Today in History

November 10

1766 - The Rutgers University is established in New Jersey.

1775 - The Continental Congress approves resolution to establish two battalions of US Marines.

1885 - The son of German engineer Otto Daimler becomes the first motorcyclist, riding his father’s invention for 10 kilometres.

1928 - Hirohito is enthroned as Emperor of Japan.

1962 - Kuwait adopts a constitution.

1970 - The Soviet Union launches Luna 17, which lands a roving vehicle on the Moon.

1975 - Angola becomes independent of Portugal.

1976 - Syrian troops and tanks enter Beirut without resistance under agreement for multinational Arab peacekeeping force.

1982 - Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev dies at the age of 75.

1984 - The first Breeders’ Cup thoroughbred horse race takes place at Hollywood Park Racetrack, California.

1987 - Niger’s President Seyni Kountche dies in Paris and is replaced as head of state by army chief Ali Seibou.

1988 - Iran and Britain restore full diplomatic ties.

1989 - Todor Zhivkov resigns after 35 years as Communist Party leader of Bulgaria.

1990 - Chandrashekhar is sworn in as India’s eighth Prime Minister.

1994 - Chandrika Kumaratunga wins presidential election in Sri Lanka.

1995 - A Nigerian playwright and environmental activist Ken SaroWiwa is hanged in Nigeria despite worldwide objections.

1999 - Dubai Press Club is inaugurated.

2001 - Australian Prime Minister John Howard sweeps back to power for a historic third term.

2002 - A series of pulverising tornadoes hits Alabama, Tennessee and Ohio, killing more than 35 people.

2011 - At least 20 workers are killed and another 23 are trapped underground after a blast at a mine in China.

2013 - Typhoon Haiyan hits central Philippines and kills more than 10,000 people.

2016 - The Yasser Arafat Museum opens to public in Ramallah, West Bank.