History

Tracy Morgan — born on November 10, 1968, in New York City — became an American comedian and actor known for his roles on Saturday Night Live and 30 Rock, where his character Tracy Jordan, a fictionalised version of himself, won him an Emmy nomination. Morgan grew up in New York City, and his comedy grew out of the city’s ...

Neil Gaiman — born on November 10, 1960, in Portchester, England — became a British author, screenwriter, and illustrator whose imaginative works of fantasy and mythology made him one of the most beloved fantasy writers of his generation. Gaiman grew up with a love of books, reading widely and dreaming up stories long before he became a professional writer. He ...

Ennio Morricone — born on November 10, 1928, in Rome, Italy — became an Italian composer and conductor whose unforgettable film scores transformed cinematic music. Over a career spanning decades, Morricone gave the movies some of their most instantly recognisable sounds, from the whistles, gunshots, and wordless voices of the spaghetti westerns to a body of work covering more than ...

Richard Burton — born on November 10, 1925, in Pontrhydyfen, South Wales, as Richard Jenkins — came to be regarded as one of the greatest acting talents of his day. The son of a coal miner, Burton rose from humble Welsh beginnings to commanding performances on stage and screen, celebrated for his distinctive voice and his Shakespearean roles, even though ...

Friedrich Schiller — born on November 10, 1759, in Marbach, Germany — became a German poet, philosopher, and playwright whose literary works became central to German culture. In a life that lasted only 45 years, Schiller produced plays, poems, histories, and philosophical essays that shaped the German literary tradition and earned him, alongside Goethe, a place as one of the ...

Evo Morales Resigns — on November 10, 2019, amid escalating protests and pressure, Bolivian President Evo Morales resigned from office, after a disputed election and weeks of unrest, and left the country for Mexico. The resignation of a sitting president is always a seismic event, and this one was no exception. Weeks of unrest had followed the disputed election, with ...

Windows 1.0 began its long journey on November 10, 1983. On that day, at the Helmsley Palace Hotel in New York City, Microsoft formally announced Windows 1.0, its first graphical operating environment for IBM PCs. It was a modest beginning for what would become the most widely used computer software in history: Windows 1.0 would not actually ship until 1985, ...

Brezhnev Dies is the headline that closed an era on November 10, 1982. On that day, Leonid Brezhnev, leader of the Soviet Union for 18 years, died of a heart attack in Moscow at the age of 75. His death marked the end of one of the longest and most rigid leaderships of the Cold War — and it set ...

Atatürk Dies is the solemn heading under which November 10, 1938, entered the history books. On that day, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder and first president of the Republic of Turkey, died in Istanbul at the age of 57. His passing closed one of the most transformative lives of the twentieth century, and nearly nine decades later the anniversary is ...

Hirohito Enthroned — on November 10, 1928, Hirohito was formally enthroned as Emperor of Japan, in the great enthronement ceremony that proclaimed the Showa era to the nation and the world. The enthronement rites were the ceremonial climax of the imperial succession, conducted with ancient court ritual and imperial splendour. Dignitaries from across Japan and from abroad attended as the ...