November 10

What happened on November 10 in history

5 events fall on November 10, from 1619 to 1975. Read them below, then try to place a historical scene yourself — guess where in the world it happened and in what year.

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Events on November 10

  1. 1619

    Descartes has his dreams

    Three dreams in a stove-heated room set him on his method.

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  2. 1775

    The Marines are founded

    The Continental Congress raises two battalions in Philadelphia.

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  3. 1871

    Dr Livingstone, I presume

    Stanley finds the missing missionary at Ujiji on Lake Tanganyika.

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  4. 1969

    Sesame Street premieres

    The children's programme begins on American public television.

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  5. 1975

    The Edmund Fitzgerald sinks

    A freighter is lost with all hands in a Lake Superior storm.

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