Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: November 10
November 10, 2024 is the 315th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 51 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Sunday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Scorpio is your zodiac sign. Topaz is your modern birthstone. Pearl is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: November 10
- 1775 –The United States Marine Corps is founded at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia by Samuel Nicholas.
- 1871 –Henry Morton Stanley locates missing explorer and missionary, Dr. David Livingstone in Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika, famously greeting him with the words, “Dr. Livingstone, I presume?”.
- 1910 –The date of Thomas A. Davis’ opening of the San Diego Army and Navy Academy, though the official founding date is November 23, 1910.
- 1944 –The ammunition ship USS Mount Hood explodes at Seeadler Harbour, Manus, Admiralty Islands, killing at least 432 and wounding 371.
- 1969 –National Educational Television (the predecessor to the Public Broadcasting Service) in the United States debuts the children’s television program Sesame Street.
- 1975 –The 729-foot-long freighter SS Edmund Fitzgerald sinks during a storm on Lake Superior, killing all 29 crew on board.
- 1975 –United Nations Resolution 3379: United Nations General Assembly approves a resolution equating Zionism with racism (the resolution is repealed in December 1991 by Resolution 4686).
- 1979 –A 106-car Canadian Pacific freight train carrying explosive and poisonous chemicals from Windsor, Ontario, Canada derails in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada just west of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, causing a massive explosion and the largest peacetime evacuation in Canadian history and one of the largest in North American history.
- 1997 –WorldCom and MCI Communications announce a $37 billion merger (the largest merger in US history at the time).
- 2007 –¿Por qué no te callas? incident between King Juan Carlos of Spain and Venezuela’s president Hugo Chávez.
Who were born on November 10?
- 1565 –Laurentius Paulinus Gothus, Swedish theologian and astronomer (d. 1646)
- 1620 –Ninon de l'Enclos, French courtesan and writer (d. 1705)
- 1759 –Friedrich Schiller, German writer (d. 1805)
- 1916 –Billy May, American composer, arranger and bandleader (d. 2004)
- 1924 –Russell Johnson, American actor (Gilligan’s Island)
- 1927 –Sabah, Lebanese singer and actress
- 1948 –Aaron Brown, American broadcast journalist
- 1972 –DJ Ashba, American musician (Guns N' Roses)
- 1974 –Chris Lilley, Australian comedian
- 1981 –Tony Blanco, Dominican baseball player
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