (All That Jazz, Annie, Micky & Maude, Chicago, Dancing’, Sweet Charity, choreographed revival of Chicago) in 1949 (died 2020)
• Screenwriter/producer Debra Hill in 1950 (died 2005)
• Actor Brittany Murphy (Clueless, Sin City, Eight Mile) in 1977 (died 2009)
• Lithuanian footballer Marius Zaliukas in 1983 (died 2020)
• Kenyan runner Samuel Wanjiru in 1986 (died 2011, fell from balcony)
Today’s Birthdays — Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022 …
Blues singer Bobby Rush is 88. Actor Albert Hall is 85.
Former Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., is 79. Lyricist Tim Rice is 78. Country singer Donna Fargo is 77. Actor Jack Scalia is 72.
Former college football coach Les Miles is 69. Former MLB pitcher Bob Stanley is 68. Movie director Roland Emmerich is 67. Former MLB player Jack Clark is 67. Actor Matt Craven is 66. Actor-comedian Sinbad is 66. Former MLB manager Omar Minaya is 66. Actor Mackenzie Phillips (One Day at a Time, American Graffiti I, More American Graffiti, So Weird, Double Teamed) is 63. Sports journalist Linda Cohn is 63. Author Neil Gaiman is 62.
Actor Vanessa Angel is 59. Actor Hugh Bonneville is 59. Actor-comedian Tommy Davidson is 59. Actor Michael Jai (jy) White is 58. College basketball coach Jamie Dixon (TCU) is 57. Country singer Chris Cagle is 54. Actor-comedian Tracy Morgan is 54. Actor Ellen Pompeo is 53. Actor-comedian Orny Adams is 52. Rapper U-God is 52. Rapper-producer Warren G is 52. Actor Walton Goggins is 51. Former MLB player Shawn Green is 50.
Singer Jacqui Abbott (Beautiful South) is 49. Comedian-actor Chris Lilley is 48. Contemporary Christian singer Matt Maher is 48. Rock singer-musician Jim Adkins (Jimmy Eat World) is 47. Rapper Eve (born Eve Jihan Jeffers) is 44. Entertainer DJ Diplo (born Thomas Wesley Pentz) is 44. Rock musician Chris Joannou (joh-AN’-yoo) (Silverchair) is 43. Former NBA player Troy Bell is 42. Former NFL player Donte Stallworth is 42. Actor Heather Matarazzo is 40. Former NFL player Chris Canty is 40.
Country singer Miranda Lambert is 39. Former NBA player Craig Smith is 38. Singer/songwriter/dancer Ricki-Lee Coulter is 37. Actor Josh Peck is 36. Former MLB pitcher Aaron Crow is 36. Former MLB player Eric Thames is 36. Actor Taron Egerton is 33. Pop singer Vinz Dery (Nico & Vinz) is 32. NFL player Aaron Murray is 32. Actor Genevieve Buechner is 31. Actor Genevieve Buechner is 31. NFL quarterback Teddy Bridgewater is 30.
Actor Zoey Deutch is 28. NFL quarterback Drew Lock is 26. Actor Kiernan Shipka (Mad Men, Sabrina Spellman in the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) is 23. Actor Michael Cimino is 23. Actor Mackenzie Foy is 22.
Actor Christian Convery (Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Parts I and II, Interstellar, The Nutcracker: The Four Realms) is 13.
Thoughts for Today — Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022 …
“Where there is no vision, there is no hope.” — American inventor/scientist George Washington Carver (born circa 1964, died on Jan. 5, 1943).
“Long after they are laid to rest — when the fighting has finished, and our nation has endured; when today’s servicemen and women are veterans, and their children have grown — it will be said that this generation believed under the most trying of tests; believed in perseverance —- not just when it was easy, but when it was hard; that they paid the price and bore the burden to secure this nation, and stood up for the values that live in the hearts of all free peoples.” — President Barack Obama at the Fort Hood shooting memorial service Nov. 10, 2009.
“We must rekindle the fire of idealism in our society, for nothing suffocates the promise of America more than unbounded cynicism and indifference.” — U.S. President Joe Biden (born Nov. 20, 1942).
“Whoever is happy will make others happy too.” — German-Dutch diarist and Holocaust victim Anne Frank (1929-1945). Thanks to Mary Landers at Forallthings and StarNetSports.
“Not doing more than the average is what keeps the average down.” — William M. Winans, American clergyman (1788-1857).
“Hypocrisy is a fashionable vice, and all fashionable vices pass for virtues.” — Moliere, French dramatist (1622-1673).
