On This Day: 10 November

10 November in Indian history

• 2006Nadarajah Raviraj, a prominent Sri Lankan Tamil politician and human rights lawyer, was assassinated in Colombo.India
• 1971A Merpati Nusantara Airlines Vickers Viscount crashes into the Indian Ocean near Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia, killing all 69 people on board.India
• 1659Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Maratha King kills Afzal Khan, Adilshahi in the battle popularly known as Battle of Pratapgarh.India

10 November in world history

• 2020The British government announced that it had removed the last land mine from the Falkland Islands, laid by Argentine forces during the 1982 Falklands War.
• 2008Over five months after landing on Mars, NASA declares the Phoenix mission concluded after communications with the lander were lost.
• 2007At the Ibero-American Summit in Santiago, Chile, King Juan Carlos I of Spain asked Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez "Why don't you shut up?" after Chávez repeatedly interrupted a speech by Spanish prime minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero.
• 2002Veteran's Day Weekend Tornado Outbreak: A tornado outbreak stretching from Northern Ohio to the Gulf Coast, one of the largest outbreaks recorded in November.
• 1975In Angola, the MPLA decisively defeated the FNLA in the Battle of Quifangondo, while Portugal simultaneously withdrew all its colonial and military personnel from Luanda.
• 1975Israeli-Palestinian conflict: the United Nations General Assembly passes Resolution 3379, determining that Zionism is a form of racism.
• 1972Southern Airways Flight 49 from Birmingham, Alabama is hijacked and, at one point, is threatened with crashing into the nuclear installation at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. After two days, the plane lands in Havana, Cuba, where the hijackers are jailed b
• 1971In Cambodia, Khmer Rouge forces attack the city of Phnom Penh and its airport, killing 44, wounding at least 30 and damaging nine aircraft.
• 1945Indonesian National Revolution: Following the killing of Brigadier A. W. S. Mallaby on 30 October, British forces retaliated by attacking Surabaya (present-day logo depicted).
• 1942World War II: Germany invades Vichy France following French Admiral François Darlan's agreement to an armistice with the Allies in North Africa.
• 1871Journalist and explorer Henry Morton Stanley located missing missionary and explorer David Livingstone near Lake Tanganyika in present-day Tanzania.
• 1865Henry Wirz, the Confederate superintendent of Andersonville Prison, was hanged after a controversial conviction, becoming the only American Civil War officer executed for war crimes.
• 1775The United States Marine Corps is founded at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia by Samuel Nicholas.
• 1766The last colonial governor of New Jersey, William Franklin, signs the charter of Queen's College (later renamed Rutgers University).
• 1202Fourth Crusade: The Siege of Zara, the first attack on a Catholic city by Catholic crusaders, began in present-day Zadar, Croatia.

Born on 10 November

• 1997Marios Georgiou, Cypriot gymnast
• 1983Miranda Lambert, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1960Naomi Kawashima, Japanese actress and singer (died 2015)
• 1942James Hood, American activist (died 2013)
• 1848Surendranath Banerjee, Indian academic and politician (died 1925)India
• 745Musa al-Kadhim the seventh Shia Imam (died 799)

Died on 10 November

• 1994Kuvempu, Indian author and poet (born 1904)India
• 1938Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder of the Republic of Turkey, Turkish field marshal and statesman, 1st President of Turkey (born 1881)
• 1659Afzal Khan, Indian commanderIndia
• 948Zhao Yanshou, Chinese general and governor

Frequently asked questions

What happened on 10 November in history?

2020: The British government announced that it had removed the last land mine from the Falkland Islands, laid by Argentine forces during the 1982 Falklands War. 2008: Over five months after landing on Mars, NASA declares the Phoenix mission concluded after communications with the lander were lost. 2007: At the Ibero-American Summit in Santiago, Chile, King Juan Carlos I of Spain asked Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez "Why don't you shut up?" after Chávez repeatedly interrupted a speech by Spanish prime minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. 2006: Nadarajah Raviraj, a prominent Sri Lankan Tamil politician and human rights lawyer, was assassinated in Colombo.

What happened on 10 November in Indian history?

2006: Nadarajah Raviraj, a prominent Sri Lankan Tamil politician and human rights lawyer, was assassinated in Colombo. 1971: A Merpati Nusantara Airlines Vickers Viscount crashes into the Indian Ocean near Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia, killing all 69 people on board. 1659: Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Maratha King kills Afzal Khan, Adilshahi in the battle popularly known as Battle of Pratapgarh.

Which famous people were born on 10 November?

Marios Georgiou, Cypriot gymnast (1997); Miranda Lambert, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (1983); Naomi Kawashima, Japanese actress and singer (died 2015) (1960); James Hood, American activist (died 2013) (1942).

Which day is observed on 10 November?

World Science Day for Peace and Development; Cry of Independence Day (Panama); Day of Remembrance of Atatürk (Turkey); Day of Russian Militsiya (Russia); Heroes Day (Indonesia) or Hari Pahlawan.