It happened on this day, November 10
Events:
1444 – The forces of the Ottoman Empire, led by Sultan Murad II, defeat the forces of the Crusader King Vladislav III in the Battle of Varna, and the battle leads to the death of the aforementioned king.
1729 – Muscat forces defeat the Portuguese and liberate the city of Mombasa.
1775 – Formation of the United States Marine Corps, known as the Marines.
1891 – American inventor Granville Woods obtains a patent for the “electric train”, which appears for the first time in human history, years after the appearance of the “steam train”.
1928 – Emperor Hirohito ascends the throne of Japan.
1952 – United Nations Secretary-General Trygve Lie resigns.
1975 – Palestine Liberation Organization President Yasser Arafat delivers a speech to the United Nations General Assembly at its headquarters in New York for the first time in the history of the Palestinian issue.
1975 – The United Nations issues “Resolution No. 3379,” which stipulates the equality of Zionism with racism, after approval by the United Nations General Assembly.
1994 – The “Iraq Revolutionary Command Council” issues a statement announcing the Republic of Iraq's recognition of the sovereignty and political independence of the State of Kuwait, and the “Iraq National Council” subsequently announces his support and blessing for this recognition.
2010 – Announcement of the final results of the elections to the Jordanian House of Representatives, in which 53% of voters participated. The result was a major victory for the independents and a defeat for the traditional rulers, and the entry of 13 women into Parliament, 12 of them by electoral vote. the quota system, in addition to a female representative who won through free competition.
2011 – Greek President Karolos Papoulias appoints economist Lucas Papademos as prime minister.
2013 – Typhoon Haiyan hits the Philippines, killing at least 10,000 people and heading towards Vietnam.
✴️ Egyptian club Al-Ahly won the 2013 CAF Champions League title for the eighth time in their history, after defeating South Africans Orlando Pirates with a score of 3-1 on aggregate.
2018 – Japanese club Kashima Antlers win the 2018 AFC Champions League title for the first time in their history after defeating Iranian club Persepolis 2–0 on aggregate.
2019 – King Abdullah II of Jordan announces the end of the two annexes linked to the Baqoura and Ghamr regions in the Jordanian-Israeli peace treaty by imposing state sovereignty over them.
✴️ Evo Morales, president of Bolivia, resigned from office after protests in the country following his re-election approximately a month before this date (October 2019).
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Births:
745 – Imam Musa al-Kadhim, the seventh of the twelve Shiite imams.
1161 – Abdullah bin Al-Hasan Al-Qurtubi, Andalusian Muslim scholar, linguist and writer.
1433 – Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy.
1483 – Martin Luther, German Reformed cleric and theologian who inspired the Protestant Church.
1668 – François Couperin, French musician.
1683 – King George II, king of Great Britain.
1693 – John Bevis, English physician and astronomer.
1697 – William Hoggart, English artist.
1759 – Friedrich Schiller, German writer.
1834 – José Hernández, Argentine journalist, poet and politician.
1880 – Jacob Epstein, Jewish American sculptor.
1891 – Carl Stalling, American composer and arranger.
1918 – Ernst Fischer, German chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1973.
1919 – Mikhail Kalashnikov, Russian soldier and inventor.
1920 – Abd al-Rahman al-Sharqawi, Egyptian writer and novelist.
1925 – Richard Burton, Welsh actor.
1927 – Sabah, Lebanese singer and actress.
1928 – Ennio Morricone, Italian musician.
1933 – Ronald Evans, American astronaut.
1941 – Sakamoto Kyo, Japanese singer and actor.
1942 – Robert Angell, American economist, Nobel Prize in Economics in 2003.
1944 – Muhammad Abu Dawoud, Egyptian actor.
**Askar Akayev, President of the Kyrgyz Republic.
1947 – Bashir Gemayel, Lebanese military and political leader.
1950 – Bob Orton Jr., American wrestler.
1955 – Roland Emmerich, German director and producer.
1956 – Mohsen Badawi, Egyptian businessman, political activist and writer.
1958 – Hoda Ramzy, Egyptian actress. 1959 – Mamdouh Abdel Aleem, Egyptian actor.
1961 – Youssef Al-Mutraf, Kuwaiti singer.
1969 – Jens Lehmann, German footballer.
** Ellen Pompeo, American actress.
1973 – Patrik Berger, Czech footballer.
1976 – Steven Iversen, Norwegian footballer.
** Shivki Kuki, Finnish footballer.
1977 – Shabnam Qolikhani, Iranian actress.
**Brittany Murphy, American actress.
** Abdullah Al-Jamaan, Saudi footballer.
1979 – Samo Zein, Syrian singer.
** Anthony Revillier, French footballer.
1981 – Muhammad Jaragh, Kuwaiti footballer.
1983 – Marwa Khalil, Bahraini actress.
1984 – Ahmed Fathi, Egyptian footballer.
1985 – Talal Nayef, Kuwaiti footballer.
1986 – Josh Peck, American actor.
1989 – Daniel Adjei, Ghanaian footballer.
** Taron Egerton, English actor.
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Death:
1290 – Al-Mansur Qalawun, Mamluk sultan.
1549 – Pope Paul III, pope of the Roman Catholic Church.
1848 – Ibrahim Pasha, prince, military commander and eldest son of the Egyptian governor, Muhammad Ali Pasha.
1891 – Arthur Rimbaud, French poet.
1938 – Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder of the Turkish Republic.
1968 – Nasser Al-Hani, Iraqi writer, academic and diplomat.
1969 – Ali Ahmed Bakathir, Yemeni writer from Hadhramaut.
1982 – Leonid Brezhnev, General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party and Chairman of the Supreme Soviet.
1982 – Riyad Ibrahim, Iraqi Minister of Health, executed during the reign of Saddam Hussein.
1997 – Prince Abdullah bin Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, fourth son of King Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.
2000 – Jacques Chaban-Delmas, French Prime Minister.
2003 – Kanan Sudendo Banana, President of Zimbabwe.
2009 – Robert Enke, German football goalkeeper.
2013 – Hitler Tantawi, Egyptian General Staff.
2014 – Maali Zayed, Egyptian actress.
2016 – Uday Madanat, Jordanian novelist, writer and short story writer.
2020 – Saeb Erekat, Palestinian politician and diplomat and secretary of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
** Kamal Abu Waar, Palestinian resistance fighter.
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Holidays and Occasions:
⬅️ Culture Day in Argentina in
⬅️ Birthday of José Hernández.
⬅️ Heroes Day in Indonesia.
⬅️ Atatürk Memorial Day in Türkiye.
